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Stock Car Racing: 1977 Season

Stock Car Racing: 1977 Season

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1977 National Series Champions
NASCAR Winston Cup: Cale Yarborough (Chevrolet) ARCA Racing Series: Moose Myers

1977 was the second of three consecutive Cale Yarborough Winston Cup championships.

Race Schedule

Date	Series	Race	Track	Pole	Winner	Winner's Make
January 16	Winston Cup	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Cale Yarborough	David Pearson	Mercury
February 20	Winston Cup	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Donnie Allison	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
February 27	Winston Cup	Richmond 400	Richmond International Raceway	Neil Bonnett	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
March 13	Winston Cup	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Donnie Allison	Richard Petty	Dodge
March 20	Winston Cup	Atlanta 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Dodge
March 27	Winston Cup	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
April 3	Winston Cup	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
April 17	Winston Cup	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
April 24	Winston Cup	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
May 1	Winston Cup	Winston 500	Talladega Superspeedway	AJ Foyt	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
May 7	Winston Cup	Music City 420	Nashville Speedway	Darrell Waltrip	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
May 15	Winston Cup	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover International Speedway	Richard Petty	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
May 29	Winston Cup	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Richard Petty	Dodge
June 12	Winston Cup	NAPA 400	Riverside International Raceway	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Dodge
June 19	Winston Cup	CAM2 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
July 4	Winston Cup	FireCracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Richard Petty	Dodge
July 16	Winston Cup	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Benny Parsons	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
July 31	Winston Cup	Coca-Cola 500	Pocono Raceway	Darrell Waltrip	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
August 7	Winston Cup	Talladega 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Benny Parsons	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet
August 22	Winston Cup	Champion 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
August 28	Winston Cup	SouthEastern 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
September 5	Winston Cup	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Darrell Waltrip	David Pearson	Mercury
September 11	Winston Cup	Capital City 400	Richmond International Raceway	Benny Parsons	Neil Bonnett	Dodge
September 18	Winston Cup	Delaware 500	Dover International Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
September 25	Winston Cup	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
October 2	Winston Cup	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
October 9	Winston Cup	NAPA 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
October 23	Winston Cup	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Donnie Allison	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet
November 6	Winston Cup	Dixie 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Sam Sommers	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
November 20	Winston Cup	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Richard Petty	Neil Bonnett	Dodge

Winston Cup Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Winnings
1	Cale Yarborough	5000	Leader	30	3	9	25	27	385,576
2	Richard Petty	4614	-386	30	5	5	20	23	303,425
3	Benny Parsons	4570	-430	30	3	4	20	22	263,806
4	Darrell Waltrip	4498	-502	30	3	6	16	24	249,243
5	Buddy Baker	3961	-1039	30	0	0	9	20	185,081
6	Dick Brooks	3742	-1258	29	0	0	7	20	124,095
7	James Hylton	3476	-1524	30	0	0	0	11	88,330
8	Bobby Allison	3467	-1533	30	0	0	5	15	75,755
9	Richard Childress	3463	-1537	30	0	0	0	11	82,485
10	Cecil Gordon	3294	-1706	30	0	0	0	2	73,635
11	Buddy Arrington	3247	-1753	28	0	0	0	5	76,310
12	J.D. McDuffie	3236	-1764	30	0	0	0	4	74,950
13	David Pearson	3227	-1773	22	5	2	16	16	174,561
14	Skip Manning	3120	-1880	28	0	0	1	8	78,217
15	D.K. Ulrich	2901	-2099	30	0	0	0	0	59,700
16	Frank Warren	2876	-2124	29	0	0	0	1	61,960
17	Ricky Rudd*	2810	-2190	25	0	0	1	10	54,956
18	Neil Bonnett	2649	-2351	23	6	2	5	9	107,180
19	Jimmy Means	2640	-2360	26	0	0	0	6	46,520
20	Tighe Scott	2628	-2372	26	0	0	1	1	57,190
21	Sam Sommers	2517	-2483	23	1	0	2	8	48,625
22	Ed Negre	2214	-2786	24	0	0	0	0	42,665
23	Janet Guthrie	2037	-2963	19	0	0	0	4	34,945
24	Donnie Allison	1970	-3030	17	3	2	9	10	124,785
25	Dave Marcis	1931	-3069	18	0	0	5	7	69,955
26	Tommy Gale	1689	-3311	18	0	0	0	0	39,190
27	Dick May	1324	-3676	13	0	0	0	0	21,690
28	Henley Gray	1214	-3786	14	0	0	0	0	18,610
29	Bruce Hill	1213	-3787	16	0	0	0	4	25,035
30	Lennie Pond	1193	-3807	14	0	0	4	6	48,476
31	Butch Hartman	1116	-3884	11	0	0	0	2	18,615
32	Ferrel Harris	1088	-3912	11	0	0	0	0	19,365
33	Baxter Price	1086	-3914	12	0	0	0	0	10,865
34	Coo Coo Marlin	1004	-3996	11	0	0	1	5	41,500
35	Bill Elliott	926	-4074	10	0	0	0	2	19,925
36	Gary Myers	888	-4112	10	0	0	0	0	10,975
37	Dave Sisco	847	-4153	10	0	0	0	0	13,920
38	Terry Bivins	841	-4159	8	0	0	0	1	14,920
39	G.C. Spencer	785	-4215	8	0	0	0	1	15,755
40	Terry Ryan	702	-4298	7	0	0	0	1	12,405
41	Joe Mihalic	683	-4317	8	0	0	0	0	7,650
42	Elmo Langley	634	-4366	7	0	0	0	0	5,855
43	Dean Dalton	620	-4380	8	0	0	0	0	6,255
44	Earl Brooks	552	-4448	6	0	0	0	0	3,045
45	Bobby Wawak	522	-4478	8	0	0	0	0	13,430
46	Harold Miller	470	-4530	6	0	0	0	0	8,480
47	Junior Miller	467	-4533	5	0	0	0	0	2,475
48	Rick Newsom	446	-4554	7	0	0	0	0	3,260
49	Ramo Stott	440	-4560	5	0	0	0	0	10,170
50	Grant Adcox	413	-4587	6	0	0	0	0	8,750
51	Sonny Easley	386	-4614	3	0	0	1	2	9,290
52	Ralph Jones	382	-4618	4	0	0	0	0	3,395
53	Ronnie Thomas	331	-4669	4	0	0	0	0	4,590
54	Morgan Shepherd	322	-4678	3	0	0	0	1	6,915
55	Walter Ballard	318	-4682	3	0	0	0	0	4,450
56	Norm Palmer	305	-4695	3	0	0	0	1	4,560
57	Earle Canavan	301	-4699	5	0	0	0	0	4,865
58	Jimmy Lee Capps	282	-4718	3	0	0	0	0	4,800
59	Jim Hurtubise	259	-4741	4	0	0	0	0	5,110
60	Chuck Bown	258	-4742	3	0	0	0	0	7,270
61	Jimmy Hensley	247	-4753	2	0	0	0	1	2,680
62	Travis Tiller	243	-4757	3	0	0	0	0	1,615
63	Roy Smith	237	-4763	3	0	0	0	0	4,865
64	Roland Wlodyka	219	-4781	5	0	0	0	0	5,520
65	Bill Schmitt	219	-4781	3	0	0	0	0	3,285
66	Ron Hutcherson	217	-4783	5	0	0	0	1	23,010
67	Hershel McGriff	207	-4793	2	0	0	0	1	3,240
68	Jim Thirkettle	206	-4794	2	0	0	0	0	2,265
69	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	201	-4799	3	0	0	0	0	3,575
70	Bob Burcham	199	-4801	2	0	0	0	1	13,825
71	Chuck Wahl	194	-4806	2	0	0	0	0	2,420
72	Bill Seifert	191	-4809	2	0	0	0	0	2,270
73	Eddie Bradshaw	186	-4814	2	0	0	0	1	2,920
74	Richard White	185	-4815	2	0	0	0	0	2,375
75	Gary Johnson	179	-4821	2	0	0	0	0	2,445
76	Mike Kempton	176	-4824	2	0	0	0	0	2,555
77	Marty Robbins	173	-4827	2	0	0	0	0	2,590
78	Kenny Brightbill	170	-4830	2	0	0	0	0	1,950
79	Peter Knab	167	-4833	3	0	0	0	0	6,865
80	Larry Lemay	164	-4836	2	0	0	0	0	710
81	Jocko Maggiacomo	164	-4836	3	0	0	0	0	2,080
82	Ernie Stierly	161	-4839	2	0	0	0	0	1,805
83	Don Puskarich	152	-4848	2	0	0	0	0	1,520
84	Hugh Pearson	142	-4858	1	0	0	0	1	2,490
85	John Dineen	124	-4876	1	0	0	0	0	1,400
86	Joe Ruttman	124	-4876	1	0	0	0	0	2,035
87	Jody Ridley	121	-4879	1	0	0	0	0	2,080
88	Robin Schildnecht	118	-4882	2	0	0	0	0	1,575
89	Harry Jefferson	109	-4891	1	0	0	0	0	1,600
90	Jim Vandiver	103	-4897	1	0	0	0	0	3,520
91	Harry Goularte	100	-4900	1	0	0	0	0	900
92	Marv Acton	94	-4906	2	0	0	0	0	945
93	Gary Matthews	91	-4909	1	0	0	0	0	1,225
94	Joe Frasson	91	-4909	1	0	0	0	0	2,050
95	Jim Raptis	89	-4911	3	0	0	0	0	2,530
96	Bill Baker	79	-4921	2	0	0	0	0	2,540
97	Paul Dean Holt	79	-4921	1	0	0	0	0	275
98	John Borneman	79	-4921	1	0	0	0	0	1,200
99	Greg Heller	76	-4924	1	0	0	0	0	680
100	Dick Trickle	76	-4924	1	0	0	0	0	1,100
101	Harry Gant	73	-4927	1	0	0	0	0	1,460
102	Don Graham	73	-4927	1	0	0	0	0	1,000
103	Carl Joiner	70	-4930	1	0	0	0	0	740
104	Sumner McKnight	70	-4930	1	0	0	0	0	650
105	Ron McGee	70	-4930	1	0	0	0	0	950
106	Ray Elder	67	-4933	1	0	0	0	0	625
107	Glen Francis	64	-4936	1	0	0	0	0	640
108	John Kennedy	64	-4936	1	0	0	0	0	880
109	Vince Giamformaggio	64	-4936	1	0	0	0	0	850
110	Jimmy Insolo	61	-4939	2	0	0	1	1	4,090
111	Nestor Peles	58	-4942	2	0	0	0	0	1,330
112	Phil Finney	58	-4942	1	0	0	0	0	645
113	Don Noel	58	-4942	1	0	0	0	0	500
114	Dick Skillen	55	-4945	1	0	0	0	0	1,305
115	Ray Williams	55	-4945	1	0	0	0	0	490
116	Steve Stolarek	55	-4945	1	0	0	0	0	490
117	John Kieper	55	-4945	1	0	0	0	0	740
118	Dale Earnhardt	49	-4951	1	0	0	0	0	1,375
119	AJ Foyt	0	-5000	6	1	0	1	3	28,850
120	Billy McGinnis	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	1,570
121	Roger Hamby	0	-5000	2	0	0	0	0	2,275
122	Steve Moore	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	2,165
123	Randy Myers	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	1,000
124	Johnny Rutherford	0	-5000	3	0	0	0	0	4,150
125	Bill Osborne	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	1,350
126	Salt Walther	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	2,725
127	Blackie Wangerin	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	885
128	Tom Sneva	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	1,150
129	Lella Lombardi	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	785
130	Christine Beckers	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	695
131	Roger McCluskey	0	-5000	1	0	0	0	0	700

*=Rookie