Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1977

David Pearson

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1977 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1977, leading 60 of 367 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1977

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	60	180
2	7	+5	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		367	—	Running	109	175
3	3	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		367	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	365	—	Running	1	165
5	4	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		362	—	Running	70	160
6	1	-5	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		360	—	Running	123	160
7	18	+11	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		360	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		360	—	Running	—	142
9	28	+19	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		357	—	Running	—	0
10	16	+6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		355	—	Running	—	134
11	25	+14	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	352	—	Running	—	130
12	19	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		350	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		348	—	Running	—	124
14	31	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	344	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		343	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		339	—	Running	—	115
17	38	+21	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	338	—	Running	—	112
18	11	-7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		335	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		333	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Mike Kempton	Mike Kempton (Owner)		324	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Baxter Price	Price Racing		321	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	Bobby Wawak	Gray Racing		319	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	311	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Terry Bivins	H Miller Racing		290	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	2	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		289	—	DNF - Engine	2	93
26	10	-16	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		287	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	23	-4	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		257	—	Running	—	82
28	9	-19	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		250	—	DNF - Crash	2	84
29	17	-12	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		219	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	39	+9	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		179	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	32	+1	Dick May	Champion Racing		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	33	+1	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		148	—	DNF	—	67
33	37	+4	Ferrel Harris	Robertson Racing		100	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	15	-19	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		68	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	20	-15	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		61	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	27	-9	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		57	—	DNF	—	55
37	13	-24	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	26	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	14	-24	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		23	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	8	-31	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	21	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	24	-16	Joe Mihalic	Mihalic Racing		12	—	DNF	—	43