Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1977

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1977 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 51 of 200 laps. David Pearson finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	51	180
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	4	175
3	4	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	22	170
4	7	+3	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	1	165
5	2	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	120	165
6	13	+7	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		200	—	Running	—	150
7	10	+3	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		199	—	Running	—	146
8	6	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	198	—	Running	2	147
9	12	+3	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		197	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		196	—	Running	—	130
12	9	-3	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		196	—	Running	—	0
14	14	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		195	—	Running	—	0
16	24	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		192	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		192	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		189	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		189	—	Running	—	106
20	20	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		186	—	Running	—	103
21	29	+8	Dean Dalton	Robertson Racing		179	—	Running	—	100
22	8	-14	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		154	—	Running	—	0
23	25	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	141	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	28	+4	Joe Mihalic	Mihalic Racing		134	—	DNF	—	91
25	16	-9	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	17	-9	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	117	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	35	+8	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing	Matador	114	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	33	+5	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		85	—	DNF	—	0
29	18	-11	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	76	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	5	-25	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	19	-12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	61	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	30	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	21	-12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	36	+2	Baxter Price	Price Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	22	-13	Elmo Langley	Robbins Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF	—	58
36	34	-2	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	0