NAPA Riverside 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1977

Richard Petty

Winner

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1977 NAPA Riverside 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1977, leading 71 of 95 laps. David Pearson finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1977

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	95	—	Running	71	185
2	3	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	95	—	Running	2	175
3	6	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		95	—	Running	1	170
4	18	+14	Jimmy Insolo	Jimmy Insolo (Owner)		93	—	Running	—	0
5	7	+2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		93	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	92	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Sonny Easley	Sonny Easley (Owner)		92	—	Running	—	146
8	8	—	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		92	—	Running	—	142
9	19	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		91	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		91	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		91	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	Dick Brooks	Langley-Woodfield Racing		89	—	Running	—	127
13	29	+16	John Dineen	George Stark (Owner)		89	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		88	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	88	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Bill Baker	Bill Baker (Owner)		88	—	Running	—	0
17	5	-12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	88	—	Running	—	112
18	28	+10	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		87	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	84	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)		83	—	Running	—	103
21	33	+12	Harry Goularte	Donald Dean (Owner)		81	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		76	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	10	-14	Jim Thirkettle			47	—	DNF	—	91
25	9	-16	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	2	-24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		40	—	DNF	21	90
27	4	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	34	+6	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	11	-18	Gary Johnson	Al Clark (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	14	-16	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		27	—	DNF	—	73
31	24	-7	Sumner McKnight	McKnight Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	25	-7	Ray Elder	Dave Hill (Owner)	Plymouth	14	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	20	-13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		9	—	DNF	—	64
34	22	-12	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	32	-3	Don Noel	John Kieper (Owner)		0	—	DNF	—	58