American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1977

Donnie Allison

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1977 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 374 of 492 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		492	—	Running	374	185
2	5	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	5	175
3	4	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		492	—	Running	8	170
4	2	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		490	—	Running	81	165
5	6	+1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		489	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	488	—	Running	—	150
7	3	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		482	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		478	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		476	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		473	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		471	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	471	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		464	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Dick May	Gray Racing		456	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		441	—	Running	—	118
16	35	+19	Baxter Price	Price Racing		437	—	Running	—	115
17	11	-6	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		425	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		423	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Dean Dalton	Champion Racing		391	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	25	+5	Randy Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		377	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
21	23	+2	Joe Mihalic	Mihalic Racing		340	—	DNF	—	100
22	30	+8	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		326	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	21	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		319	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	31	+7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	276	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	16	-9	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		234	—	DNF	—	88
26	13	-13	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		230	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	7	-20	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	220	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	8	-20	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	216	—	DNF	24	84
29	9	-20	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		197	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	28	-2	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		131	—	DNF	—	73
31	18	-13	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		128	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	33	+1	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure		103	—	DNF	—	67
33	15	-18	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		95	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	34	—	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		77	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	26	-9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	68	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	12	-24	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	55