Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1977

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1977 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1977, leading 18 of 188 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1977

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		188	—	Running	18	180
2	5	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	29	175
3	2	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		188	—	Running	16	170
4	4	—	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	71	170
5	6	+1	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	Mercury	188	—	Running	3	160
6	8	+2	Ron Hutcherson	Gwinn-Wawak		187	—	Running	—	150
7	19	+12	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		187	—	Running	—	146
8	17	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		186	—	Running	—	142
9	32	+23	Terry Bivins	WAM Racing		183	—	Running	—	138
10	3	-7	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		183	—	Running	—	134
11	33	+22	Ramo Stott	Viglione Racing		182	—	Running	—	130
12	35	+23	Peter Knab	Charles Dean (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	0
13	21	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	124
14	37	+23	Ferrel Harris	Robertson Racing		176	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		174	—	Running	—	118
16	14	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		173	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		173	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		171	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	165	—	Running	—	106
20	7	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	153	—	DNF - Engine	19	108
21	15	-6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		149	—	Running	—	100
22	10	-12	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	143	—	DNF	9	102
23	18	-5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		131	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	26	+2	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		126	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	22	-3	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	16	-10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		117	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
27	12	-15	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		116	—	DNF	4	87
28	36	+8	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		110	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	9	-20	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	25	-5	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		99	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	41	+10	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		98	—	DNF	—	70
32	13	-19	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	20	-13	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		90	—	DNF	15	69
34	27	-7	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		90	—	DNF	—	61
35	30	-5	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	38	+2	Dick Skillen	Goffco		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	31	-6	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	1	-37	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		18	—	DNF - Engine	3	0
39	40	+1	Henley Gray	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	28	-12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	39	-2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	0	—	DNF	—	40