Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Richard Petty

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1977 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 112 of 328 laps. David Pearson finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	—	Running	112	180
2	3	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	80	175
3	5	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		327	—	Running	136	175
4	2	-2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		327	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		326	—	Running	—	155
6	11	+5	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		326	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		325	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		322	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		321	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		320	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	319	—	Running	—	130
12	9	-3	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	127
13	10	-3	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		317	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Jody Ridley	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	316	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	Ramo Stott	Viglione Racing		315	—	Running	—	118
16	41	+25	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		308	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		305	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		304	—	Running	—	109
19	13	-6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		303	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	39	+19	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		295	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	293	—	DNF	—	100
22	24	+2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		288	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		277	—	DNF	—	94
24	33	+9	Terry Bivins	Robertson Racing		259	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	42	+17	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		248	—	DNF	—	88
26	8	-18	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		239	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	37	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	237	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	17	-11	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		233	—	DNF	—	79
29	29	—	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		230	—	DNF	—	76
30	34	+4	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		215	—	DNF	—	73
31	21	-10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		208	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	18	-14	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		198	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	36	+3	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		180	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	4	-30	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		157	—	DNF	—	0
35	35	—	Phil Finney	Finney Racing		148	—	DNF	—	58
36	20	-16	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Dick Midgley Motorsports	Dodge	139	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	28	-9	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		133	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	25	-13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		121	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	40	+1	Ed Negre	Sisco Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	23	-17	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Ray (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	16	-25	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	38	-4	Jim Hurtubise	Davis Racing		0	—	DNF	—	37