Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1977

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1977 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 281 of 492 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	281	185
2	5	+3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		492	—	Running	3	175
3	1	-2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		491	—	Running	91	170
4	7	+3	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		491	—	Running	2	165
5	14	+9	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	488	—	Running	7	160
6	6	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		488	—	Running	15	155
7	11	+4	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		483	—	Running	—	146
8	16	+8	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		483	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		478	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		471	—	Running	—	134
11	34	+23	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		464	—	Running	—	130
12	3	-9	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		460	—	Running	49	132
13	28	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	458	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		446	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		436	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		436	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		434	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		396	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	25	+5	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Dick Midgley Motorsports	Dodge	388	—	DNF	—	103
21	32	+11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		388	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		346	—	DNF - Engine	7	102
23	23	—	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		312	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	8	-16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		260	—	DNF - Crash	5	96
25	35	+10	Earl Brooks	Hiram Handy (Owner)		232	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	24	-2	Terry Bivins	Robertson Racing		168	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	9	-18	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	160	—	DNF	—	82
28	20	-8	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		151	—	DNF	—	79
29	29	—	Joe Mihalic	Mihalic Racing		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	18	-12	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		137	—	DNF	—	73
31	36	+5	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		137	—	DNF	—	70
32	4	-28	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	133	—	DNF - Crash	32	72
33	30	-3	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		107	—	DNF	—	64
34	10	-24	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		52	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	31	-4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	32	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	13	-23	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	55