NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Benny Parsons

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1977 NAPA National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 250 of 334 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		334	—	Running	250	185
2	2	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	26	175
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	333	—	Running	2	170
4	4	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		333	—	Running	3	165
5	6	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		333	—	Running	3	160
6	13	+7	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		332	—	Running	—	150
7	9	+2	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		329	—	Running	—	0
8	7	-1	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	329	—	Running	—	142
9	27	+18	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		326	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	326	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Ron Hutcherson	Gwinn-Wawak		326	—	Running	—	0
12	25	+13	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		325	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	Dick May	McClure Motors		324	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		324	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		323	—	Running	—	118
16	22	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		321	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	301	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		292	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Peter Knab	Charles Dean (Owner)		286	—	Running	—	103
21	28	+7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		286	—	Running	—	100
22	24	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	242	—	Running	—	97
23	14	-9	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		237	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
24	21	-3	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		232	—	Running	—	91
25	41	+16	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		222	—	DNF	—	88
26	15	-11	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	195	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	12	-15	Tom Sneva	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	194	—	DNF	—	0
28	39	+11	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		173	—	DNF	—	79
29	31	+2	Dick Trickle	Frasson Racing		141	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	19	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		131	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	37	+6	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		120	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	5	-27	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	107	—	DNF	25	72
33	23	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	101	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	11	-23	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		97	—	DNF	—	61
35	10	-25	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	3	-33	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		27	—	DNF	25	60
37	40	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		26	—	DNF	—	52
38	36	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Johnny Ray (Owner)		25	—	DNF	—	49
39	38	-1	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	32	-8	Jim Raptis	Opal Voight (Owner)		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	26	-15	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		15	—	DNF	—	40