Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1977

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1977 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 137 of 200 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	137	185
2	6	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	16	175
3	8	+5	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	16	170
4	13	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		198	—	Running	—	160
5	15	+10	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		198	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		197	—	Running	13	0
7	10	+3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		193	—	Running	4	151
8	23	+15	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		192	—	Running	—	142
9	30	+21	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing		191	—	Running	—	138
10	37	+27	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		189	—	Running	—	134
11	33	+22	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	1	135
12	39	+27	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	—	124
14	42	+28	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		168	—	Running	—	121
15	7	-8	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	167	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	35	+19	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		166	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	41	+24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		164	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		159	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	29	+10	Walter Ballard	Smokey Yunick Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	19	-1	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	137	—	Running	—	103
21	5	-16	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	135	—	DNF - Engine	2	105
22	21	-1	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		135	—	DNF	—	97
23	32	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		127	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Salt Walther	Walther Racing		114	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
25	18	-7	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		113	—	DNF	—	88
26	3	-23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	111	—	DNF - Engine	4	90
27	12	-15	Ramo Stott	Viglione Racing		107	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	9	-19	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	Mercury	103	—	Running	1	84
29	22	-7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	101	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	1	-29	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		88	—	DNF - Crash	6	78
31	36	+5	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		87	—	DNF	—	70
32	31	-1	Ron Hutcherson	Norris Reed (Owner)		85	—	DNF	—	67
33	20	-13	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		77	—	DNF	—	64
34	14	-20	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	26	-9	Jim Hurtubise	Junior Miller Racing		69	—	DNF	—	58
36	27	-9	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	11	-26	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	65	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	38	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	51	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	28	-11	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	16	-24	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Harris Racing	Dodge	44	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	40	-1	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Ray (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	0
42	17	-25	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	37