Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

268

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1977 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 15 of 268 laps. David Pearson finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		268	—	Running	15	180
2	5	+3	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	268	—	Running	45	175
3	4	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		268	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		268	—	Running	142	170
5	9	+4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		268	—	Running	33	160
6	2	-4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	268	—	Running	10	155
7	7	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		267	—	Running	—	146
8	11	+3	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		266	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	265	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		264	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	264	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		264	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		264	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	Billy McGinnis	Billie Harvey (Owner)		264	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
15	25	+10	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		263	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		263	—	Running	—	115
17	12	-5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	263	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		263	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		263	—	Running	—	106
20	38	+18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		262	—	Running	—	103
21	32	+11	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		262	—	Running	—	100
22	24	+2	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		261	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	260	—	Running	—	94
24	39	+15	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	260	—	Running	—	0
25	34	+9	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	260	—	Running	—	88
26	29	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		258	—	Running	—	85
27	18	-9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		258	—	Running	—	82
28	1	-27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		257	—	Running	23	84
29	40	+11	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		255	—	Running	—	76
30	30	—	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		251	—	Running	—	73
31	31	—	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		247	—	Running	—	0
32	28	-4	Dick May	Osterlund Motorsports		247	—	Running	—	67
33	13	-20	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	241	—	Running	—	64
34	35	+1	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing		217	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	27	-8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	185	—	DNF	—	58
36	16	-20	Dave Marcis	WAM Racing		148	—	DNF	—	55
37	10	-27	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	3	-35	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	57	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	21	-18	Jim Raptis	Opal Voight (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	37	-3	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		7	—	DNF	—	43