Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1977

Benny Parsons

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1977 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 267 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		500	—	Running	267	185
2	6	+4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		499	—	Running	10	170
4	4	—	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		498	—	Running	203	0
5	9	+4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		497	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		495	—	Running	—	150
7	5	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		493	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		492	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	489	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		483	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		483	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		482	—	Running	—	127
13	37	+24	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	482	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		477	—	DNF	—	121
15	21	+6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	474	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		471	—	Running	—	115
17	1	-16	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	469	—	DNF	20	0
18	30	+12	Joe Mihalic	Mihalic Racing		451	—	Running	—	109
19	26	+7	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		422	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	Dick May	Gray Racing		414	—	Running	—	103
21	33	+12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		402	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	27	+5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	372	—	Running	—	97
23	8	-15	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	301	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	22	-2	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		288	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	28	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		271	—	Running	—	88
26	31	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		270	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	34	+7	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		253	—	DNF	—	0
28	35	+7	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing	Matador	203	—	DNF	—	79
29	32	+3	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Dodge	200	—	DNF	—	76
30	14	-16	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		190	—	DNF	—	0
31	23	-8	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		179	—	DNF	—	70
32	12	-20	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		178	—	DNF	—	67
33	19	-14	Bill Seifert			152	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	36	+2	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		102	—	DNF	—	61
35	39	+4	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)		33	—	DNF	—	58
36	40	+4	Steve Stolarek	Norris Price (Owner)		21	—	DNF	—	55
37	38	+1	Baxter Price	Price Racing		17	—	DNF	—	52
38	25	-13	Marv Acton	Osterlund Motorsports		16	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
39	29	-10	Jim Hurtubise	John Kennedy (Owner)		12	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	17	-23	Kenny Brightbill	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	12	—	DNF - Crash	—	43