Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1977

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1977 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 141 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	141	180
2	4	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	297	180
3	1	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	499	—	Running	51	170
4	3	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		496	—	Running	1	165
5	8	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		496	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		495	—	Running	10	155
7	11	+4	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		494	—	Running	—	146
8	5	-3	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	493	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		490	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	486	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	482	—	Running	—	130
12	25	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		480	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		480	—	Running	—	124
14	15	+1	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		479	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	475	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Dick May	McClure Motors		473	—	Running	—	115
17	9	-8	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		469	—	Running	—	112
18	23	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		454	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Ferrel Harris	Robertson Racing		449	—	Running	—	106
20	18	-2	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		407	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		389	—	DNF	—	100
22	30	+8	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		371	—	DNF	—	97
23	28	+5	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	313	—	DNF	—	94
24	32	+8	Baxter Price	Price Racing		303	—	DNF	—	91
25	34	+9	Earl Brooks	Hiram Handy (Owner)		274	—	DNF	—	88
26	22	-4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	247	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	20	-7	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		190	—	DNF	—	82
28	29	+1	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		176	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	14	-15	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		139	—	DNF	—	76
30	16	-14	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		126	—	DNF	—	73
31	36	+5	Elmo Langley	Junior Miller Racing		119	—	DNF	—	70
32	31	-1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		97	—	DNF	—	67
33	13	-20	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		82	—	DNF	—	64
34	27	-7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		40	—	DNF	—	61
35	17	-18	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		34	—	DNF	—	58
36	35	-1	Raymond Williams	Champion Racing		0	—	DNF - Engine	—	55