Los Angeles Times 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Neil Bonnett

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1977 Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 96 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	96	185
2	1	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	59	175
3	5	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	4	170
4	13	+9	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	199	—	Running	11	160
6	10	+4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		199	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	198	—	Running	6	151
8	16	+8	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		197	—	Running	3	147
9	17	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		197	—	Running	3	143
10	28	+18	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		197	—	Running	—	134
11	3	-8	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		197	—	Running	—	0
12	8	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		197	—	Running	4	132
13	33	+20	Joe Ruttman	Robert Switzer (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	124
14	11	-3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		196	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		196	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		195	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		195	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		191	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		190	—	Running	—	103
21	20	-1	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		190	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		189	—	Running	—	97
23	31	+8	Bill Osborne	Bill Osborne (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	0
24	15	-9	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		175	—	Running	5	96
25	29	+4	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	88
26	22	-4	Sonny Easley	Sonny Easley (Owner)		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	24	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	151	—	DNF	—	82
28	41	+13	John Borneman	Arthur Godfrey (Owner)		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	6	-23	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		137	—	DNF - Engine	8	81
30	42	+12	Don Graham	Bob Lehman (Owner)		118	—	DNF	—	73
31	40	+9	Ron McGee	Smokey Yunick Racing		103	—	Running	—	70
32	39	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		101	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	32	-1	Vince Giamformaggio	Sam Arakalian (Owner)		93	—	DNF	—	64
34	25	-9	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	55	—	Running	—	61
35	35	—	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)		54	—	DNF	—	58
36	19	-17	John Kieper	John Kieper (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	37	—	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	12	-26	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	18	-21	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)		26	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	38	-2	Roger McCluskey			20	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	9	-32	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	7	-35	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		9	—	DNF	—	37