Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1977 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 495 of 500 laps. Dick Brooks finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	495	185
2	7	+5	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		493	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	490	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		488	—	Running	2	160
6	2	-4	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	487	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		479	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		479	—	Running	—	142
9	27	+18	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		470	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		465	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		457	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		448	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	445	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	439	—	Running	—	121
15	24	+9	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		437	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		435	—	Running	—	115
17	16	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		434	—	Running	—	112
18	11	-7	Ferrel Harris	Robertson Racing		434	—	Running	—	109
19	8	-11	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		421	—	Running	1	111
20	12	-8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		420	—	DNF	—	103
21	5	-16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		412	—	Running	2	105
22	26	+4	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		411	—	Running	—	97
23	17	-6	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		390	—	Running	—	94
24	22	-2	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		309	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	23	-2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	198	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	25	-1	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		168	—	DNF	—	85
27	19	-8	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		119	—	DNF	—	82
28	18	-10	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		95	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	9	-20	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		37	—	DNF	—	76
30	29	-1	Larry LeMay	Price Racing		36	—	DNF	—	73