Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1977

Cale Yarborough

Winner

384

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1977 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 243 of 384 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		384	—	Running	243	185
2	4	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		384	—	Running	83	175
3	10	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	381	—	Running	1	170
4	8	+4	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		381	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	380	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		379	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		370	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		369	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		369	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		369	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Terry Bivins	WAM Racing		366	—	Running	—	130
12	1	-11	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	366	—	Running	6	132
13	26	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		366	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		365	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		363	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	Ferrel Harris	Robertson Racing		356	—	Running	—	115
17	16	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		346	—	Running	—	112
18	22	+4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		344	—	Running	—	109
19	6	-13	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	344	—	Running	—	106
20	9	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		343	—	Running	—	103
21	2	-19	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		322	—	DNF	51	105
22	17	-5	Jimmy Hensley	Moyer Racing		321	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		299	—	Running	—	94
24	11	-13	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		258	—	DNF	—	91
25	18	-7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	240	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	3	-23	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		226	—	DNF	—	85
27	14	-13	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		182	—	DNF	—	82
28	25	-3	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		177	—	DNF	—	79
29	24	-5	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		112	—	DNF	—	76
30	30	—	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		94	—	DNF	—	73