Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1977

David Pearson

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1977 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1977, leading 17 of 119 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1977

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	119	—	Running	17	180
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		119	—	Running	102	180
3	9	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	118	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		116	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		115	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		114	—	Running	—	150
7	28	+21	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports		114	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)		114	—	Running	—	142
9	3	-6	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		114	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing		114	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		114	—	Running	—	130
12	6	-6	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		113	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)		112	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		112	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		110	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Jim Thirkettle			107	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	107	—	Running	—	112
18	18	—	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		105	—	Running	—	109
19	20	+1	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		102	—	Running	—	106
20	11	-9	Gary Johnson	Al Clark (Owner)		96	—	Running	—	103
21	26	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		95	—	DNF	—	100
22	16	-6	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		95	—	DNF	—	97
23	13	-10	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	92	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Gary Matthews	Dave Hill (Owner)	Plymouth	89	—	Running	—	91
25	21	-4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	69	—	DNF	—	88
26	29	+3	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		68	—	Running	—	85
27	25	-2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	59	—	DNF	—	82
28	33	+5	Bill Baker	Bill Baker (Owner)		54	—	DNF	—	79
29	34	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	31	+1	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	19	-12	Carl Joiner	Marquardt Racing		10	—	DNF	—	70
32	32	—	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		9	—	DNF	—	67
33	35	+2	Glenn Francis	Trent Francis (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	4	-30	Jimmy Insolo	Michael Brockman (Owner)		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	8	-27	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	58