World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1977

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1977 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 311 of 400 laps. David Pearson finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	311	185
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	—	Running	64	175
3	7	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		398	—	Running	11	170
4	15	+11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		397	—	Running	1	0
5	6	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		397	—	Running	—	155
6	4	-2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		396	—	Running	—	150
7	14	+7	Neil Bonnett	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	394	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		392	—	Running	—	142
9	8	-1	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		392	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		391	—	Running	—	134
11	10	-1	Ron Hutcherson	Gwinn-Wawak		389	—	Running	—	0
12	13	+1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		387	—	Running	1	132
13	19	+6	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	387	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		386	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		385	—	Running	—	118
16	39	+23	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		384	—	Running	—	115
17	18	+1	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		384	—	Running	2	117
18	31	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	382	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		382	—	Running	—	106
20	12	-8	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	373	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Dick May	McClure Motors		372	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		360	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		352	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		350	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		347	—	Running	—	88
26	28	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	336	—	Running	—	85
27	35	+8	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		333	—	DNF	—	82
28	17	-11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		300	—	DNF	—	79
29	26	-3	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		271	—	DNF	—	76
30	23	-7	Harry Gant	Sherrill Enterprises		266	—	DNF	—	73
31	24	-7	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		257	—	DNF	—	70
32	40	+8	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		240	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	5	-28	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		219	—	DNF - Engine	8	69
34	30	-4	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		186	—	DNF	—	61
35	32	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	185	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	16	-20	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	Mercury	168	—	DNF - Engine	2	60
37	37	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	36	-2	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		64	—	DNF	—	49
39	11	-28	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	63	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	25	-15	Ramo Stott	Viglione Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43