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1977 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	200	$63,700	Chevrolet
2	6	72	Benny Parsons	200	$30,400	Chevrolet
3	8	15	Buddy Baker	199	$23,850	Ford
4	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	198	$16,875	Chevrolet
5	15	90	Richard Brooks	198	$17,625	Ford
6	2	51	A.J. Foyt	197	$13,600	Chevrolet
7	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	193	$15,745	Chevrolet
8	23	52	Jimmy Means	192	$10,985	Chevrolet
9	30	19	Bob Burcham	191	$12,475	Chevrolet
10	37	48	James Hylton	189	$11,090	Chevrolet
11	33	79	Frank Warren	188	$8,920	Dodge
12	39	68	Janet Guthrie	188	$6,890	Chevrolet
13	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	184	$8,115	Chevrolet
14	42	40	D.K. Ulrich	168	$7,210	Chevrolet
15	7	12	Bobby Allison	167	$6,560	Matador
16	35	30	Tighe Scott	166	$6,235	Chevrolet
17	41	24	Cecil Gordon	164	$5,615	Chevrolet
18	34	81	Terry Ryan	159	$3,885	Chevrolet
19	29	3	Walter Ballard	153	$2,975	Chevrolet
20	19	31	Jim Vandiver	137	$3,520	Dodge
21	5	21	David Pearson	135	$5,440	Mercury
22	21	22	Ricky Rudd	135	$2,935	Chevrolet
23	32	3	Richard Childress	127	$3,290	Chevrolet
24	25	4	Salt Walther	114	$2,725	Chevrolet
25	18	47	Bruce Hill	113	$2,750	Chevrolet
26	3	43	Richard Petty	111	$9,450	Dodge
27	12	60	Ramo Stott	107	$2,450	Chevrolet
28	9	2	Dave Marcis	103	$6,150	Mercury
29	22	8	Ed Negre	101	$3,175	Dodge
30	1	1	Donnie Allison	88	$7,375	Chevrolet
31	36	27	Sam Sommers	87	$1,350	Chevrolet
32	31	83	Ron Hutcherson	85	$1,325	Chevrolet
33	20	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	77	$2,175	Chevrolet
34	14	41	Grant Adcox	73	$2,325	Chevrolet
35	26	95	Jim Hurtubise	69	$2,050	Chevrolet
36	27	92	Skip Manning	65	$2,615	Chevrolet
37	11	71	Neil Bonnett	65	$5,525	Dodge
38	38	67	Buddy Arrington	51	$1,780	Dodge
39	28	29	Roy Smith	45	$2,020	Chevrolet
40	16	87	E. Forbes-Robinson	44	$2,025	Dodge
41	40	77	Johnny Rutherford	29	$1,725	Chevrolet
42	17	32	Bobby Wawak	3	$2,400	Chevrolet

Time of Race:	3 hours, 15 minutes, 48 seconds
Average Speed:	153.218 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Donnie Allison, 188.048 mph
Pole:	Donnie Allison
Margin of Victory:	l.390 seconds
Caution Flags:	6 for 37 laps
Lead Changes:	31 lead changes among 10 drivers. Lap Leaders: Donnie Allison 1, A.J. Foyt 2, David Pearson 3, Cale Yarborough 4-12, Foyt 13, Yarborough 14-16, Foyt 17-18, Dave Marcis 19, Buddy Baker 20-25, Yarborough 26-32, Baker 33, Frank Warren 34, D. Allison 35-38, Darrell Waltrip 39, D. Allison 40, Foyt 41, Yarborough 42-59, Foyt 60, Richard Petty 61-64, Baker 65, Yarborough 66-87, Foyt 88-94, Yarborough 95-110, Baker 111-114, Waltrip 115-117, Baker 118-121, Pearson 122, Benny Parsons 123-131, Yarborough 132-165, Parsons 165-171, Yarborough 172-200.
Total Laps Led:	Cale Yarborough 137, Benny Parsons 16, Buddy Baker 16, A.J. Foyt 13, Donnie Allison 6, Darrell Waltrip 4, Richard Petty 4, David Pearson 2, Dave Marcis 1, Frank Warren 1.