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Dover International Speedway
May 15, 1977 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms Chevrolet | 500 | 180 | 15,400 | Running | |
| 2 | 4 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator Mercury | 500 | 180 | 8,000 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Dodge | 499 | 170 | 8,600 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 496 | 165 | 6,700 | Running | |
| 5 | 8 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Ford | 496 | 155 | 5,250 | Running | |
| 6 | 2 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks Chevrolet | 495 | 155 | 5,750 | Running | |
| 7 | 11 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet | 494 | 146 | 4,000 | Running | |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 1st National City Travelers Checks American Motors | 493 | 142 | 3,280 | Running | |
| 9 | 7 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries Ford | 490 | 138 | 5,000 | Running | |
| 10 | 10 | 84 | Morgan Shepherd | Ridge Plumbing Mercury | 486 | 134 | 1,700 | Running | |
| 11 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hickory Garage Dodge | 482 | 130 | 3,120 | Running | |
| 12 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 480 | 127 | 2,960 | Running | |
| 14 | 15 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions Chevrolet | 479 | 121 | 2,605 | Running | |
| 15 | 26 | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 475 | 118 | 2,395 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 57 | Dick May | McClure Motors Ford | 473 | 115 | 1,200 | Running | |
| 17 | 9 | 92 | Skip Manning | 1st National City Travelers Checks Chevrolet | 469 | 112 | 2,135 | Running | |
| 18 | 23 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford | 454 | 109 | 1,900 | Running | |
| 19 | 33 | 25 | Ferrel Harris | Chevrolet | 449 | 106 | 1,640 | Running | |
| 21 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack Chevrolet | 389 | 100 | 1,420 | Water Pump | |
| 22 | 30 | 4 | Gary Myers | Hicks Pharmacy Chevrolet | 371 | 97 | 775 | Steering | |
| 23 | 28 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 313 | 94 | 725 | Transmission | |
| 24 | 32 | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 303 | 91 | 1,200 | Overheating | |
| 25 | 34 | 33 | Earl Brooks | Smith Auto Parts Chevrolet | 274 | 88 | 675 | Head Gasket | |
| 26 | 22 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan Dodge | 247 | 85 | 1,250 | Engine | |
| 27 | 20 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto Parts Chevrolet | 190 | 82 | 625 | Oil Pump | |
| 28 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Gillespie Painting Ford | 176 | 79 | 600 | Valve | |
| 29 | 14 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing Chevrolet | 139 | 76 | 650 | Piston | |
| 30 | 16 | 16 | David Sisco | Bel Air Datsun Chevrolet | 126 | 73 | 1,050 | Oil Pump | |
| 31 | 36 | 95 | Elmo Langley | Miller Roofing Chevrolet | 119 | 70 | 540 | Oil Pan | |
| 32 | 31 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 97 | 67 | 1,030 | Control Arm | |
| 33 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering Chevrolet | 82 | 64 | 1,020 | Piston | |
| 34 | 27 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Chevrolet | 40 | 61 | 510 | Clutch | |
| 35 | 17 | 47 | Bruce Hill | t. edwards Chevrolet | 34 | 58 | 500 | Cylinder Head | |
| 36 | 35 | 10 | Raymond Williams | Ford | 0 | 55 | 490 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 3 Minutes 26 Seconds
Average Speed .:123.327
Margin of Victory .: 6.200 Seconds