Stock Car Racing Wiki
Advertisement
Last Race (Both Series) · Cup/West Season Index · Next Cup/West race


1977 Winston Western 500
WestCupCombo
@ Riverside on January 16, 1977
Note: Winston West Drivers Denoted in Gold Rows
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status
1 2 21 David Pearson Purolator Mercury 119 17 running
2 1 11 Cale Yarborough Holly Farms Chevy 119 102 running
3 9 43 Richard Petty STP Dodge 118 0 running
4 5 2 Dave Marcis CAM 2 Chevy 116 0 running
5 7 67 Sonny Easley Haddick's Towing Ford 115 0 running
6 10 3 Richard Childress Kansas Jack Chevy 114 0 running
7 28 69 Hershel McGriff McGriff Racing Chevy 114 0 running
8 23 76 Hugh Pearson Buzby Chevy 114 0 running
9 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Gatorade Chevy 114 0 running
10 12 09 Eddie Bradshaw C & M Racing Chevy 114 0 running
11 24 24 Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Racing Chevy 114 0 running
12 6 15 Buddy Baker Norris Industries Ford 113 0 running
13 27 01 Chuck Bown Lake's Drywall Chevy 112 0 running
14 14 48 James Hylton Hylton Engineering Chevy 112 0 running
15 17 40 D.K. Ulrich Red Fox Lounge Chevy 110 0 running
16 15 5 Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate Chevy 107 0 running
17 22 71 Neil Bonnett 1st National City Dodge 107 0 running
18 18 36 Bobby Wawak Gwinn-Wawak Chevy 105 0 running
19 20 73 Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee Chevy 102 0 running
20 11 44 Gary Johnson Noble Auto Parts Chevy 96 0 running
21 26 72 Benny Parsons 1st National City Chevy 95 0 transmission
22 16 29 Roy Smith Mercury Marine Chevy 95 0 clutch
23 13 93 Norm Palmer Peaches Records Dodge 92 0 running
24 30 32 Gary Matthews Midland Motor Homes Plymouth 91 0 running
25 21 79 Frank Warren Native Tan Dodge 69 0 rear end
26 29 37 Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer Chevy 68 0 running
27 25 8 Ed Negre 10,000 RPM Speed Dodge 59 0 engine
28 33 55 Bill Baker R.W. Scott Construction Chevy 54 0 clutch
29 34 70 J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Chevy 25 0 engine
30 31 13 Don Puskarich Cravens Automotive Chevy 16 0 engine
31 19 26 Carl Joiner Marquardt Racing Chevy 10 0 transmission
32 32 19 Henley Gray Belden Asphalt Chevy 9 0 oil pump
33 35 33 Glenn Francis Auto Alarms Chevy 9 0 oil leak
34 4 50 Jimmy Insolo Stock Car Products Chevy 4 0 engine
35 8 12 Bobby Allison 1st National City Matador 3 0 engine


The Race::1977 Winston Western 500 was a Winston Cup Series (now Nextel Cup) - Winston West Series (now known as the ) event held at Track::Riverside International Raceway on January 16, 1977. It was the season opener for both series. Cale Yarborough dominated much of the event, leading 102 of the 119 laps before David Pearson came on late. Pearson worked by Yarborough and pulled away to a nine-second victory. Yarborough, since he had led the most laps, was tied with Pearson for the top spot. Yarborough started the year on top, ended the year on top of the points and only once in mid-July would he not be atop the points.

Race Data[]

Lap leaders: D. Pearson 1, C. Yarborough 2-103, D. Pearson 104-119

Advertisement