| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 30 in the 1977 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
| Date | May 29, 1977 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 137.676 miles per hour (221.568 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Wood Brothers | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 311 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 43 |
Richard Petty |
Petty Enterprises | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1977 World 600 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 29, 1977 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina.[1]
Forty American-born drivers competed here including Benny Parsons, Lennie Pond, Buddy Baker, Darrell Waltrip, and Neil Bonnett. After four hours and twenty-one minutes of racing action, Richard Petty defeated polesitter David Pearson by 30.8 seconds in front of an audience of 115000 people. There were 25 lead changes done in this race in addition to six cautions for 31 laps. While the qualifying top speed was 161.435 miles per hour (259.804 km/h), the average speed of the race was actually 136.676 miles per hour (219.959 km/h). Last-place finisher Ramo Stott would acquire engine trouble on lap 3 of the 400-lap race.
Ricky Rudd would lead the first laps of his NASCAR Cup Series career during this race. Nord Krauskopf would retire as a NASCAR owner after this race;[2] he would sell his team to Jim Stacy and focus running on his insurance business (K&K Insurance) with his wife Theodora.
Pearson's next pole position start would be at the 1977 running of the National 500 (now Bank of America 500); which took place that October.[3]
| Preceded by 1977 Mason-Dixon 500 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Season 1977 |
Succeeded by 1977 NAPA 400 |