During the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup season, Richard Petty authored a noteworthy all-time NASCAR record. By winning five races in the 1977 campaign, "King Richard" ran his consecutive years of winning at least one race to 18. Petty's achievement was largely overlooked though, probably because Cale Yarborough dominated most of the 1977 season. That year, Yarborough went on to capture his second straight NASCAR championship. In the chart below,
you will find the results for all of the 30 races that comprised the
1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Series Season.
 Number 11 Cale Yarborough, leads #1 Donnie Allison, and #88 Darrell Waltrip in the Oct. 23 American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Cale clinched his second straight NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National championship with his fourth-place finish. Allison started the #1 Hoss Ellington Chevyon the pole and went on to win the race, leading the final 72 laps. Waltrip came home third in the DiGard/Gatorade Chevy. See more pictures of NASCAR. |
| Number | Date | Site | Race Winner | Car | Speed |
| 1 | 1/16/77 | Riverside, CA | David Pearson | Mercury | 107.038 |
| 2 | 2/20/77 | Daytona Beach, FL | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 153.218 |
| 3 | 2/27/77 | Richmond, VA | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 73.084 |
| 4 | 3/13/77 | Rockingham, NC | Richard Petty | Dodge | 97.860 |
| 5 | 3/20/77 | Atlanta, GA | Richard Petty | Dodge | 144.093 |
| 6 | 3/27/77 | N.Wilkesboro, NC | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 88.950 |
| 7 | 4/03/77 | Darlington, SC | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 128.817 |
| 8 | 4/17/77 | Bristol, TN | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 100.989 |
| 9 | 4/24/77 | Martinsville, VA | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 77.405 |
| 10 | 5/01/77 | Talladega, AL | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 164.877 |
| 11 | 5/07/77 | Nashville, TN | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 87.490 |
| 12 | 5/15/77 | Dover, DE | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 123.327 |
| 13 | 5/29/77 | Charlotte, NC | Richard Petty | Dodge | 137.676 |
| 14 | 6/12/77 | Riverside, CA | Richard Petty | Dodge | 105.021 |
| 15 | 6/19/77 | Brooklyn, MI | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 135.033 |
| 16 | 7/04/77 | Daytona Beach, FL | Richard Petty | Dodge | 142.716 |
| 17 | 7/16/77 | Nashville, TN | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 78.999 |
| 18 | 7/31/77 | Pocono, PA | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 128.379 |
| 19 | 8/07/77 | Talladega, AL | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet | 162.524 |
| 20 | 8/22/77 | Brooklyn, MI | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 137.944 |
| 21 | 8/28/77 | Bristol, TN | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 79.726 |
| 22 | 9/05/77 | Darlington, SC | David Pearson | Mercury | 106.797 |
| 23 | 9/11/77 | Richmond, VA | Neil Bonnett | Dodge | 80.644 |
| 24 | 9/18/77 | Dover, DE | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 114.708 |
| 25 | 9/25/77 | Martinsville, VA | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 73.447 |
| 26 | 10/02/77 | N.Wilkesboro, NC | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 86.713 |
| 27 | 10/09/77 | Charlotte, NC | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 142.780 |
| 28 | 10/23/77 | Rockingham, NC | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet | 113.584 |
| 29 | 11/06/77 | Atlanta, GA | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 110.052 |
| 30 | 11/20/77 | Ontario, CA | Neil Bonnett | Dodge | 128.296 |
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