1977 Music City USA 420

Auto race held at Fairgrounds Speedway in 1977 February 2025 CUST Race 11 of 30 in the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Music City USA 420 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TN/Nashville/1977-05-07 1977 Music City USA 420 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2012-06-12 http://racing-reference.info/race/1977_Music_City_USA_420/W 1977 Music City USA 420 racing results (second reference) Racing Reference 2011-01-28 1977 05 7 1977 11 30 NashvilleSpeedwayMap.svg Hot with temperatures of 86 F C; wind speeds of 15 mph km/h Music City USA 420 Nashville Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee 0.596 0.959 420 250.3 402.8 87.490 mi/h Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates 398 72 Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing untelevised none The 1977 Music City USA 420 was a 420-lap race that took place on May 7, 1977, at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. Background Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972.August 2016 Race report The race itself took two hours, fifty-one minutes, and forty seconds from the first green flag to the checkered flag. Benny Parsons was the race winner with an average speed of 87.49 mi/h, while the pole position winner Darrell Waltrip had a speed of 103.643 mi/h and finished the race in 3rd place. Cale Yarborough led the race with most number of laps (275) and was the points leader after the race for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. However, Benny Parsons would defeat him by one second. Ricky Rudd made his fourth 4th career top-10 finish at this race. https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Ricky_Rudd Driver Ricky Rudd Career Statistics Racing Reference 2020-05-01 Twenty thousand people attended this race that had a total prize purse of $56,350 ($ in current US dollars). The winner would leave the event earning $9,565 ($ in current US dollars) while the last-place finisher would walk away with $255 in cash earnings ($ in current US dollars). http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1977/nashville-speedway/music-city-usa-420/1419 1977 Music City USA 420 racing results Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet 2012-09-18 Other notable names among the drivers included Ricky Rudd, Coo Coo Marlin, Richard Petty, Elmo Langley, and Richard Childress. Notable crew chiefs included Buddy Parrott, Jake Elder, Joey Arrington, Kirk Shelmerdine, and Dale Inman. https://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/1977-11/W/C 1977 Music City USA 420 crew chiefs Racing Reference 2018-08-12 Paul Dean Holt would retire from NASCAR after this race after competing in 85 races, while Ralph Jones would make his introduction into NASCAR racing during this race. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1977&race=11&series_id=2 Additional information about the 1977 Music City USA 420 Race Database 2012-03-11 Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer 1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 4 43 Richard Petty Dodge 5 12 Bobby Allison AMC Matador 6 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 7 15 Buddy Baker Ford 8 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 9 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 10 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 11 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 12 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 13 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet 14 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 15 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Finishing order Section reference: 30em Benny Parsons (No. 72) Cale Yarborough (No. 11) Darrell Waltrip (No. 88) Dave Marcis (No. 2) Richard Petty (No. 43) Buddy Baker (No. 15) Bobby Allison (No. 12) Coo Coo Marlin (No. 14) Jimmy Means (No. 52) Ricky Rudd (No. 22) James Hylton (No. 48) Gary Myers (No. 4) Cecil Gordon (No. 24) D.K. Ulrich (No. 40) Buddy Arrington (No. 67) Rick Newsom (No. 20) Earl Brooks (No. 33) Ralph Jones (No. 98) David Sisco (No. 16) Ferrell Harris (No. 25) Skip Manning* (No. 96) Dick Brooks* (No. 64) Elmo Langley* (No. 45) J.D. McDuffie* (No. 70) Henley Gray* (No. 19) Richard Childress* (No. 3) Terry Ryan* (No. 81) Paul Dean Holt* (No. 39) Frank Warren* (No. 79) Dean Dalton* (No. 7) * Driver failed to finish race Timeline Section reference: Start: Darrell Waltrip was leading the racing grid as the green flag was waved. Lap 3: Benny Parsons took over the lead from Darrell Waltrip. Lap 19: Dean Dalton fell out with engine failure. Lap 30: Frank Warren fell out with engine failure. Lap 47: Paul Dean Holt managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 86: Terry Ryan fell out with engine failure. Lap 108: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Benny Parsons. Lap 133: Richard Childress fell out with engine failure. Lap 154: Henley Gray managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 176: J.D. McDuffie fell out with engine failure. Lap 182: Elmo Langley fell out with engine failure. Lap 269: The ignition on Dick Brooks' vehicle stopped working properly. Lap 313: The rear end of Skip Manning's vehicle came off in a manner that was unsafe for further racing. Lap 383: Benny Parsons took over the lead from Cale Yarborough. Finish: Benny Parsons was officially declared the winner of the event. Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Differential 1 10px Cale Yarborough 1905 0 2 10px Richard Petty 1713 -192 3 Benny Parsons 1677 -228 4 Darrell Waltrip 1672 -223 5 Dave Marcis 1460 -445 6 Buddy Baker 1452 -453 7 Cecil Gordon 1341 -564 8 Richard Childress 1321 -584 9 James Hylton 1286 -619 10 Dick Brooks 1284 -621 References 1977 Winston 500 1977 Mason-Dixon 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1977 1976 1978 Music City USA races 1977 Music City USA 420 Music City USA 420 Category:NASCAR races at Fairgrounds Speedway