1977 Winston 500

1977 Winston 500

Race details[1]
Race 10 of 30 in the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Date	May 1, 1977 (1977-May-01)
Official name	Winston 500
Location	Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.660 mi (4.280 km)
Distance	188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.8 km)
Weather	Very hot with temperatures of 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds of 11.8 miles per hour (19.0 km/h)
Average speed	164.887 miles per hour (265.360 km/h)
Attendance	90,000[2]
Pole position
Driver	A. J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt
Most laps led
Driver	Donnie Allison	Hoss Ellington
Laps	71
Winner
No. 88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier

The 1977 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 1, 1977, at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in Talladega, Alabama. The tenth of 30 races of the 1977 Winston Cup Grand National season, the Winston 500 started 41 cars.

The race's pole was won by A. J. Foyt, driving a Chevrolet Laguna. His pole speed was 192 miles per hour or 309 kilometres per hour. Benny Parsons qualified second while the race's defending champion Buddy Baker timed in 20th. Darrell Waltrip qualified 11th a month after a breakthrough win in the Rebel 500 at Darlington; it was the only time all season a Cup driver started outside the top-8 and ended up in victory lane.