The 1977 World 600 was a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 29, 1977 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...

 in the American community of Concord

Concord, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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Summary

Forty American

United States

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-born drivers competed here including Benny Parsons

Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...

, Lennie Pond

Lennie Pond

Lennie Pond is a former NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier....

, Buddy Baker

Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. , nicknamed "Leadfoot" or more famously Buddy, is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...

, Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...

, and Neil Bonnett

Neil Bonnett

Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. The Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all-time NASCAR Cup victories. He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder...

. After four hours and twenty-one minutes of racing action, Richard Petty

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

 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 (259.8 km/h), the average speed of the race was actually 136.676 miles per hour (220 km/h). Last-place finisher Ramo Stott

Ramo Stott

Ramo Stott is a retired American stock car driver from Keokuk, Iowa. He competed in NASCAR Winston Cup, USAC stock car, and ARCA.-USAC:...

 would acquire engine

Engine

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 trouble on lap 3 of the 400-lap race.

Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd

Ricky Rudd is a former American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is known as the "Iron Man" of NASCAR; holding the record for most consecutive starts in NASCAR racing. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Rudd had made 788...

 would lead the first laps of his NASCAR Cup Series career during this race. Nord Krauskopf

Nord Krauskopf

Nord Krauskopf was a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner whose career spanned from 1966 to 1977. He was the owner of K&K Insurance and a part of the business since its foundation in 1952. This was a position that he kept in the corporate world while having a second career in the...

 would retire as a NASCAR owner after this race; he would sell his team to Jim Stacy

Jim Stacy

Jim Stacy is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner whose career spanned from 1977 to 1983.-Summary:He has employed veteran NASCAR drivers such as Neil Bonnett, Ferrel Harris, Sterling Marlin, Joe Ruttman, and Dale Earnhardt...

 and focus running on his insurance business (K&K Insurance

K&K Insurance

K&K Insurance was started back in 1952 by Nord Krauskopf and his wife Theodora in order to manage and market a benevolent fund for injured race car drivers.-Summary:...

) with his wife Theodora.

Pearson's next pole position start would be at the 1977

1977 NAPA National 500

The 1977 NAPA National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on October 9, 1977 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina.-Summary:...

 running of the National 500 (now Bank of America 500); which took place that October.