1977 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1977 World 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	May 29th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1977 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1977 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Richard Petty	43	2	$69,550	400	running	STP
2	David Pearson	21	1	$38,535	400	running	Purolator
3	Benny Parsons	72	7	$16,735	398	running	1st National City Travelers Checks
4	Lennie Pond	54	15	$12,850	397	running	Ronnie Elder
5	Buddy Baker	15	6	$12,240	397	running	Norris Industries
6	Darrell Waltrip	88	4	$10,600	396	running	Gatorade
7	Neil Bonnett	71	14	$6,060	394	running	Auto Race Tracks
8	Dick Brooks	90	20	$7,260	392	running	Truxmore
10	Skip Manning	92	9	$6,915	391	running	1st National City Travelers Checks
11	Ron Hutcherson	36	10	$5,405	389	running	Encyclopedia Britannica
13	Morgan Shepherd	84	19	$3,485	387	running	Makar Enterprises
14	Richard Childress	3	22	$4,945	386	running	Kansas Jack
15	Bill Elliott	9	21	$3,185	385	running	Dahlonega Ford Sales
17	Ricky Rudd	22	18	$2,960	384	running	Hi-Tech
18	Buddy Arrington	67	31	$4,240	382	running	Sub-Tropic
22	Cecil Gordon	24	38	$3,295	360	running	Transmissions Unlimited
23	Butch Hartman	75	27	$2,160	352	running	Hartman Autocar
24	Cale Yarborough	11	3	$7,360	350	running	Holly Farms
28	James Hylton	48	17	$2,240	300	engine	WKIT
30	Harry Gant	6	23	$1,460	266	engine	Sherrill Enterprises
31	Bruce Hill	47	24	$1,360	257	running	t. edwards
33	Donnie Allison	1	5	$4,085	219	engine	Hawaiian Tropic
36	Dave Marcis	2	16	$1,850	168	engine	CAM 2
37	Tommy Gale	64	37	$1,700	87	engine	Sunny King
38	Henley Gray	19	36	$1,675	64	crash	Belden Asphalt
39	Bobby Allison	12	11	$1,175	63	engine	1st National City Travelers Checks