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The 1977 Southern 500, the 28th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on September 5, 1977, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Drivers competed for a total of purse $184,200 ($ when considering inflation).〔 Darrell Waltrip qualified for the pole position with a speed of .〔 The race covered 367 laps tof the paved track, totalling .〔 After six yellow flags for 93 laps and 32 different leaders, the race lasted four hours and forty-one minutes. Rain on lap 185 forced to cars to slow down their speed until NASCAR confirmed that the rain indeed stopped in time for the green flag on lap 204. An oil slick on lap 210 would slow down the cars yet again until workers fixed the spill around lap 222.〔 Sixty thousand people would watch a race where David Pearson defeated Donnie Allison by 2.5 seconds with an average speed of .〔 Bill Elliott earned his first career top-ten finish.〔〔 Terry Bivins made his final NASCAR appearance in this race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1977&race=22&series_id=2 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1977 Southern 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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