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The ''1977 Wilkes 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on October 2, 1977, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. ==Summary== Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Benny Parsons, and Cale Yarborough would constantly compete for the lead in this 400-lap event. After two hours and fifty-nine minutes of racing, Darrell Waltrip would defeat Cale Yarborough by slightly more than seven seconds in front of a live audience of eleven thousand people. There were 26 drivers on the starting grid; all of them were American-born. Junior Miller withdrew from the race on lap 5 and would become the last-place finisher in the race. The sponsorship grid was made up of mostly regional sponsors with some national-level sponsors like the motor oil company STP and the world-famous sports drink Gatorade.〔 Petty ended up in 24th place due to a crash on lap 240; he was the pole position starter by virtue of driving up to during his solo qualifying run. The winner of the race would drive at speeds averaging up to in the actual event.〔 This would become Waltrip's fifth win of the 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.〔(Racing information about the ''1977 Wilkes 400'' ) at Driver Averages〕 However, he would not become a credible challenger for the Winston Cup Championship until the 1980s. Monetary awards for this event ranged from $12,500 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to a meager $390 ($ when adjusted for inflration). The total prize purse for this racing event was $64,055 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(Racing information about the ''1977 Wilkes 400'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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 Wilkes 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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