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Twenty thousand people attended this race that had a total prize purse of $ 56,350 ($ 283,328.17 in current US dollars). The winner would leave the event earning an incredible $ 9,565 ($ 48,092.88 in current US dollars) while the last-place finisher would walk away with a meager $ 255 in cash
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Finish: Benny
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championship. However, Benny
Parsons would defeat him by one second.
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Ricky Rudd made his fourth 4th career top-10 finish at this race.
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would make his introduction into NASCAR racing during this race.
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Parsons took over the lead from Cale Yarborough.
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Yarborough took over the lead from Benny Parsons.
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Lap 3: Benny
Parsons took over the lead from Darrell Waltrip.
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Lap 133: Richard
Childress fell out with engine failure.
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Lap 182: Elmo
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809:Lap 19: Dean Dalton fell out with engine failure.
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299:Other notable names among the drivers included
16:Auto race held at Fairgrounds Speedway in 1977
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1101:"1977 Music City USA 420 weather information"
296:earnings ($ 1,282.14 in current US dollars).
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116:87.490 miles per hour (140.802 km/h)
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1206:"1977 Music City USA 420 crew chiefs"
1164:"Driver Ricky Rudd Career Statistics"
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170:Junior Johnson & Associates
1439:1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
788:* Driver failed to finish race
34:1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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100:420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km)
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1103:. The Old Farmers' Almanac
761:Richard Childress* (No. 3)
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90:Permanent racing facility
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850:Standings after the race
770:Paul Dean Holt* (No. 39)
632:Cale Yarborough (No. 11)
21:1977 Music City USA 420
1229:1977 Music City USA 420
662:Coo Coo Marlin (No. 14)
240:1977 Music City USA 420
746:Elmo Langley* (No. 45)
647:Richard Petty (No. 43)
629:Benny Parsons (No. 72)
1289:Music City USA races
53:May 7, 1977
32:Race 11 of 30 in the
1269:1977 Mason-Dixon 500
248:Nashville, Tennessee
244:Fairgrounds Speedway
81:Nashville, Tennessee
671:Ricky Rudd (No. 22)
92:0.596 mi (0.959 km)
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1208:. Racing Reference
1166:. Racing Reference
1145:. Racing Reference
798:Section reference:
623:Section reference:
287:Winston Cup Series
259:Nashville Speedway
146:DiGard Motorsports
77:Nashville Speedway
68:Music City USA 420
1444:1977 in Tennessee
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317:Richard Childress
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881:Cale Yarborough
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636:Darrell Waltrip
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618:Finishing order
590:Buddy Arrington
414:Cale Yarborough
382:Darrell Waltrip
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276:Darrell Waltrip
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1010:Cecil Gordon
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774:Frank Warren
735:Skip Manning
687:Cecil Gordon
675:James Hylton
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510:Skip Manning
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313:Elmo Langley
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27:Race details
1073:Dick Brooks
989:Buddy Baker
968:Dave Marcis
780:Dean Dalton
756:Henley Gray
741:Dick Brooks
723:David Sisco
717:Ralph Jones
711:Earl Brooks
705:Rick Newsom
693:D.K. Ulrich
666:Jimmy Means
651:Buddy Baker
642:Dave Marcis
494:Jimmy Means
478:Buddy Baker
462:Dave Marcis
450:AMC Matador
347:Ralph Jones
266:Race report
221:untelevised
57:1977-May-07
1433:Categories
1237:2012-03-11
1212:2018-08-12
1191:2012-09-18
1170:2020-05-01
1149:2011-01-28
1107:2012-06-12
1087:References
776:* (No. 79)
767:* (No. 81)
765:Terry Ryan
758:* (No. 19)
752:* (No. 70)
743:* (No. 64)
737:* (No. 96)
681:Gary Myers
574:Terry Ryan
558:Ricky Rudd
353:Qualifying
337:Dale Inman
325:Jake Elder
301:Ricky Rudd
254:Background
226:Announcers
1337:Coors 420
782:* (No. 7)
610:Chevrolet
578:Chevrolet
562:Chevrolet
546:Chevrolet
530:Chevrolet
514:Chevrolet
498:Chevrolet
466:Chevrolet
418:Chevrolet
402:Chevrolet
386:Chevrolet
793:Timeline
731:(No. 25)
725:(No. 16)
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713:(No. 33)
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695:(No. 40)
689:(No. 24)
677:(No. 48)
668:(No. 52)
659:(No. 12)
653:(No. 15)
638:(No. 88)
97:Distance
73:Location
863:Points
860:Driver
683:(No. 4)
644:(No. 2)
368:Driver
217:Network
105:Weather
55: (
335:, and
315:, and
284:NASCAR
191:No. 72
185:Winner
158:Driver
128:Driver
87:Course
36:season
1292:1977
1263:1977
1080:-621
1077:1284
1059:-619
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1038:-584
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1017:-564
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996:-453
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930:1677
912:-192
909:1713
594:Dodge
434:Dodge
360:Grid
1418:1984
1413:1983
1408:1982
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1383:1977
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1368:1974
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1358:1965
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1298:1978
1283:1976
887:1905
857:Pos
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238:The
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