Network: ABC
Date and time: December 17, 1977, 5:00 PM
Format: Tape-delayed
Length: 30 minutes
The National 500 was shown in a half-hour form on ABC's Wide World of Sports, alongside a boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Hector Diaz and the World Professional Skiing Championships.
Personnel:
Announcers: Al Michaels, Chris Economaki