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1976 Mason-Dixon 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30
May 16, 1976 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:19:53
Average Speed: 115.436 mph
Pole Speed: 136.013 mph

Cautions: 6 for 38 laps
Margin of Victory: 25.5 sec
Attendance: 32,800
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	7	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	500	18,890	running	176	180
2	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	500	11,190	running	75	175
3	1	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	499	9,620	running	4	170
4	3	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	497	7,360	running	2	165
5	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	495	6,525	running	0	155
6	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	492	7,055	running	0	150
7	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	492	2,720	running	0	146
8	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	491	2,635	running	0	142
9	19	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	478	1,840	running	0	138
10	14	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	476	2,400	running	0	134
11	23	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	474	1,640	running	0	130
12	20	40	D.K. Ulrich	Lafayette Radio (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	469	2,190	running	0	127
13	25	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	462	2,105	running	0	124
14	32	25	Jabe Thomas	Berglund (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	458	2,020	running	0	121
15	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	456	1,935	running	0	118
16	24	30	Walter Ballard	Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	443	1,840	running	0	115
17	22	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	421	1,665	running	0	112
18	27	61	Joe Mihalic	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	416	1,090	crash	0	109
19	38	02	Budd Hagelin	Cherry Hill (Budd Hagelin)	Dodge	409	1,040	running	0	106
20	35	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	Ford	400	940	engine	0	103
21	36	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	400	835	running	0	100
22	21	05	David Sisco	Bel Air Datsun (David Sisco)	Chevrolet	397	1,310	running	0	97
23	34	46	Travis Tiller	Little B / C & K Coal (Travis Tiller)	Dodge	389	760	running	0	94
24	37	5	Doc Faustina	Doc Faustina	Dodge	378	735	ignition	0	91
25	30	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	367	710	running	0	88
26	12	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	352	685	running	0
27	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	351	3,685	engine	243	92
28	33	33	Buck Baker	Smith Auto Parts (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	320	635	sway bar	0	79
29	39	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	317	610	running	0	76
30	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	316	3,635	engine	0	73
31	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Hickory Exxon (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	271	1,075	engine	0	70
32	29	10	Earl Brooks	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	250	1,065	ignition	0	67
33	17	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	247	555	crash	0	64
34	16	8	Ed Negre	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre)	Dodge	218	1,045	engine	0	61
35	9	28	Donnie Allison	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	149	560	transmission	0
36	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	136	1,025	engine	0	55
37	28	64	Tommy Gale	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley)	Ford	51	1,015	crash	0	52
38	26	6	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	Chevrolet	22	505	clutch	0	49
39	15	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	2	995	engine	0	46

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	2	2
David Pearson	3	15	13
Cale Yarborough	16	22	7
Benny Parsons	23	33	11
Cale Yarborough	34	56	23
Dave Marcis	57	57	1
David Pearson	58	58	1
Benny Parsons	59	62	4
Cale Yarborough	63	112	50
Dave Marcis	113	114	2
Cale Yarborough	115	277	163
David Pearson	278	325	48
Dave Marcis	326	326	1
David Pearson	327	331	5
Benny Parsons	332	353	22
David Pearson	354	361	8
Benny Parsons	362	500	139

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1836
2	Cale Yarborough	1812	-24
3	Richard Petty	1723	-113
4	Bobby Allison	1656	-180
5	Dave Marcis	1612	-224
6	Lennie Pond	1588	-248
7	Richard Childress	1516	-320
8	Buddy Baker	1429	-407
9	Darrell Waltrip	1384	-452
10	Frank Warren	1371	-465
11	J.D. McDuffie	1336	-500
12	D.K. Ulrich	1332	-504
13	Cecil Gordon	1331	-505
14	James Hylton	1300	-536
15	David Sisco	1216	-620
16	Dick Brooks	1213	-623
17	David Pearson	1198	-638
18	Ed Negre	1150	-686
19	Skip Manning	1148	-688
20	Buddy Arrington	1072	-764

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