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1976 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30
Sunday, March 21, 1976 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:52:16
Average Speed: 128.904 mph
Pole Speed: 160.709 mph

Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.8 sec
Attendance: 55,000
Lead changes: 33

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	328	16,750	running	72	180
2	5	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	328	13,375	running	32	175
3	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	327	17,855	running	103	175
4	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	326	5,870	running	4	165
5	9	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	325	7,360	running	0	155
6	7	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	324	4,140	running	0	150
7	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	324	3,780	running	0	146
9	31	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	321	3,470	running	2	143
8	23	12	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	321	2,825	running	0	142
10	15	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	321	2,600	running	0	134
11	26	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	319	2,960	running	0	130
12	17	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	319	2,350	running	0	127
13	28	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	319	2,800	running	0	124
14	21	91	Bob Burcham	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	316	2,125	running	0	121
15	13	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	316	2,640	running	0	118
16	32	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	315	2,505	running	0	115
17	19	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	313	1,725	running	0	112
18	20	30	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	313	2,320	running	0	109
19	36	49	John Utsman	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	306	1,600	out of gas	0	106
20	25	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	297	1,575	running	0	103
21	34	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	296	1,325	running	0	100
22	29	95	Jerry Sisco	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	254	1,275	suspension	0	97
23	16	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	246	1,450	running	0	94
25	6	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	238	4,350	engine	100	93
24	35	29	Walter Ballard	Velvet Touch Furniture (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	241	1,225	running	0	91
26	18	63	Terry Bivins	Billy Moyer	Chevrolet	200	1,275	engine	0	85
28	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	194	5,775	engine	7	84
27	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	198	1,650	engine	0	82
29	8	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	188	4,150	engine	2	81
31	24	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	155	1,575	engine	2	75
30	12	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	175	1,575	engine	0	73
32	1	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	107	4,940	engine	4	72
33	30	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Gray's Guard (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	63	930	engine	0	64
34	22	52	Jimmy Means	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	62	945	clutch	0	61
35	27	64	Tommy Gale	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley)	Ford	53	1,410	clutch	0	58
36	33	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Ford	21	950	driveshaft	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	5	5
Cale Yarborough	6	9	4
Buddy Baker	10	16	7
Cale Yarborough	17	18	2
Dave Marcis	19	22	4
Bobby Allison	23	23	1
James Hylton	24	25	2
Lennie Pond	26	28	3
Cale Yarborough	29	67	39
Lennie Pond	68	68	1
David Sisco	69	70	2
Buddy Baker	71	75	5
Cale Yarborough	76	108	33
Bobby Allison	109	109	1
Cale Yarborough	110	115	6
Buddy Baker	116	121	6
Cale Yarborough	122	132	11
Buddy Baker	133	169	37
Cale Yarborough	170	177	8
Benny Parsons	178	179	2
Richard Petty	180	182	3
Buddy Baker	183	189	7
Richard Petty	190	193	4
Buddy Baker	194	210	17
David Pearson	211	211	1
Buddy Baker	212	217	6
David Pearson	218	218	1
Buddy Baker	219	233	15
David Pearson	234	265	32
Benny Parsons	266	292	27
David Pearson	293	294	2
Benny Parsons	295	297	3
David Pearson	298	328	31

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	963
2	Cale Yarborough	907	-56
3	Richard Petty	794	-169
4	Richard Childress	761	-202
5	Darrell Waltrip	758	-205
6	Lennie Pond	749	-214
7	Dave Marcis	741	-222
8	Bobby Allison	732	-231
9	J.D. McDuffie	702	-261
10	Frank Warren	688	-275
11	James Hylton	677	-286
12	Ed Negre	652	-311
13	D.K. Ulrich	636	-327
14	David Pearson	626	-337
15	Cecil Gordon	609	-354
16	Terry Bivins	602	-361
17	Buddy Baker	582	-381
18	Dick Brooks	581	-382
19	David Sisco	558	-405
20	Buddy Arrington	541	-422

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