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1976 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 30
Sunday, September 5, 1976 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 4:09:33
Average Speed: 120.534 mph
Pole Speed: 154.699 mph

Cautions: 8 for 65 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.8 sec
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 31

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
13	20	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	346	2,845	running	0	124
9	2	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	355	6,905	running	28	143
33	10	28	Donnie Allison	U.S. Army (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	167	1,270	water pump	43	69
35	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	124	1,720	engine	0	58
17	34	33	Buck Baker	Hadacol (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	341	2,445	running	0	112
31	3	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	181	4,520	crash	10	75
14	24	30	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	345	4,485	running	0	121
24	16	12	Neil Bonnett	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	290	1,645	suspension	0	91
6	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	364	6,935	running	0	150
40	36	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	3	1,135	engine	0	43
29	38	01	Earle Canavan	Byrd (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	210	1,370	engine	0	76
36	17	3	Richard Childress	Power Tool (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	117	1,695	running	0	55
11	25	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	351	3,045	running	0	130
34	37	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	166	1,270	crash	0	61
12	15	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	347	4,895	running	0	127
21	29	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	327	1,920	running	0	100
22	18	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	321	2,645	engine	0	97
20	32	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	334	3,195	running	0	103
37	39	10	Bruce Jacobi	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	59	1,670	engine	0	52
32	26	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	172	1,795	crash	0	67
4	6	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	367	10,800	running	58	165
8	11	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	356	5,915	running	0	142
28	23	49	Dick May	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	213	1,395	engine	0	79
25	33	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	272	2,370	engine	0	88
18	27	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	336	2,445	running	0	109
27	28	95	Gary Myers	Hicks Pharmacy (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	216	1,520	engine	0	82
26	31	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	238	1,945	engine	0	85
38	40	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	Chevrolet	44	1,145	ignition	0	49
7	5	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	364	7,525	running	3	151
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	367	16,155	running	93	185
2	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	367	18,055	running	32	175
5	14	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	365	8,315	running	1	160
15	12	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	343	2,645	running	0	118
39	13	05	David Sisco	Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco)	Chevrolet	13	1,855	crash	0	46
30	19	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	208	1,345	wheel	0	73
16	21	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	342	4,175	running	0	115
3	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	367	13,135	running	50	170
19	35	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	336	3,615	running	0	106
10	22	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	355	3,245	running	0	134
23	7	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	307	4,695	running	49	99

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	11	11
Bobby Allison	12	18	7
Benny Parsons	19	19	1
Bobby Allison	20	34	15
Dave Marcis	35	35	1
Benny Parsons	36	37	2
Bobby Allison	38	43	6
Richard Petty	44	65	22
Lennie Pond	66	66	1
Buddy Baker	67	68	2
Cale Yarborough	69	86	18
Richard Petty	87	96	10
Cale Yarborough	97	105	9
Donnie Allison	106	128	23
Cale Yarborough	129	141	13
Donnie Allison	142	143	2
Cale Yarborough	144	149	6
Donnie Allison	150	167	18
Cale Yarborough	168	170	3
Darrell Waltrip	171	171	1
Buddy Baker	172	179	8
Darrell Waltrip	180	207	28
Dave Marcis	208	259	52
Darrell Waltrip	260	266	7
David Pearson	267	298	32
Dave Marcis	299	299	1
Darrell Waltrip	300	306	7
David Pearson	307	311	5
Darrell Waltrip	312	314	3
Dave Marcis	315	318	4
Darrell Waltrip	319	322	4
David Pearson	323	367	45

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3310
2	Richard Petty	3281	-29
3	Benny Parsons	3263	-47
4	Bobby Allison	3125	-185
5	Dave Marcis	2914	-396
6	Lennie Pond	2901	-409
7	Richard Childress	2666	-644
8	Buddy Baker	2650	-660
9	David Pearson	2537	-773
10	Darrell Waltrip	2510	-800
11	Frank Warren	2470	-840
12	J.D. McDuffie	2445	-865
13	D.K. Ulrich	2426	-884
14	James Hylton	2421	-889
15	Cecil Gordon	2417	-893
16	Dick Brooks	2334	-976
17	David Sisco	2188	-1122
18	Skip Manning	2085	-1225
19	Ed Negre	2021	-1289
20	Buddy Arrington	1831	-1479

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