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1976 Delaware 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30
Sunday, September 19, 1976 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:19:12
Average Speed: 115.74 mph
Pole Speed: 133.377 mph

Cautions: 2 for 27 laps
Margin of Victory: 7.2 sec
Attendance: 31,500
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	500	18,075	running	218	185
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	14,990	running	179	175
3	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	498	7,620	running	59	170
14	6	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	460	4,540	engine	42	126
31	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	202	3,675	engine	1	75
34	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	144	1,070	engine	1	66
4	7	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	496	7,285	running	0	160
5	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	493	6,525	running	0	155
6	8	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	491	4,555	running	0	150
7	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	482	3,965	running	0	146
8	15	40	D.K. Ulrich	Lafayette Electronics (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	475	3,605	running	0	142
9	25	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	474	3,295	running	0	138
10	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	474	3,135	running	0	134
11	27	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	473	2,925	running	0	130
12	32	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	471	2,085	running	0	127
13	21	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	463	1,460	running	0	124
15	23	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	458	2,380	running	0	118
16	34	45	Walter Ballard	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	454	1,235	running	0	115
17	36	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	448	2,110	running	0	112
18	24	61	Joe Mihalic	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	447	1,085	running	0	109
19	28	7	Jack Donohue	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	444	1,035	running	0	106
20	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	442	1,635	running	0	103
21	31	10	Tommy Ellis	Bill Champion	Ford	429	1,335	running	0	100
22	14	36	Bobby Wawak	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	419	810	running	0	97
23	13	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	397	1,260	running	0	94
24	29	01	Earle Canavan	Benihana (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	396	735	running	0	91
25	30	64	Tommy Gale	Elmo Langley	Ford	391	1,210	running	0	88
26	9	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	384	3,710	running	0	85
27	20	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	362	660	engine	0	82
28	35	63	Bruce Jacobi	Ressler (Billy Moyer)	Chevrolet	271	635	overheating	0	79
29	19	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	242	610	engine	0	76
30	33	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	Ford	205	585	ignition	0	73
32	16	30	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	202	1,065	engine	0	67
33	11	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	167	555	engine	0
35	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	77	1,035	engine	0	58
36	17	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	18	1,025	engine	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	65	65
Dave Marcis	66	66	1
Lennie Pond	67	67	1
Dave Marcis	68	68	1
Cale Yarborough	69	168	100
Darrell Waltrip	169	169	1
Cale Yarborough	170	177	8
Dave Marcis	178	190	13
Richard Petty	191	195	5
Dave Marcis	196	222	27
David Pearson	223	249	27
Cale Yarborough	250	259	10
David Pearson	260	260	1
Richard Petty	261	265	5
David Pearson	266	271	6
Richard Petty	272	273	2
Cale Yarborough	274	277	4
David Pearson	278	302	25
Richard Petty	303	460	158
Cale Yarborough	461	470	10
Richard Petty	471	479	9
Cale Yarborough	480	500	21

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3680
2	Richard Petty	3626	-54
3	Bobby Allison	3460	-220
4	Benny Parsons	3429	-251
5	Dave Marcis	3186	-494
6	Lennie Pond	3117	-563
7	Buddy Baker	2960	-720
8	Richard Childress	2857	-823
9	Darrell Waltrip	2750	-930
10	J.D. McDuffie	2721	-959
11	David Pearson	2707	-973
12	D.K. Ulrich	2680	-1000
13	James Hylton	2674	-1006
14	Frank Warren	2649	-1031
15	Dick Brooks	2626	-1054
16	Cecil Gordon	2599	-1081
17	David Sisco	2412	-1268
18	Ed Negre	2221	-1459
19	Skip Manning	2212	-1468
20	Buddy Arrington	2074	-1606

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