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1976 Mason-Dixon 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30 Sunday, May 16, 1976 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 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: 32800 Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 500 18890 running 176 180 2 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 500 11190 running 75 175 3 1 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 499 9620 running 4 170 4 3 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 497 7360 running 2 165 5 4 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 495 6525 running 0 155 6 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 492 7055 running 0 150 7 11 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 492 2720 running 0 146 8 10 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 491 2635 running 0 142 9 19 50   Darrell Bryant Hot Rod Barns   (Cliff Stewart) Chevrolet 478 1840 running 0 138 10 14 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 476 2400 running 0 134 11 23 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 474 1640 running 0 130 12 20 40   D.K. Ulrich Lafayette Radio   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 469 2190 running 0 127 13 25 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 462 2105 running 0 124 14 32 25   Jabe Thomas Berglund   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 458 2020 running 0 121 15 31 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 456 1935 running 0 118 16 24 30   Walter Ballard Clyde Lynn   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 443 1840 running 0 115 17 22 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 421 1665 running 0 112 18 27 61   Joe Mihalic Lou Viglione Chevrolet 416 1090 crash 0 109 19 38 02   Budd Hagelin Cherry Hill   (Budd Hagelin) Dodge 409 1040 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 1310 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 3685 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 Racing) Chevrolet 316 3635 engine 0 73 31 18 67   Buddy Arrington Hickory Exxon   (Buddy Arrington) Plymouth 271 1075 engine 0 70 32 29 10   Earl Brooks Sunny King   (Bill Champion) Ford 250 1065 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 1045 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 1025 engine 0 55 37 28 64   Tommy Gale Stamey's Bar-B-Q   (Elmo Langley) Ford 51 1015 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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Walter Ballard 935   -901