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1976 National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30 Sunday, October 10, 1976 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:32:51 Average speed: 141.226 mph Pole speed: 161.223 mph Cautions: 3 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 12.2 sec Attendance: 74500 Lead changes: 26 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 15 1   Donnie Allison Ellington Insulation   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 334 22435 running 59 180 2 4 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 334 22955 running 81 175 3 5 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 334 17069 running 8 170 4 2 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 334 17710 running 106 170 5 14 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 333 9279 running 0 155 6 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 331 20040 running 59 155 7 10 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 329 6695 running 0 146 8 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 328 9049 running 5 147 9 12 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 328 5575 running 0 138 10 17 36   Bobby Wawak Gwinn-Wawak   (John Gwinn) Chevrolet 326 3055 running 0 134 11 7 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 325 5755 running 0 130 12 31 67   Buddy Arrington Sub-Tropic   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 323 4345 running 0 127 13 13 92   Skip Manning Gatorade   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 322 3520 running 0 124 14 28 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 319 2195 running 0 121 15 32 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 319 3835 running 0 118 16 33 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 318 1995 running 0 115 17 16 49   G.C. Spencer Rowe for N.C. Senate   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 316 1920 running 0 112 18 36 48   James Hylton Nakato   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 315 3425 running 0 109 19 22 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (David Sisco) Chevrolet 315 3165 running 0 106 20 34 33   Earl Brooks Perfection Auto Body   (Hiram Handy) Chevrolet 314 1595 running 0 103 21 21 19   Bill Dennis Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 313 1385 running 0 100 22 26 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 313 1335 running 0   23 37 70   J.D. McDuffie Sanford Auto Supply   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 306 2485 running 0 94 24 38 59   Buck Baker Hadacol / Smith's Auto Parts   (H.C. Porter) Chevrolet 301 1235 running 0 91 25 25 30   Terry Bivins Baby Tenda   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 299 2085 running 0 88 26 30 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 295 1855 running 0 85 27 39 63   Bruce Jacobi Ressler Racing   (Billy Moyer) Chevrolet 291 1080 running 0 82 28 27 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 268 1555 rear end 0 79 29 8 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 262 4080 valve 16 81 30 24 40   D.K. Ulrich Transit Damaged Freight   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 250 1505 engine 0 73 31 18 77   Johnny Rutherford Hy Gain   (Johnny Ray) Chevrolet 208 1005 engine 0   32 23 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 189 1465 valve 0 67 33 35 55   Sonny Easley Haddick's Towing   (Jerry Lankford) Ford 148 950 valve 0 64 34 29 47   Bruce Hill Hill Racing   (Bruce Hill) Chevrolet 144 1435 engine 0 61 35 20 12   Neil Bonnett Hawaiian Tropic   (Neil Bonnett) Chevrolet 126 945 engine 0 58 36 6 27   Sam Sommers Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 80 1090 clutch 0 55 37 40 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) Dodge 70 1385 valve 0 52 38 11 28   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 59 885 quit 0   39 9 17   Gordon Johncock Sharpstown   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 41 870 valve 0   40 19 9   Al Holbert Days Inn   (George Elliott) Ford 7 855 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 7 7   Buddy Baker 8 24 17   Dave Marcis 25 36 12   Richard Petty 37 41 5   David Pearson 42 51 10   Dave Marcis 52 52 1   Donnie Allison 53 67 15   David Pearson 68 69 2   Buddy Baker 70 71 2   Cale Yarborough 72 73 2   Bobby Allison 74 78 5   David Pearson 79 83 5   Buddy Baker 84 84 1   Dave Marcis 85 87 3   David Pearson 88 121 34   Buddy Baker 122 149 28   Cale Yarborough 150 223 74   Donnie Allison 224 234 11   Buddy Baker 235 235 1   Bobby Allison 236 238 3   Buddy Baker 239 276 38   Donnie Allison 277 277 1   David Pearson 278 278 1   Buddy Baker 279 297 19   Donnie Allison 298 302 5   Cale Yarborough 303 307 5   Donnie Allison 308 334 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4225     2   Richard Petty 4098   -127   3   Benny Parsons 3914   -311   4   Bobby Allison 3788   -437   5   Dave Marcis 3506   -719   6   Lennie Pond 3494   -731   7   Buddy Baker 3460   -765   8   Richard Childress 3203   -1022   9   Darrell Waltrip 3151   -1074   10   Dick Brooks 3069   -1156   11   J.D. McDuffie 3061   -1164   12   James Hylton 3022   -1203   13   David Pearson 2968   -1257   14   D.K. Ulrich 2962   -1263   15   Frank Warren 2952   -1273   16   Cecil Gordon 2920   -1305   17   David Sisco 2754   -1471   18   Skip Manning 2530   -1695   19   Buddy Arrington 2458   -1767   19   Ed Negre 2458   -1767   21   Terry Bivins 1744   -2481