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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 (499.216 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: 55000
Lead changes: 33

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	328	16750	running	72	180
2	5	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	328	13375	running	32	175
3	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	327	17855	running	103	175
4	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	326	5870	running	4	165
5	9	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	325	7360	running	0	155
6	7	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	324	4140	running	0	150
7	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	324	3780	running	0	146
8	23	12	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	321	2825	running	0	142
9	31	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	321	3470	running	2	143
10	15	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	321	2600	running	0	134
11	26	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	319	2960	running	0	130
12	17	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	319	2350	running	0	127
13	28	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	319	2800	running	0	124
14	21	91	Bob Burcham	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	316	2125	running	0	121
15	13	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	316	2640	running	0	118
16	32	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	315	2505	running	0	115
17	19	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	313	1725	running	0	112
18	20	30	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	313	2320	running	0	109
19	36	49	John Utsman	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	306	1600	out of gas	0	106
20	25	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	297	1575	running	0	103
21	34	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	296	1325	running	0	100
22	29	95	Jerry Sisco	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	254	1275	suspension	0	97
23	16	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	246	1450	running	0	94
24	35	29	Walter Ballard	Velvet Touch Furniture (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	241	1225	running	0	91
25	6	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	238	4350	engine	100	93
26	18	63	Terry Bivins	Billy Moyer	Chevrolet	200	1275	engine	0	85
27	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	198	1650	engine	0	82
28	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	194	5775	engine	7	84
29	8	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	188	4150	engine	2	81
30	12	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	175	1575	engine	0	73
31	24	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	155	1575	engine	2	75
32	1	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	107	4940	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	1410	clutch	0	58
36	33	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Ford	21	950	driveshaft	0	55

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bill Hollar
	Joe Mihalic
	Harold Miller
	Bobby Wawak

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10
	11	17	7	#14,90 spun
	18	21	4
	22	25	4	#9 debris
	26	66	41
	67	73	7	#95,26 spun
	74	108	35
	109	113	5	#71 engine
	114	209	96
	210	217	8	#63 spun
	218	231	14
	232	235	4	#50 spun
	236	238	3
	239	246	8	#15 engine
	247	293	47
	294	296	3	#41 spun
	297	328	32
Percent of race run under caution: 14.0% Average green flag run: 31.3 laps

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
21	Skip Manning	443	-520