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1976 Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 30 Sunday, February 29, 1976 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:24:08 Average speed: 113.665 mph Pole speed: 138.287 mph Cautions: 5 for 45 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 492 19915 running 362 185 2 9 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 490 14055 running 0 170 3 8 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 490 10665 running 25 170 4 2 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 487 8250 running 0 160 5 7 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 477 7190 running 0 155 6 13 6   Bobby Isaac Howard Furniture   (Richard Howard) Chevrolet 473 3280 running 0   7 25 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 471 2880 running 0   8 17 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 470 3420 running 0 142 9 20 8   Ed Negre 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Ed Negre) Dodge 464 3160 running 0 138 10 33 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 461 2940 running 0 134 11 22 50   Darrell Bryant Hot Rod Barns   (Cliff Stewart) Chevrolet 461 2080 running 0   12 18 60   Jackie Rogers Red Dog's   (Lou Viglione) Chevrolet 460 1905 running 0 127 13 12 63   Terry Bivins Billy Moyer Chevrolet 451 1710 running 0 124 14 23 49   John Utsman G.C. Spencer Dodge 451 1580 running 0 121 15 32 64   Tommy Gale Stamey's Bar-B-Q   (Elmo Langley) Ford 447 2130 running 0 118 16 36 33   Dick May Handy's Transmission   (Hiram Handy) Chevrolet 444 1380 running 0   17 11 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 438 1280 running 0 112 18 30 46   Travis Tiller Little B Coal   (Travis Tiller) Dodge 433 1180 running 0 109 19 24 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 428 1730 running 0 106 20 26 05   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 418 1645 engine 0 103 21 5 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 372 4005 crash 91 105 22 10 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 363 1475 crash 0 97 23 19 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 359 1430 crash 0 94 24 6 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 356 1305 engine 0 91 25 14 30   Walter Ballard Clyde Lynn   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 338 1280 engine 0 88 26 1 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 263 4755 engine 5 90 27 21 0   Glen McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 205 730 engine 0 82 28 15 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 205 1205 engine 0 79 29 4 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 186 1380 oil pump 9 81 30 16 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 183 1230 engine 0 73 31 27 67   Buddy Arrington J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Buddy Arrington) Plymouth 174 1150 engine 0 70 32 31 28   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 57 645 rear end 0   33 34 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Ford 32 640 engine 0 64 34 28 24   Cecil Gordon Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 32 1135 oil pump 0 61 35 35 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 9 630 engine 0 58 36 29 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 1 625 engine 0 55

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 15 4   #92 stalled turn 4   16 133 118     134 137 4   #0 spun turn 4   138 357 220     358 372 15   #30 spun turn 3   373 373 1     374 392 19   #2,3,14,11,15,72,63,47 accident backstretch   393 459 67     460 462 3   #72 spun turn 2   463 492 30       Percent of race run under caution: 9.1%             Average green flag run: 74.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dave Marcis 1 1 1   David Pearson 2 10 9   Bobby Allison 11 27 17   Richard Petty 28 28 1   Bobby Allison 29 83 55   Cale Yarborough 84 99 16   Richard Petty 100 128 29   Cale Yarborough 129 135 7   Richard Petty 136 233 98   Cale Yarborough 234 235 2   Dave Marcis 236 239 4   Richard Petty 240 253 14   Bobby Allison 254 272 19   Richard Petty 273 492 220 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 485     2   Richard Petty 453   -32   3   David Pearson 446   -39   4   J.D. McDuffie 386   -99   5   Lennie Pond 383   -102   6   Cale Yarborough 382   -103   7   Richard Childress 378   -107   8   D.K. Ulrich 345   -140   9   Frank Warren 343   -142   10   James Hylton 338   -147   11   Darrell Waltrip 337   -148   12   Bobby Allison 321   -164   13   Dave Marcis 319   -166   14   Buddy Baker 308   -177   15   Terry Bivins 271   -214   16   Cecil Gordon 269   -216   17   Ed Negre 262   -223   18   Jackie Rogers 250   -235   19   Coo Coo Marlin 242   -243   20   Buddy Arrington 200   -285   21   Dick Brooks 195   -290