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1976 Dixie 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30 Sunday, November 7, 1976 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:55:07 Average speed: 127.396 mph Pole speed: 161.652 mph Cautions: 4 for 41 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 328 20165 running 224 185 2 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 328 11765 running 41 175 3 5 1   Donnie Allison Hoss Ellington Chevrolet 328 7790 running 0 165 4 7 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 328 8670 running 45 165 5 1 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 327 8985 running 11 160 6 11 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 327 7550 running 7 155 7 9 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 323 6930 running 0 146 8 14 12   Neil Bonnett Hawaiian Tropic   (Neil Bonnett) Chevrolet 322 4140 running 0 142 9 6 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 322 3590 running 0 138 10 32 36   Bobby Wawak Gwinn-Wawak   (John Gwinn) Chevrolet 318 3240 running 0 134 11 26 47   Bruce Hill Howson Algraphy   (Bruce Hill) Chevrolet 318 4120 running 0 130 12 12 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 314 3660 running 0 127 13 35 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 311 3300 running 0 124 14 31 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 310 2410 running 0 121 15 29 55   Sonny Easley Haddick's Towing   (Jerry Lankford) Ford 309 1835 running 0 118 16 36 93   Gene Felton Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 308 1635 running 0 115 17 30 52   Jimmy Means WIXC   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 304 1485 running 0 112 18 22 40   D.K. Ulrich Howard Johnson's   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 304 2735 running 0 109 19 16 77   Dale Earnhardt Hy Gain   (Johnny Ray) Chevrolet 260 1360 crash 0   20 24 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 254 1235 engine 0 103 21 20 99   Richie Panch Delbert Puro Ford 252 1035 valve spring 0 100 22 15 30   Terry Bivins Ballard Racing   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 250 2300 engine 0 97 23 27 24   Cecil Gordon Cannon Farms   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 248 2165 running 0 94 24 13 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 228 2030 engine 0 91 25 19 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 218 1885 engine 0 88 26 8 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 189 1925 valve 0 85 27 17 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 164 1640 overheating 0 82 28 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 157 5430 oil pressure 0 79 29 23 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 156 1395 crash 0 76 30 34 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 114 1360 engine 0 73 31 10 01   Chuck Bown Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Chevrolet 75 835 wheel bearing 0 70 32 33 91   Dick May Harold Miller Chevrolet 60 825 oil pressure 0 67 33 21 60   David Sisco Red Dog's   (Lou Viglione) Chevrolet 34 815 head gasket 0 64 34 25 50   Billy McGinnis David Sisco Chevrolet 15 805 engine 0   35 28 49   G.C. Spencer Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 1 795 crash 0 58 36 18 7   Jack Donohue Thundercraft Boat   (Dean Dalton) Chevrolet 0 785 engine 0 55

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car David Sisco 05 David Sisco Chevrolet Dick May 25 Don Robertson Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 11 11   David Pearson 12 13 2   Dave Marcis 14 62 49   Cale Yarborough 63 67 5   Benny Parsons 68 74 7   Dave Marcis 75 109 35   Cale Yarborough 110 123 14   Dave Marcis 124 177 54   Cale Yarborough 178 178 1   Dave Marcis 179 220 42   David Pearson 221 222 2   Dave Marcis 223 237 15   David Pearson 238 260 23   Dave Marcis 261 268 8   Cale Yarborough 269 293 25   Dave Marcis 294 300 7   David Pearson 301 314 14   Dave Marcis 315 328 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4545     2   Richard Petty 4362   -183   3   Benny Parsons 4139   -406   4   Bobby Allison 4033   -512   5   Dave Marcis 3784   -761   6   Lennie Pond 3760   -785   7   Buddy Baker 3699   -846   8   Darrell Waltrip 3462   -1083   9   Richard Childress 3373   -1172   10   David Pearson 3298   -1247   11   Dick Brooks 3287   -1258   12   J.D. McDuffie 3270   -1275   13   James Hylton 3225   -1320   14   D.K. Ulrich 3192   -1353   15   Cecil Gordon 3132   -1413   16   Frank Warren 3131   -1414   17   David Sisco 2921   -1624   18   Skip Manning 2789   -1756   19   Ed Negre 2582   -1963   20   Buddy Arrington 2573   -1972   21   Terry Bivins 1953   -2592