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1976 Old Dominion 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 30
Sunday, September 26, 1976 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps* on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles)

Time of race: 2:22:15
Average speed: 75.37 mph
Pole speed: 88.484 mph

Cautions: 3 for 27 laps
Margin of victory: 14 sec
Attendance: 32000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	340	22700	running	273	185
2	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	340	11700	running	67	175
3	6	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	338	7130	running	0	165
4	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	338	7070	running	0	160
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	336	4700	running	0	155
6	10	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	334	3940	running	0	150
7	12	63	Jimmy Hensley	Lonesome Pine Raceway (Billy Moyer)	Chevrolet	333	1550	running	0	146
8	17	30	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	333	3080	running	0	142
9	18	55	Sonny Easley	Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford)	Ford	332	1400	running	0	138
10	9	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	331	2670	running	0	134
11	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	326	2210	running	0	130
12	2	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	326	3450	running	0	127
13	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	325	1900	running	0	124
14	20	7	Frank Warren	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	320	1700	running	0	121
15	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	314	1700	running	0	118
16	30	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	313	1550	running	0	115
17	27	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	312	1425	running	0	112
18	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	310	1300	running	0	109
19	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	309	925	brakes	0	106
20	26	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	304	650	running	0	103
21	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	247	1090	running	0	100
22	23	64	Ed Negre	Elmo Langley	Ford	238	880	running	0	97
23	15	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	189	620	engine	0	94
24	24	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	Ford	175	610	rear end	0	91
25	11	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	175	600	rear end	0	88
26	28	04	Gary Myers	Hicks Pharmacy (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	174	590	rear end	0	85
27	3	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	163	2580	engine	0	82
28	14	01	Chuck Bown	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	92	570	crash	0	79
29	21	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	47	810	brakes	0	76
30	16	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	37	800	overheating	0	73

* Race shortened to 340 laps due to rain.

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	93	93
	94	103	10	#01 accident turn 3
	104	200	97
	201	206	6	oil on track
	207	329	123
	330	340	11	rain
Percent of race run under caution: 7.9% Average green flag run: 104.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	16	16
Cale Yarborough	17	17	1
Darrell Waltrip	18	56	39
Cale Yarborough	57	116	60
Darrell Waltrip	117	127	11
Cale Yarborough	128	167	40
Darrell Waltrip	168	168	1
Cale Yarborough	169	340	172

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3865
2	Richard Petty	3786	-79
3	Benny Parsons	3584	-281
4	Bobby Allison	3542	-323
5	Dave Marcis	3313	-552
6	Lennie Pond	3193	-672
7	Buddy Baker	3125	-740
8	Richard Childress	2991	-874
9	Darrell Waltrip	2925	-940
10	J.D. McDuffie	2821	-1044
11	David Pearson	2813	-1052
12	D.K. Ulrich	2804	-1061
13	James Hylton	2783	-1082
14	Dick Brooks	2776	-1089
15	Frank Warren	2770	-1095
16	Cecil Gordon	2717	-1148
17	David Sisco	2527	-1338
18	Ed Negre	2318	-1547
19	Skip Manning	2306	-1559
20	Buddy Arrington	2204	-1661
21	Bruce Hill	1612	-2253