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1976 Rebel 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 30
Sunday, April 11, 1976 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:04:36
Average speed: 122.973 mph
Pole speed: 154.171 mph

Cautions: 8 for 54 laps
Margin of victory: .7 sec
Attendance: 52200
Lead changes: 32

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	367	17570	running	51	180
2	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	367	14875	running	205	180
3	8	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	365	12055	running	6	170
4	11	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	363	6015	running	14	165
5	10	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	362	7580	running	2	160
6	13	93	Buck Baker	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	360	3670	running	0	0
7	27	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	358	3295	running	0	146
8	24	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	348	3560	running	0	142
9	23	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	348	3560	running	0	138
10	36	30	Bruce Hill	Howson Algraphy (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	346	3350	running	0	134
11	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	345	3140	running	0	130
12	20	49	John Utsman	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	345	2270	running	0	0
13	18	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	342	2780	running	0	124
14	30	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	342	2020	running	0	121
15	35	33	Dick May	Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	338	1920	running	0	118
16	31	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	336	2450	running	0	115
17	32	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	332	2310	running	0	112
18	2	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	328	4800	running	2	114
19	34	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	321	1470	running	0	106
20	33	25	Earl Brooks	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	313	1990	running	0	103
21	29	78	Dick Skillen	Tom Goff	Chevrolet	309	1325	running	0	100
22	22	64	Tommy Gale	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley)	Ford	230	1725	steering	0	97
23	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	203	5625	engine	52	99
24	17	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	Plymouth	178	1575	engine	0	91
25	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	171	4065	engine	16	93
26	26	95	Jerry Sisco	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	156	945	crash	0	85
27	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	151	1350	engine	0	82
28	25	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	125	1415	engine	0	79
29	21	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	123	835	crash	0	76
30	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	122	855	engine	0	73
31	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	80	3825	crash	18	75
32	28	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	72	1320	crash	0	67
33	14	91	Bob Burcham	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	54	865	overheating	0	64
34	7	28	Donnie Allison	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	32	810	crash	1	66
35	3	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	30	1355	crash	0	58
36	19	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	23	800	crash	0	55

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bruce Hill	47		Bruce Hill	Chevrolet
DC	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	25	25
	26	30	5	#50 spun turn 3
	31	32	2
	33	37	5	#90,28 accident turn 3
	38	81	44
	82	90	9	#88,2,48 accident turn 3
	91	128	38
	129	131	3	#64 spun turn 3
	132	135	4
	136	145	10	#8 engine
	146	158	13
	159	165	7	#70 spun turn 1
	166	169	4
	170	179	10	#95 accident frontstretch
	180	346	167
	347	350	4	#72 spun frontstretch
	351	367	17
Percent of race run under caution: 14.4% Average green flag run: 34.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	1	1
Bobby Allison	2	3	2
David Pearson	4	16	13
Buddy Baker	17	26	10
Donnie Allison	27	27	1
Lennie Pond	28	28	1
Dave Marcis	29	30	2
Darrell Waltrip	31	46	16
Buddy Baker	47	74	28
Darrell Waltrip	75	76	2
Buddy Baker	77	82	6
Benny Parsons	83	83	1
Richard Petty	84	95	12
David Pearson	96	108	13
Richard Petty	109	111	3
Cale Yarborough	112	112	1
Richard Petty	113	117	5
Cale Yarborough	118	129	12
Lennie Pond	130	130	1
Richard Petty	131	133	3
David Pearson	134	136	3
Richard Petty	137	158	22
Benny Parsons	159	163	5
David Pearson	164	165	2
Cale Yarborough	166	168	3
Lennie Pond	169	180	12
Richard Petty	181	187	7
Buddy Baker	188	238	51
David Pearson	239	241	3
Buddy Baker	242	305	64
David Pearson	306	309	4
Buddy Baker	310	355	46
David Pearson	356	367	12

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1298
2	Cale Yarborough	1185	-113
3	Richard Petty	1068	-230
4	Lennie Pond	1064	-234
5	Dave Marcis	1043	-255
6	Richard Childress	1037	-261
7	Bobby Allison	1011	-287
8	J.D. McDuffie	939	-359
9	Darrell Waltrip	930	-368
10	Frank Warren	903	-395
11	James Hylton	868	-430
12	Cecil Gordon	866	-432
13	D.K. Ulrich	857	-441
14	Buddy Baker	847	-451
15	Ed Negre	843	-455
16	David Pearson	806	-492
17	Dick Brooks	785	-513
18	David Sisco	764	-534
19	Buddy Arrington	741	-557
20	Skip Manning	694	-604
21	Terry Bivins	602	-696