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1976 Winston 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 30
Sunday, May 2, 1976 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 2:56:37
Average speed: 169.887 mph
Pole speed: 189.197 mph

Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 35 sec
Attendance: 80000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	188	32735	running	135	185
2	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	188	19670	running	13	175
3	11	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	187	14960	running	2	170
4	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	186	13805	running	9	165
5	9	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	184	6335	running	0	155
6	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	184	6695	running	2	155
7	3	28	Donnie Allison	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	184	5535	running	0	146
8	28	47	Bruce Hill	Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	182	5525	running	0	142
9	1	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	182	9215	running	16	143
10	14	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	180	4505	running	0	134
11	31	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	179	4295	running	0	130
12	13	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	177	3985	running	0	127
13	35	31	Jim Vandiver	Triple Elkhorn Mining (Harry Ranier)	Dodge	176	3735	running	0	124
14	15	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	174	3675	running	3	126
15	38	49	John Utsman	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	174	2735	running	0	118
16	21	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	173	2525	running	0	115
17	25	30	Tighe Scott	Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	173	3065	running	0	112
18	36	64	Tommy Gale	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley)	Ford	171	2955	running	0	109
19	19	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	170	2260	transmission	0	106
20	40	25	D.K. Ulrich	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	168	2785	running	0	103
21	34	78	Dick Skillen	Goffco (Tom Goff)	Chevrolet	167	2135	running	0	100
22	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	164	2585	running	0	97
23	20	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	159	2035	sump	0	94
24	16	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	153	2685	engine	0	91
25	30	82	Ferrel Harris	Huntington Metal (Ferrel Harris)	Dodge	142	1935	engine	0	88
26	4	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	138	4785	engine	0	85
27	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	123	2135	engine	0	82
28	7	48	James Hylton	James Hylton	Chevrolet	119	2385	engine	8	84
29	32	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	111	1535	engine	0	76
30	33	91	Bob Burcham	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	100	1510	engine	0	73
31	29	52	Jimmy Means	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	89	1435	engine	0	70
32	24	19	Ed Negre	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	76	1410	engine	0	67
33	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	75	4385	engine	0	64
34	23	33	Buck Baker	Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	68	1355	axle	0	61
35	27	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	47	1330	engine	0	58
36	17	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	39	1405	axle	0	55
37	10	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	23	1780	crash	0	52
38	39	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Ford	23	1255	engine	0	49
39	8	12	Neil Bonnett	Schlitz (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	16	1230	clutch	0	46
40	26	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	Chevrolet	13	1205	transmission	0	43

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	15	15
	16	20	5	#50 spun
	21	25	5
	26	30	5	#21,71,72,90 accident turn 4
	31	52	22
	53	56	4	#95 engine
	57	188	132
Percent of race run under caution: 7.4% Average green flag run: 43.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dave Marcis	1	12	12
Buddy Baker	13	13	1
Dave Marcis	14	14	1
Buddy Baker	15	15	1
James Hylton	16	17	2
Dave Marcis	18	20	3
Buddy Baker	21	25	5
David Sisco	26	28	3
Cecil Gordon	29	30	2
Cale Yarborough	31	32	2
Bobby Allison	33	33	1
Cale Yarborough	34	35	2
Buddy Baker	36	52	17
Bobby Allison	53	53	1
James Hylton	54	56	3
Buddy Baker	57	86	30
Cale Yarborough	87	87	1
James Hylton	88	90	3
Buddy Baker	91	121	31
Richard Petty	122	123	2
Cale Yarborough	124	128	5
Buddy Baker	129	154	26
Richard Petty	155	161	7
Cale Yarborough	162	164	3
Buddy Baker	165	188	24

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	1535
2	Benny Parsons	1486	-49
3	Richard Petty	1398	-137
4	Bobby Allison	1331	-204
5	Dave Marcis	1291	-244
5	Lennie Pond	1291	-244
7	Richard Childress	1270	-265
8	Darrell Waltrip	1179	-356
9	Cecil Gordon	1155	-380
10	J.D. McDuffie	1115	-420
11	Buddy Baker	1114	-421
12	Frank Warren	1113	-422
13	James Hylton	1079	-456
14	D.K. Ulrich	1075	-460
15	Dick Brooks	1067	-468
16	David Pearson	1023	-512
17	Ed Negre	983	-552
18	David Sisco	981	-554
19	Skip Manning	921	-614
20	Buddy Arrington	917	-618
21	Bruce Hill	683	-852