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1976 Atlanta 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30 Sunday, March 21, 1976 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:52:16 Average speed: 128.904 mph Pole speed: 160.709 mph Cautions: 8 for 47 laps Margin of victory: 1.8 sec Attendance: 55000 Lead changes: 33 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 328 16750 running 72 180 2 5 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 328 13375 running 32 175 3 4 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 327 17855 running 103 175 4 10 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 326 5870 running 4 165 5 9 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 325 7360 running 0 155 6 7 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 324 4140 running 0 150 7 11 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 324 3780 running 0 146 8 23 12   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Neil Bonnett) Chevrolet 321 2825 running 0 142 9 31 05   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 321 3470 running 2 143 10 15 60   Jackie Rogers Red Dog's   (Lou Viglione) Chevrolet 321 2600 running 0 134 11 26 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 319 2960 running 0 130 12 17 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 319 2350 running 0 127 13 28 8   Ed Negre 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Ed Negre) Dodge 319 2800 running 0 124 14 21 91   Bob Burcham Harold Miller Chevrolet 316 2125 running 0 121 15 13 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 316 2640 running 0 118 16 32 24   Cecil Gordon Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 315 2505 running 0 115 17 19 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 313 1725 running 0 112 18 20 30   Bruce Hill Ballard Racing   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 313 2320 running 0 109 19 36 49   John Utsman G.C. Spencer Dodge 306 1600 out of gas 0 106 20 25 50   Darrell Bryant Hot Rod Barns   (Cliff Stewart) Chevrolet 297 1575 running 0 103 21 34 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 296 1325 running 0 100 22 29 95   Jerry Sisco Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 254 1275 suspension 0 97 23 16 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 246 1450 running 0 94 24 35 29   Walter Ballard Velvet Touch Furniture   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 241 1225 running 0 91 25 6 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 238 4350 engine 100 93 26 18 63   Terry Bivins Billy Moyer Chevrolet 200 1275 engine 0 85 27 14 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 198 1650 engine 0 82 28 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 194 5775 engine 7 84 29 8 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 188 4150 engine 2 81 30 12 67   Buddy Arrington J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 175 1575 engine 0 73 31 24 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 155 1575 engine 2 75 32 1 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 107 4940 engine 4 72 33 30 26   Jimmy Lee Capps Gray's Guard   (David Lee Sellers) Chevrolet 63 930 engine 0 64 34 22 52   Jimmy Means Bill Gray Chevrolet 62 945 clutch 0 61 35 27 64   Tommy Gale Stamey's Bar-B-Q   (Elmo Langley) Ford 53 1410 clutch 0 58 36 33 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Ford 21 950 driveshaft 0 55

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Hollar Joe Mihalic Harold Miller Bobby Wawak Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 10 10     11 17 7   #14,90 spun   18 21 4     22 25 4   #9 debris   26 66 41     67 73 7   #95,26 spun   74 108 35     109 113 5   #71 engine   114 209 96     210 217 8   #63 spun   218 231 14     232 235 4   #50 spun   236 238 3     239 246 8   #15 engine   247 293 47     294 296 3   #41 spun   297 328 32       Percent of race run under caution: 14.0%             Average green flag run: 31.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 5 5   Cale Yarborough 6 9 4   Buddy Baker 10 16 7   Cale Yarborough 17 18 2   Dave Marcis 19 22 4   Bobby Allison 23 23 1   James Hylton 24 25 2   Lennie Pond 26 28 3   Cale Yarborough 29 67 39   Lennie Pond 68 68 1   David Sisco 69 70 2   Buddy Baker 71 75 5   Cale Yarborough 76 108 33   Bobby Allison 109 109 1   Cale Yarborough 110 115 6   Buddy Baker 116 121 6   Cale Yarborough 122 132 11   Buddy Baker 133 169 37   Cale Yarborough 170 177 8   Benny Parsons 178 179 2   Richard Petty 180 182 3   Buddy Baker 183 189 7   Richard Petty 190 193 4   Buddy Baker 194 210 17   David Pearson 211 211 1   Buddy Baker 212 217 6   David Pearson 218 218 1   Buddy Baker 219 233 15   David Pearson 234 265 32   Benny Parsons 266 292 27   David Pearson 293 294 2   Benny Parsons 295 297 3   David Pearson 298 328 31 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 963     2   Cale Yarborough 907   -56   3   Richard Petty 794   -169   4   Richard Childress 761   -202   5   Darrell Waltrip 758   -205   6   Lennie Pond 749   -214   7   Dave Marcis 741   -222   8   Bobby Allison 732   -231   9   J.D. McDuffie 702   -261   10   Frank Warren 688   -275   11   James Hylton 677   -286   12   Ed Negre 652   -311   13   D.K. Ulrich 636   -327   14   David Pearson 626   -337   15   Cecil Gordon 609   -354   16   Terry Bivins 602   -361   17   Buddy Baker 582   -381   18   Dick Brooks 581   -382   19   David Sisco 558   -405   20   Buddy Arrington 541   -422   21   Skip Manning 443   -520