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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 30
Sunday, February 15, 1976 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:08
Average speed: 152.181 mph
Pole speed: 183.456 mph

Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
Margin of victory: 50 yards
Attendance: 125000
Lead changes: 36

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	200	46800	running	37	180
2	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	199	35750	crash	40	175
3	32	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	199	23680	running	16	170
4	11	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	198	16890	running	0	160
5	13	12	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	197	14000	running	0	155
6	2	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	196	13800	running	1	155
7	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	193	11260	running	0	146
8	19	63	Terry Bivins	Mr. Moyer Chevrolet (Billy Moyer)	Chevrolet	193	9665	running	6	147
9	36	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	191	8990	running	0	138
10	34	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	190	8340	running	0	134
11	37	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	190	6720	running	0	130
12	26	4	Salt Walther	R & H Air Craft (Salt Walther)	Chevrolet	187	5880	running	0
13	42	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	185	5310	running	0	124
14	22	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	183	4600	running	0	121
15	23	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	183	4325	running	1	123
16	15	95	Jim Hurtubise	Moran Electric (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	180	3975	engine	0	115
17	21	61	Joe Mihalic	Pittsburgh (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	159	3575	running	0	112
18	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	158	4160	running	0	109
19	27	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	151	2980	axle	0	106
20	39	29	Roy Smith	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	148	2690	clutch	0	103
21	10	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	147	3345	engine	0	100
22	31	28	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	143	4600	engine	66
23	29	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	138	2785	running	0	94
24	24	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Gray's Guard (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	133	2090	engine	0	91
25	8	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	123	5905	engine	2	93
26	1	83	Ramo Stott	Smithville Farms (Norris Reed)	Chevrolet	113	6830	engine	0
27	3	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	112	7895	running	0	82
28	35	10	Johnny Ray	Blackwell Kenworth (Clay Blackwell)	Chevrolet	111	2270	crash	0	79
29	40	05	David Sisco	Roger's (David Sisco)	Chevrolet	110	2020	running	0	76
30	30	82	Skip Manning	Rossmeyer (Ferrel Harris)	Dodge	107	1835	crash	0	73
31	28	78	Dick Skillen	Singer Climate Control (Tom Goff)	Chevrolet	99	1770	overheating	0	70
32	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	87	7575	engine	0	67
33	5	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	83	7600	engine	28	69
34	16	73	David Hobbs	Coca-Cola (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	68	1900	crash	2	66
35	18	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	58	2340	crash	0	58
36	33	47	Bruce Hill	Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	43	1725	engine	0	55
37	25	38	Tom Williams	Varner Realty (Tom Williams)	Chevrolet	41	1615	engine	0	52
38	38	33	Dick May	Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	36	1490	engine	0	49
39	12	52	Earl Ross	Coca-Cola Ltd. (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	28	2025	engine	0	46
40	20	5	Jimmy Means	WIXC / Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	20	1600	engine	1	48
41	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	5	2600	engine	0	40
42	14	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	1	4725	engine	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Earle Canavan	01		Earle Canavan	Dodge
	Gary Myers	04	Hicks Pharmacy	Jim Fleming	Chevrolet
	Doc Faustina	5		Doc Faustina	Dodge
	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	6	Howard Furniture	Howard-Egerton	Chevrolet
	Bob Burcham	19	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet
	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Al Rudd	Chevrolet
	Jabe Thomas	25		Don Robertson	Chevrolet
	Dave Decker	32			Chevrolet
	Bill Seifert	34		Mabie & Edwards	Chevrolet
	Darel Dieringer	35		Morris Davis	Ford
	Bruce Jacobi	37		Opal Voight	Chevrolet
	Blackie Wangerin	39		Blackie Wangerin	Ford
	Grant Adcox	41	Adcox-Kirby	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet
	Baxter Price	45		Baxter Price	Chevrolet
	Travis Tiller	46	Little B Coal	Travis Tiller	Dodge
	John Utsman	49		G.C. Spencer	Dodge
	Darrell Bryant	50	Hot Rod Barns	Cliff Stewart	Chevrolet
	John Banks	55	Banks Alignment	Ken Thurlby	Dodge
	Tommy Gale	64	Stamey's Bar-B-Q	Elmo Langley	Ford
	Terry Link	66		Vernon Blank	Pontiac
	Bill Polich	69		Hershel McGriff	Chevrolet
	Bill Champion	77		Johnny Ray	Chevrolet
	Harold Miller	91		Harold Miller	Chevrolet
	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet
	Jim Fleming	99			Chevrolet
DC	Ferrel Harris	82	Rossmeyer	Ferrel Harris	Dodge
WD	Marty Robbins	42	Robbins Racing		Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10
	11	16	6	#05 engine
	17	34	18
	35	39	5	#52 engine
	40	61	22
	62	65	4	#30 engine
	66	67	2
	68	71	4	#73 accident turn 2
	72	84	13
	85	90	6	#15 engine
	91	117	27
	118	123	6	#83,82,10 accident turn 2
	124	174	51
	175	178	4	#63 accident turn 1
	179	200	22
Percent of race run under caution: 17.5% Average green flag run: 20.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	4	4
David Pearson	5	6	2
Buddy Baker	7	11	5
Terry Ryan	12	12	1
Jimmy Means	13	13	1
Terry Bivins	14	15	2
Jackie Rogers	16	16	1
Buddy Baker	17	35	19
David Hobbs	36	37	2
David Pearson	38	39	2
Bobby Allison	40	40	1
A.J. Foyt	41	43	3
David Pearson	44	44	1
A.J. Foyt	45	56	12
Richard Petty	57	61	5
Benny Parsons	62	62	1
A.J. Foyt	63	73	11
Richard Petty	74	84	11
A.J. Foyt	85	85	1
Terry Bivins	86	89	4
Bobby Allison	90	90	1
Richard Petty	91	92	2
A.J. Foyt	93	96	4
David Pearson	97	98	2
A.J. Foyt	99	103	5
David Pearson	104	106	3
A.J. Foyt	107	118	12
David Pearson	119	122	4
A.J. Foyt	123	140	18
Benny Parsons	141	154	14
David Pearson	155	165	11
Richard Petty	166	175	10
Benny Parsons	176	176	1
David Pearson	177	187	11
Richard Petty	188	199	12
David Pearson	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	David Pearson	365
2	Benny Parsons	330	-35
3	Lennie Pond	310	-55
4	Richard Childress	284	-81
5	Richard Petty	268	-97
6	Frank Warren	264	-101
7	J.D. McDuffie	252	-113
8	D.K. Ulrich	233	-132
9	James Hylton	232	-133
10	Dave Marcis	229	-136
11	Bobby Allison	216	-149
12	Cale Yarborough	212	-153
13	Cecil Gordon	208	-157
14	Darrell Waltrip	167	-198
15	Jimmy Insolo	165	-200
16	Ray Elder	160	-205
17	Neil Bonnett	155	-210
17	Terry Ryan	155	-210
19	Johnny Ray	149	-216
20	Buddy Baker	148	-217
21	Terry Bivins	147	-218