1976 - Winston Cup Series - National 500 Race Results

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1976 - National 500 Race Results

Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/10/1976
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 161.223 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 141.22 mph
Lead Changes - 26
Total Race Purse - $195,097
Race Number - 27

More Races from 1976

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	15	Donnie Allison	1	Ellington Insulation (Hoss Ellington)	334	Chevrolet	59	$22,435
2	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	334	Chevrolet	81	$22,955
3	5	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	334	Mercury	8	$17,069
4	2	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	334	Ford	106	$17,710
5	14	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	333	Chevrolet	0	$9,279
6	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	331	Mercury	59	$20,040
7	10	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	329	Chevrolet	0	$6,695
8	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	328	Dodge	5	$9,049
9	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	328	Ford	0	$5,575
10	17	Bobby Wawak	36	GwinnWawak (John Gwinn)	326	Chevrolet	0	$3,055
11	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	325	Chevrolet	0	$5,755
12	31	Buddy Arrington	67	SubTropic (Buddy Arrington)	323	Dodge	0	$4,345
13	13	Skip Manning	92	Gatorade (Billy Hagan)	322	Chevrolet	0	$3,520
14	28	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	319	Chevrolet	0	$2,195
15	32	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	319	Chevrolet	0	$3,835
16	33	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	318	Chevrolet	0	$1,995
17	16	GC Spencer	49	Rowe for NC Senate (GC Spencer)	316	Dodge	0	$1,920
18	36	James Hylton	48	Nakato (James Hylton)	315	Chevrolet	0	$3,425
19	22	David Sisco	5	David Sisco	315	Chevrolet	0	$3,165
20	34	Earl Brooks	33	Perfection Auto Body (Hiram Handy)	314	Chevrolet	0	$1,595
21	21	Bill Dennis	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	313	Chevrolet	0	$1,385
22	26	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	313	Chevrolet	0	$1,335
23	37	JD McDuffie	70	Sanford Auto Supply (JD McDuffie)	306	Chevrolet	0	$2,485
24	38	Buck Baker	59	Hadacol (HC Porter)	301	Chevrolet	0	$1,235
25	25	Terry Bivins	30	Baby Tenda (Walter Ballard)	299	Chevrolet	0	$2,085
26	30	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	295	Dodge	0	$1,855
27	39	Bruce Jacobi	63	Billy Moyer	291	Chevrolet	0	$1,080
28	27	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	268	Chevrolet	0	$1,555
29	8	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	262	Dodge	16	$4,080
30	24	DK Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight (JR DeLotto)	250	Chevrolet	0	$1,505
31	18	Johnny Rutherford	77	Hy Gain (Johnny Ray)	208	Chevrolet	0	$1,005
32	23	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	189	Chevrolet	0	$1,465
33	35	Sonny Easley	55	Haddicks Towing (Jerry Lankford)	148	Ford	0	$950
34	29	Bruce Hill	47	Bruce Hill	144	Chevrolet	0	$1,435
35	20	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	126	Chevrolet	0	$945
36	6	Sam Sommers	27	MC Anderson	80	Chevrolet	0	$1,090
37	40	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	70	Dodge	0	$1,385
38	11	AJ Foyt	28	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	59	Chevrolet	0	$885
39	9	Gordon Johncock	17	Sharpstown (Nord Krauskopf)	41	Dodge	0	$870
40	19	Al Holbert	9	Days Inn (George Elliott)	7	Ford	0	$855