1976 - Winston Cup Series - American 500 Race Results

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1976 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/24/1976
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 139.117 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 35
Average Race Speed - 117.71 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $125,387
Race Number - 28

More Races from 1976

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	492	Dodge	193	$20,395
2	11	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	491	Chevrolet	113	$12,870
3	8	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	489	Chevrolet	0	$10,075
4	7	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	489	Mercury	0	$7,965
5	9	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	488	Chevrolet	0	$7,255
6	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	488	Mercury	31	$6,535
7	5	Donnie Allison	1	Pats Tire Service (Hoss Ellington)	486	Chevrolet	1	$2,945
8	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	486	Ford	0	$4,675
9	15	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	478	Chevrolet	0	$3,545
10	22	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	474	Chevrolet	0	$3,815
11	18	Sonny Easley	55	Haddicks Towing (Jerry Lankford)	469	Ford	0	$2,170
12	21	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	468	Chevrolet	0	$1,945
13	32	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	464	Dodge	0	$3,685
14	10	DK Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight (JR DeLotto)	464	Chevrolet	0	$2,945
15	23	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	461	Chevrolet	0	$2,735
16	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Hickory Garage (Buddy Arrington)	460	Dodge	0	$2,757
17	25	Terry Bivins	30	Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard)	459	Chevrolet	0	$2,315
18	31	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	456	Ford	0	$1,235
19	13	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dogs (Lou Viglione)	454	Chevrolet	0	$1,135
20	24	David Sisco	5	David Sisco	450	Chevrolet	0	$1,835
21	29	Jack Donohue	7	Thundercraft Boat (Dean Dalton)	444	Chevrolet	0	$860
22	27	Frank Warren	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	434	Chevrolet	0	$835
23	28	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC (Bill Gray)	432	Chevrolet	0	$810
24	26	Tommy Gale	64	Elmo Langley	423	Ford	0	$1,295
25	2	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	413	Dodge	154	$4,010
26	36	JD McDuffie	33	Handys Transmission (Jeff Handy)	389	Chevrolet	0	$735
27	16	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	363	Chevrolet	0	$1,285
28	3	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	299	Ford	0	$3,765
29	20	James Hylton	5	Doc Faustina	171	Dodge	0	$655
30	35	Dick May	25	Don Robertson	127	Chevrolet	0	$1,145
31	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	117	Chevrolet	0	$3,635
32	33	Travis Tiller	46	Little B C K Coal (Travis Tiller)	88	Dodge	0	$625
33	14	Bobby Wawak	36	GwinnWawak (John Gwinn)	76	Chevrolet	0	$615
34	30	Gary Myers	4	Hicks Pharmacy (Gary Myers)	5	Chevrolet	0	$605
35	34	Bruce Hill	47	Bruce Hill	2	Chevrolet	0	$1,095
36	19	Henley Gray	49	GC Spencer	1	Dodge	0	$585