1976 - Winston Cup Series - Dixie 500 Race Results

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1976 - Dixie 500 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 11/7/1976
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 161.652 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 41
Average Race Speed - 127.39 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $132,625
Race Number - 29

More Races from 1976

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	328	Dodge	224	$20,165
2	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	328	Mercury	41	$11,765
3	5	Donnie Allison	1	Hoss Ellington	328	Chevrolet	0	$7,790
4	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	328	Chevrolet	45	$8,670
5	1	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	327	Ford	11	$8,985
6	11	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	327	Chevrolet	7	$7,550
7	9	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	323	Chevrolet	0	$6,930
8	14	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	322	Chevrolet	0	$4,140
9	6	Sam Sommers	27	MC Anderson	322	Chevrolet	0	$3,590
10	32	Bobby Wawak	36	GwinnWawak (John Gwinn)	318	Chevrolet	0	$3,240
11	26	Bruce Hill	47	Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill)	318	Chevrolet	0	$4,120
12	12	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	314	Chevrolet	0	$3,660
13	35	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	311	Chevrolet	0	$3,300
14	31	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	310	Chevrolet	0	$2,410
15	29	Sonny Easley	55	Haddicks Towing (Jerry Lankford)	309	Ford	0	$1,835
16	36	Gene Felton	93	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	308	Ford	0	$1,635
17	30	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC (Bill Gray)	304	Chevrolet	0	$1,485
18	22	DK Ulrich	40	Howard Johnsons (JR DeLotto)	304	Chevrolet	0	$2,735
19	16	Dale Earnhardt	77	Hy Gain (Johnny Ray)	260	Chevrolet	0	$1,360
20	24	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	254	Chevrolet	0	$1,235
21	20	Richie Panch	99	Delbert Puro	252	Ford	0	$1,035
22	15	Terry Bivins	30	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	250	Chevrolet	0	$2,300
23	27	Cecil Gordon	24	Cannon Farms (Cecil Gordon)	248	Chevrolet	0	$2,165
24	13	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	228	Chevrolet	0	$2,030
25	19	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	218	Chevrolet	0	$1,885
26	8	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	189	Mercury	0	$1,925
27	17	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	164	Dodge	0	$1,640
28	4	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	157	Dodge	0	$5,430
29	23	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	156	Ford	0	$1,395
30	34	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	114	Chevrolet	0	$1,360
31	10	Chuck Bown	1	Lakes Drywall (Gerald Craker)	75	Chevrolet	0	$835
32	33	Dick May	91	Harold Miller	60	Chevrolet	0	$825
33	21	David Sisco	60	Red Dogs (Lou Viglione)	34	Chevrolet	0	$815
34	25	Billy McGinnis	50	David Sisco	15	Chevrolet	0	$805
35	28	GC Spencer	49	Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer)	1	Dodge	0	$795
36	18	Jack Donohue	7	Thundercraft Boat (Dean Dalton)	0	Chevrolet	0	$785