1976 - Winston Cup Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1976 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/5/1976
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 154.699 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 65
Average Race Speed - 120.53 mph
Lead Changes - 31
Total Race Purse - $169,700
Race Number - 22

More Races from 1976

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	367	Mercury	93	$16,155
2	8	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	367	Dodge	32	$18,055
3	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	367	Chevrolet	50	$13,135
4	6	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	367	Dodge	58	$10,800
5	14	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	365	Chevrolet	1	$8,315
6	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	364	Ford	0	$6,935
7	5	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt)	364	Chevrolet	3	$7,525
8	11	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	356	Chevrolet	0	$5,915
9	2	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	355	Mercury	28	$6,905
10	22	Bobby Wawak	36	J B Corvette (John Gwinn)	355	Chevrolet	0	$3,245
11	25	Dean Dalton	7	Dean Dalton	351	Chevrolet	0	$3,045
12	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	347	Chevrolet	0	$4,895
13	20	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	346	Chevrolet	0	$2,845
14	24	Terry Bivins	30	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	345	Chevrolet	0	$4,485
15	12	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dogs (Lou Viglione)	343	Chevrolet	0	$2,645
16	21	DK Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight (JR DeLotto)	342	Chevrolet	0	$4,175
17	34	Buck Baker	33	Hadacol (Hiram Handy)	341	Chevrolet	0	$2,445
18	27	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC (Bill Gray)	336	Chevrolet	0	$2,445
19	35	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	336	Dodge	0	$3,615
20	32	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	334	Chevrolet	0	$3,195
21	29	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	327	Chevrolet	0	$1,920
22	18	Bruce Hill	47	Bruce Hill	321	Chevrolet	0	$2,645
23	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	307	Chevrolet	49	$4,695
24	16	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	290	Chevrolet	0	$1,645
25	33	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	272	Chevrolet	0	$2,370
26	31	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	238	Dodge	0	$1,945
27	28	Gary Myers	95	Hicks Pharmacy (Junior Miller)	216	Chevrolet	0	$1,520
28	23	Dick May	49	GC Spencer	213	Dodge	0	$1,395
29	38	Earle Canavan	1	Byrd (Earle Canavan)	210	Dodge	0	$1,370
30	19	Sam Sommers	27	MC Anderson	208	Chevrolet	0	$1,345
31	3	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	181	Ford	10	$4,520
32	26	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	172	Chevrolet	0	$1,795
33	10	Donnie Allison	28	US Army (Hoss Ellington)	167	Chevrolet	43	$1,270
34	37	Joe Frasson	18	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	166	Chevrolet	0	$1,270
35	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	124	Dodge	0	$1,720
36	17	Richard Childress	3	Power Tool (Richard Childress)	117	Chevrolet	0	$1,695
37	39	Bruce Jacobi	10	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	59	Ford	0	$1,670
38	40	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	44	Chevrolet	0	$1,145
39	13	David Sisco	5	Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco)	13	Chevrolet	0	$1,855
40	36	Darrell Bryant	50	Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart)	3	Chevrolet	0	$1,135