1976 American 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: American 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 28 of 30
Date: October 24, 1976
Track: North Carolina Motor Speedway

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American 500 Race Information

Winner	Richard Petty	Car	No. 43 Dodge
Team / Owner	Petty Enterprises	Sponsor	STP
Winner Start	4th	Winner Laps Led	193
Started First	David Pearson	Most Laps Led	Richard Petty (193)
Race Distance	500.364 miles (492 laps)	Track Length	1.017 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	36
Total Purse	$125,387	Winner Earnings	$20,395
Different Leaders	5	Lead-Lap Finishers	1
Points Leader After Race	Cale Yarborough	Season Race	28 of 30

American 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	193	running	185	$20,395
2	11	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	491	113	running	175	$12,870
3	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	489	0	running	165	$10,075
4	7	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2	Roger Penske	Mercury	489	0	running	160	$7,965
5	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	488	0	running	155	$7,255
6	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	488	31	running	155	$6,535
7	5	1	Donnie Allison	Pat's Tire Service	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	486	1	fuel pump	151	$2,945
8	12	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	486	0	running	142	$4,675
9	15	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	478	0	running	138	$3,545
10	22	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet	474	0	running	134	$3,815
11	18	55	Sonny Easley	Haddick's Towing	Jerry Lankford	Ford	469	0	running	130	$2,170
12	21	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet	468	0	running	127	$1,945
13	32	8	Ed Negre	—	Ed Negre	Dodge	464	0	running	124	$3,685
14	10	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	464	0	running	121	$2,945
15	23	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	461	0	running	118	$2,735
16	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Hickory Garage	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	460	0	running	115	$2,757
17	25	30	Terry Bivins	Clyde Lynn	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	459	0	running	112	$2,315
18	31	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting	Rick Newsom	Ford	456	0	running	109	$1,235
19	13	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	454	0	running	106	$1,135
20	24	5	David Sisco	—	David Sisco	Chevrolet	450	0	running	103	$1,835
21	29	7	Jack Donohue	Thundercraft Boat	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	444	0	running	100	$860
22	27	19	Frank Warren	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	434	0	running	97	$835
23	28	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	432	0	running	94	$810
24	26	64	Tommy Gale	—	Elmo Langley	Ford	423	0	running	91	$1,295
25	2	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	413	154	engine	93	$4,010
26	36	33	J.D. McDuffie	Handy's Transmission	Jeff Handy	Chevrolet	389	0	engine	85	$735
27	16	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	363	0	engine	82	$1,285
28	3	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	299	0	throttle	79	$3,765
29	20	5	James Hylton	—	Doc Faustina	Dodge	171	0	rear end	76	$655
30	35	25	Dick May	—	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	127	0	engine	73	$1,145
31	6	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	117	0	engine	70	$3,635
32	33	46	Travis Tiller	Little B / C & K Coal	Travis Tiller	Dodge	88	0	engine	67	$625
33	14	36	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	76	0	overheating	64	$615
34	30	4	Gary Myers	Hicks Pharmacy	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	5	0	engine	61	$605
35	34	47	Bruce Hill	—	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	2	0	engine	58	$1,095
36	19	49	Henley Gray	—	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	1	0	engine	55	$585

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