1976 Purolator 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Purolator 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 18 of 30
Date: August 1, 1976
Track: Pocono International Raceway

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Purolator 500 Race Information

Winner	Richard Petty	Car	No. 43 Dodge
Team / Owner	Petty Enterprises	Sponsor	STP
Winner Start	5th	Winner Laps Led	35
Started First	Cale Yarborough	Most Laps Led	David Pearson (121)
Race Distance	500 miles (200 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	40
Total Purse	$118,590	Winner Earnings	$20,640
Different Leaders	8	Lead-Lap Finishers	4
Points Leader After Race	Benny Parsons	Season Race	18 of 30

Purolator 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	5	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	35	running	180	$20,640
2	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	200	21	running	175	$13,465
3	7	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	200	2	running	170	$9,790
4	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	200	121	running	170	$5,060
5	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	198	2	running	160	$5,400
6	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Lowe's	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	196	4	running	155	$4,680
7	11	67	Buddy Arrington	—	Buddy Arrington	Plymouth	195	0	running	146	$4,020
8	19	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	194	0	running	142	$2,040
9	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	194	0	running	138	$3,410
10	12	5	David Sisco	—	David Sisco	Chevrolet	193	0	running	134	$3,250
11	37	8	Ed Negre	—	Ed Negre	Dodge	193	0	running	130	$2,940
12	13	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	192	0	running	127	$2,090
13	36	61	Joe Mihalic	—	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	191	0	running	124	$1,440
14	30	36	Bobby Wawak	—	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	191	0	running	121	$1,340
15	20	7	Dean Dalton	—	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	191	0	running	118	$1,240
16	22	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	190	0	running	115	$2,230
17	31	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	James Hylton	Chevrolet	189	0	running	112	$2,000
18	39	25	Dick May	—	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	185	0	running	109	$1,810
19	21	63	Terry Bivins	Ressler	Billy Moyer	Chevrolet	185	0	running	106	$970
20	15	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	181	0	running	103	$945
21	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	—	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	180	0	running	100	$1,515
22	9	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	179	1	engine	102	$3,890
23	35	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	179	0	running	94	$865
24	3	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2	Roger Penske	Mercury	176	0	running	91	$3,840
25	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	171	14	running	93	$4,215
26	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	163	0	cylinder wall	85	$3,790
27	24	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing	Junior Miller	Chevrolet	154	0	running	82	$765
28	40	45	Baxter Price	—	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	149	0	engine	79	$740
29	8	47	Bruce Hill	Howson Algraphy	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	118	0	crash	76	$1,215
30	26	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	91	0	engine	73	$1,190
31	14	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	78	0	valve	70	$1,165
32	33	10	Bill Elliott	Sunny King	Bill Champion	Ford	55	0	cylinder wall	67	$1,140
33	32	46	Travis Tiller	Little B / C & K Coal	Travis Tiller	Dodge	41	0	engine	64	$615
34	25	64	Tommy Gale	—	Elmo Langley	Ford	41	0	engine	61	$1,085
35	16	50	Darrell Bryant	Hot Rod Barns	Cliff Stewart	Chevrolet	32	0	engine	58	$575
36	34	1	Earle Canavan	Benihana	Earle Canavan	Dodge	29	0	oil leak	55	$555
37	38	82	Walter Ballard	—	Ed Negre	Dodge	28	0	quit	52	$550
38	27	40	D.K. Ulrich	Schumacher & Lynch	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	14	0	engine	49	$1,045
39	29	29	Bill Hollar	Velvet Touch Furniture	Bill Hollar	Chevrolet	2	0	crash	46	$540
40	28	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge	Joe Frasson	Chevrolet	2	0	crash	43	$535

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