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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
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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