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1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

28th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

28th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 1976 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 28th season of professional stock car racing in the United States, the 5th modern era season of the Grand National series and sixth under R. J. Reynolds sponsorship through its Winston cigarette brand. The season began on Sunday, January 18 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Cale Yarborough, driving the #11 Junior Johnson Holly Farms Chevrolet scored his first of three consecutive NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championships. Skip Manning was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Season recap

NoDateEventCircuitWinner123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
January 18Winston Western 500Riverside International RacewayDavid Pearson
February 12125 Mile Qualifying RacesDaytona International SpeedwayDave Marcis
Darrell Waltrip
February 15**Daytona 500**David Pearson
February 29Carolina 500North Carolina SpeedwayRichard Petty
March 7Richmond 400Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayDave Marcis
March 14Southeastern 400Bristol International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
March 21Atlanta 500Atlanta International RacewayDavid Pearson
April 4Gwyn Staley 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayCale Yarborough
April 11Rebel 500Darlington RacewayDavid Pearson
April 25Virginia 500Martinsville SpeedwayDarrell Waltrip
May 2**Winston 500**Alabama International Motor SpeedwayBuddy Baker
May 8Music City USA 420Nashville SpeedwayCale Yarborough
May 16Mason-Dixon 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayBenny Parsons
May 30**World 600**Charlotte Motor SpeedwayDavid Pearson
June 13Riverside 400Riverside International RacewayDavid Pearson
June 20Cam 2 Motor Oil 400Michigan International SpeedwayDavid Pearson
July 4Firecracker 400Daytona International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
July 17Nashville 420Nashville SpeedwayBenny Parsons
August 1Purolator 500Pocono RacewayRichard Petty
August 8[Talladega 500](1000bulbs-com-500)Alabama International Motor SpeedwayDave Marcis
August 22Champion Spark Plug 400Michigan International SpeedwayDavid Pearson
August 29Volunteer 400Bristol International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
September 6**Southern 500**Darlington RacewayDavid Pearson
September 12Capital City 400Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayCale Yarborough
September 19Delaware 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
September 26Old Dominion 500Martinsville SpeedwayCale Yarborough
October 3Wilkes 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayCale Yarborough
October 10National 500Charlotte Motor SpeedwayDonnie Allison
October 24American 500North Carolina SpeedwayRichard Petty
November 7Dixie 500Atlanta International RacewayDave Marcis
November 21Los Angeles Times 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayDavid Pearson

Bold denotes a NASCAR Crown Jewel race.

Race Summaries

  • Winston Western 500 - Bobby Allison won the pole in Roger Penske's final race fielding a Matador and led the first 18 laps. Richard Petty started 27th and stormed through the field to lead 15 laps but fell out with engine failure. David Pearson led 124 laps for his first road course win since 1966 and the Wood Brothers Racing team's first Riverside win since 1968. Darrell Waltrip crashed on Lap 18 when his brakes failed entering Turn Eight; he plowed over the fencing and landed near a spectator fence but drove back to the pits; he ultimately finished 21st.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #38 - Jimmy Insolo
  4. #96 - Ray Elder
  5. #72 - Benny Parsons
  6. #54 - Lennie Pond
  7. #3 - Richard Childress
  8. #71 - Dave Marcis
  9. #48 - James Hylton
  10. #73 - Bill Schmitt
  • Daytona 500 – From disallowance of qualifying times for A. J. Foyt, Dave Marcis, and Darrell Waltrip to the crashing of race leaders Richard Petty and David Pearson a half-mile from the checkered flag - the finish broadcast live on Wide World of Sports - the 1976 500 became one of the most celebrated races in history, and national interest in stock car racing began swelling with the finish.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #54 - Lennie Pond
  5. #12 - Neil Bonnett
  6. #81 - Terry Ryan
  7. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. #63 - Terry Bivins
  9. #3 - Richard Childress
  10. #79 - Frank Warren
  • Carolina 500 – Richard Petty won going away in a race marred by a huge melee on the backstretch where Bobby Allison tumbled.
  1. #43 - Richard Petty
  2. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  3. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. #15 - Buddy Baker
  5. #72 - Benny Parsons
  6. #6 - Bobby Isaac
  7. #41 - Grant Adcox
  8. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  9. #8 - Ed Negre
  10. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  • Richmond 400 - Cale Yarborough's bid for his first win of the season ended when he crashed with twelve laps to go. Dave Marcis edged Richard Petty in a battle of Dodges.
  1. #71 - Dave Marcis
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  5. #63 - Terry Bivins
  6. #3 - Richard Childress
  7. #24 - Cecil Gordon
  8. #05 - David Sisco
  9. #72 - Benny Parsons
  10. #64 - Elmo Langley
  • Southeastern 400 - Yarborough finally broke through, leading 285 laps and putting runner-up Darrell Waltrip a lap down. Petty lost the point lead to Benny Parsons (who finished third) after a crash with Cecil Gordon and Bill Champion just 64 laps in.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #71 - Dave Marcis
  5. #2 - Bobby Allison
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #48 - James Hylton
  8. #8 - Ed Negre
  9. #67 - Buddy Arrington
  10. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  • Atlanta 500 – NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors beginning with this race. David Pearson spent 225 laps fighting to get back onto the lead lap and took his third win of the season, beating Parsons. Yarborough finished third, a lap down after making up three laps of a four-lap deficit.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #72 - Benny Parsons
  3. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. #54 - Lennie Pond
  5. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  6. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  7. #90 - Dick Brooks
  8. #12 - Neil Bonnett
  9. #05 - David Sisco
  10. #60 - Jackie Rogers
  • Gwyn Staley 400 - Dave Marcis won the pole but finished a distant eighth as Cale Yarborough won at Junior Johnson's home track, leading 364 laps and putting runner-up Richard Petty a lap down. Benny Parsons led 23 laps and finished fourth.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #72 - Benny Parsons
  5. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  6. #54 - Lennie Pond
  7. #90 - Dick Brooks
  8. #71 - Dave Marcis
  9. #3 - Richard Childress
  10. #30 - Walter Ballard
  • Rebel 500 - Pearson ran down Buddy Baker in a race where his father Buck finished sixth. Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip were involved in a hard crash at Lap 80 while Petty and Yarborough fell out with engine failures; Petty had led 52 laps while Cale led 16.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #15 - Buddy Baker
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #54 - Lennie Pond
  5. #71 - Dave Marcis
  6. #93 - Buck Baker
  7. #41 - Grant Adcox
  8. #18 - Joe Frasson
  9. #3 - Richard Childress
  10. #30 - Bruce Hill
  • Virginia 500 – Cale Yarborough crashed when Dave Marcis' rearend spilled fluid while dueling for the lead. Darrell Waltrip thus took the win, his first with Gatorade sponsorship.
  1. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #21 - David Pearson
  4. #43 - Richard Petty
  5. #90 - Dick Brooks
  6. #2 - Bobby Allison
  7. #47 - Bruce Hill
  8. #3 - Richard Childress
  9. #30 - Walter Ballard
  10. #24 - Cecil Gordon
  • Winston 500 – Buddy Baker qualified twelfth, a run so disappointing his Bud Moore team drove the over four hours back to their Spartanburg, SC shop to overhaul the engine before returning to Talladega for the race. Baker nonetheless became the first driver to win a 500-miler in less than three hours, while an early-race crash with Pearson, Dave Marcis, and Dick Brooks eliminated Benny Parsons and cost him the point lead (and a $10,000 bonus awarded to the driver who accumulated the most points per third of the season) to runner-up Yarborough. Richard Petty finished fourth after he stalled the car on an early pitstop and lost a lap.
  1. #15 - Buddy Baker
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #43 - Richard Petty
  5. #81 - Terry Ryan
  6. #24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. #28 - Donnie Allison
  8. #47 - Bruce Hill
  9. #71 - Dave Marcis
  10. #79 - Frank Warren
  • Music City 420 - Yarborough led 398 of 420 laps at the Nashville Fairgrounds to his third short track win of the season. Richard Petty and pole-sitter Benny Parsons finished 2-3 after leading a combined six laps. Darrell Waltrip, long a Fairgrounds regular, led seven laps but finished 12th with rearend failure.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #15 - Buddy Baker
  5. #2 - Bobby Allison
  6. #54 - Lennie Pond
  7. #71 - Dave Marcis
  8. #30 - Walter Ballard
  9. #05 - David Sisco
  10. #79 - Frank Warren
  • Mason-Dixon 500 - Benny Parsons suffered nose damage in a mid-race crash but his Chevrolet ran stronger after the wreck; he stormed to lead 161 of the race's last 169 laps and beat Pearson by 25 seconds. Cale Yarborough led 243 laps but was penalized a lap on a pitstop, then fell out with engine failure; he thus lost the point lead to Parsons.
  1. #72 - Benny Parsons
  2. #21 - David Pearson
  3. #71 - Dave Marcis
  4. #2 - Bobby Allison
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #43 - Richard Petty
  7. #90 - Dick Brooks
  8. #54 - Lennie Pond
  9. #50 - Darrell Bryant
  10. #3 - Richard Childress
  • World 600 – Pearson edged Petty and Cale Yarborough as Bruton Smith made his official return to Charlotte Motor Speedway; among his first acts was posting $18,000 in lap leader bonuses payable to whoever led the most laps per 100 miles. Pearson and Yarborough fought for the lead and combined to lead 243 of the first 251 laps but Cale lost a lap with a cut tire and finished third; Petty led 56 laps. Janet Guthrie made her NASCAR debut.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. #2 - Bobby Allison
  5. #72 - Benny Parsons
  6. #28 - Donnie Allison
  7. #90 - Dick Brooks
  8. #54 - Lennie Pond
  9. #18 - Harry Gant
  10. #05 - David Sisco
  • Riverside 400 - Pearson completed a season sweep at Riverside after a race-long chase with Bobby Allison and Yarborough.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #2 - Bobby Allison
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #96 - Ray Elder
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  7. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  8. #38 - Jimmy Insolo
  9. #43 - Richard Petty
  10. #71 - Dave Marcis
  • CAM2 Motor Oil 400 - Cale Yarborough dominated until he lost power due to a blown head gasket (still finishing second) and Pearson took his seventh win of the season. Cale's runner-up finish regained him the point lead as Benny Parsons lost 21 laps and finished 19th.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #43 - Richard Petty
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #54 - Lennie Pond
  8. #05 - David Sisco
  9. #60 - Jackie Rogers
  10. #24 - Cecil Gordon
  • Firecracker 400 - Cale Yarborough edged Pearson and Bobby Allison for his first Daytona win since 1968. A. J. Foyt won the pole.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #21 - David Pearson
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #28 - A.J. Foyt
  5. #71 - Dave Marcis
  6. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  7. #72 - Benny Parsons
  8. #90 - Dick Brooks
  9. #05 - David Sisco
  10. #22 - Ricky Rudd
  • Nashville 420 - Neil Bonnett drove most of the race for pole-sitter Bobby Allison; days before Allison was injured in a bad crash at Elko, MN and had to give way to Bonnett after the opening lap; the Penske #2 finished a distant seventh. Buddy Baker led 220 laps but fell out while leading with 90 laps to go; Benny Parsons took over and beat Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip. Waltrip's third place at his home track came following the hiring by DiGard of engine builder Marion "Ducky" Newman, who'd left Bud Moore's team in a salary dispute.
  1. #72 - Benny Parsons
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. #54 - Lennie Pond
  5. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  6. #71 - Dave Marcis
  7. #2 - Bobby Allison
  8. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  9. #92 - Skip Manning
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • Purolator 500 – NASCAR allowed teams to use larger carburetors again beginning with Pocono. The lead changed 47 times - a season high promptly broken a week later - as Pearson's blown tire coming to the white flag gave Petty only his second win of the season. Buddy Baker finished second. Benny Parsons edged Pearson for third while pole-sitter Cale Yarborough blew his engine halfway through; Junior Johnson's team changed engines in the garage in 33 minutes and Yarborough finished 25th; he lost the points lead to Parsons.
  1. #43 - Richard Petty
  2. #15 - Buddy Baker
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #21 - David Pearson
  5. #54 - Lennie Pond
  6. #24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. #67 - Buddy Arrington
  8. #60 - Jackie Rogers
  9. #3 - Richard Childress
  10. #05 - David Sisco
  • Talladega 500 – Dave Marcis took his only Talladega win and the first for crew chief Harry Hyde; it was the first superspeedway win for Hyde's K&K Insurance Dodge since 1973. The lead changed a season-high 57 times. Benny Parsons blew his engine after 39 laps while Cale suffered another engine failure, yet Junior Johnson's team changed engines mid-race again, this time in 20 minutes. Richard Petty blew his engine after taking the lead in the final 20 laps; with this combination of DNFs Cale thus took the point lead for what proved to be the final time. Darrell Waltrip blew his engine and following the race DiGard fired team manager Mario Rossi and engine builders Carroll "Stump" Davis and Keith Harlan; the team hired Robert Yates to assist Marion Newman.
  1. #71 - Dave Marcis
  2. #15 - Buddy Baker
  3. #90 - Dick Brooks
  4. #48 - James Hylton
  5. #54 - Lennie Pond
  6. #30 - Tighe Scott
  7. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. #3 - Richard Childress
  9. #92 - Skip Manning
  10. #26 - Jimmy Lee Capps
  • Champion Spark Plug 400 – David Pearson took his eighth win of the season, but first since the June event at Michigan International Speedway. Cale Yarborough finished second; Junior Johnson hired a security guard to watch his engines, suspecting sabotage after back-to-back engine failures.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #43 - Richard Petty
  4. #2 - Bobby Allison
  5. #71 - Dave Marcis
  6. #12 - Neil Bonnett
  7. #40 - D.K. Ulrich
  8. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  9. #72 - Benny Parsons
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • Volunteer 400 - Cale Yarborough took his fifth win of the season leading 373 laps. Darrell Waltrip won the pole, his first with Robert Yates-Ducky Newman power, and led 27 laps to finish third.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. #72 - Benny Parsons
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #2 - Bobby Allison
  7. #90 - Dick Brooks
  8. #54 - Lennie Pond
  9. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  10. #3 - Richard Childress
  • Southern 500 – Pearson took the one race he had sought his entire career. A big wreck occurred after Buddy Baker blew up and spun; behind him Skip Manning spun and was hit in the left side door by Joe Frasson. Cale Yarborough hit a guardrail post on pit road and it bent the rearend assembly; Richard Childress helped the Junior Johnson crew replace the assembly and Cale finished 23rd; Richard Petty finished second despite hammering the wall off the track's infamous fourth turn and cut Cale's point lead to 29. Darrell Waltrip and Dave Marcis were the two remaining cars on the lead lap.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. #71 - Dave Marcis
  5. #54 - Lennie Pond
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #72 - Benny Parsons
  8. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  9. #2 - Bobby Allison
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • Capital City 400 - Bobby Allison made his most determined bid for a win of the season, chasing Cale Yarborough and finished one length back at the finish. Cale increased his point lead over Petty to 44.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #2 - Bobby Allison
  3. #43 - Richard Petty
  4. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #54 - Lennie Pond
  7. #71 - Dave Marcis
  8. #90 - Dick Brooks
  9. #30 - Terry Bivins
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • Delaware 500 - Cale Yarborough made up two laps on two separate occasions and won his second straight race.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #43 - Richard Petty
  3. #21 - David Pearson
  4. #2 - Bobby Allison
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. #40 - D.K. Ulrich
  9. #48 - James Hylton
  10. #67 - Buddy Arrington
  • Old Dominion 500 - Darrell Waltrip won the pole, his second since the hiring of Robert Yates, but could only finish second to Cale as rain cut short the 500-lap race at 340 laps.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  3. #15 - Buddy Baker
  4. #43 - Richard Petty
  5. #72 - Benny Parsons
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #63 - Jimmy Hensley
  8. #30 - Terry Bivins
  9. #55 - Sonny Easley
  10. #3 - Richard Childress
  • Wilkes 400 - Yarborough won his fourth straight race and season-leading ninth overall.
  1. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. #72 - Benny Parsons
  3. #43 - Richard Petty
  4. #15 - Buddy Baker
  5. #54 - Lennie Pond
  6. #90 - Dick Brooks
  7. #70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  9. #30 - Terry Bivins
  10. #92 - Sonny Easley
  • National 500 - Donnie Allison surprised the field in a backup Hoss Ellington Monte Carlo; the engine measured a tick over the legal displacement in immediate post race inspection but after cooling down the engine was within limits; Ellington stated, "This one's legal. We left all the cheater stuff at Darlington." The win was Donnie's first in Grand National competition since 1971. 57 year old veteran Buck Baker competed in his final Winston Cup race. The two-time champion finished 24th in the #59 Monte Carlo fielded by H.C. Porter. Neil Bonnett had to drive most of the race in the Wood Brothers 21 when David Pearson had to get out of the car with a back injury that flared up the day before.
  1. #1 - Donnie Allison
  2. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. #2 - Bobby Allison
  4. #15 - Buddy Baker
  5. #72 - Benny Parsons
  6. #21 - David Pearson
  7. #54 - Lennie Pond
  8. #43 - Richard Petty
  9. #90 - Dick Brooks
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • American 500 - Richard Petty took the win, only his third of the season. Lennie Pond finished second. Green flag pit stops became frequent as Petty spent a total of 125 seconds in the pits to Pond's 54 seconds.
  1. #43 - Richard Petty
  2. #54 - Lennie Pond
  3. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. #2 - Bobby Allison
  5. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  6. #21 - David Pearson
  7. #1 - Donnie Allison
  8. #90 - Dick Brooks
  9. #92 - Skip Manning
  10. #14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  • Dixie 500 – Dave Marcis took his final superspeedway win after a race-long duel with Yarborough, Pearson, and Buddy Baker; Richard Benyo of Stock Car Racing Magazine described the initial 62 laps as a battle where "Marcis was able to nose Pearson, Yarborough, and Baker to the stripe" from Laps 14 through 62. Dale Earnhardt made his third career start in this race and survived a vicious tumble after hitting the spinning Ford of Dick Brooks. Richard Petty's engine failure all but clinched the season championship for Cale Yarborough. During the weekend Penske Racing issued a press release stating Bobby Allison, fresh from victory in a USAC 200-mile stock car race at Texas World Speedway in the Penske Mercury, would return to the team for 1977.
  1. #71 - Dave Marcis
  2. #21 - David Pearson
  3. #1 - Donnie Allison
  4. #11 - Cale Yarborough
  5. #15 - Buddy Baker
  6. #72 - Benny Parsons
  7. #88 - Darrell Waltrip
  8. #12 - Neil Bonnett
  9. #27 - Sam Sommers
  10. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  • LA Times 500 – Pearson led the final 121 laps and easily posted his eighth super-speedway win and tenth overall of the season. Yarborough clinched the season championship (his first and also the first for team owner Junior Johnson) by taking the green flag, only to fall out with transmission trouble after leading 68 laps. Bobby Allison blew his engine simultaneously with his brother Donnie and after the race told Roger Penske he was leaving the team.
  1. #21 - David Pearson
  2. #54 - Lennie Pond
  3. #72 - Benny Parsons
  4. #90 - Dick Brooks
  5. #48 - James Hylton
  6. #36 - Bobby Wawak
  7. #50 - Terry Bivins
  8. #92 - Skip Manning
  9. #81 - Terry Ryan
  10. #47 - Bruce Hill

Daytona 500

Main article: 1976 Daytona 500

Dixie 500

Main article: 1976 Dixie 500

Firecracker 400

Main article: 1976 Firecracker 400

Gwyn Staley 400

Main article: 1976 Gwyn Staley 400

Los Angeles Times 500

Main article: 1976 Los Angeles Times 500

Full Drivers’ Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos.DriverRIV[DAY](1976-daytona-500)CARRCHBRIATL[NWS](1976-gwyn-staley-400)DARMAR[TAL](1976-winston-500)[NSV](1976-music-city-usa-420)DOV[CLT](1976-world-600)[RIV](1976-riverside-400)[MCH](1976-cam-2-motor-oil-400)[DAY](1976-firecracker-400)NSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWS[CLT](1976-national-500)[CAR](1976-american-500)ATL[ONT](1976-los-angeles-times-500)Pts14644244493430444097539306387573745835059348310344711342812340013338014328015324716324017299418293119270920257321209922206223199524175225171926155427142528141229129630117331116332113033100534988359813682437816387723970740648416354263343610446074556646558475464851349481504795145552412534075438955374563455733358320593196031261307623006327364270652616626167239682346923470227712267221973213742067519776188771887817979176801738116782164831498413885137861248712488115891159010991106921009310094100959796919791988299791007910176102731037010470105671066710764108641096111061111581125811352114491154611646117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162Pos.DriverRIV[DAY](1976-daytona-500)CARRCHBRIATL[NWS](1976-gwyn-staley-400)DARMAR[TAL](1976-winston-500)[NSV](1976-music-city-usa-420)DOV[CLT](1976-world-600)[RIV](1976-riverside-400)[MCH](1976-cam-2-motor-oil-400)[DAY](1976-firecracker-400)NSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWS[CLT](1976-national-500)[CAR](1976-american-500)ATL[ONT](1976-los-angeles-times-500)Pts
Cale Yarborough242341*3*1*25221*27*372*1*5**25**262*1*231***1***1*1*25423
Richard Petty2521*22728223442629**4**222120322324381*2827
Benny Parsons535932432026**3**1531971339947**29**265253163
Bobby Allison**15**2521**3**52931863544233**7**2423469242729342633
Lennie Pond64302322464221168625732455258563429572242
Dave Marcis827**26**1*4**32****8**5**21****9**7**3**2910305622**1**5224714121729251*24
Buddy Baker2833429**21**25262*271*4528553523*22*3153155344*28**5**39
Darrell Waltrip21322242522311*33123011629393263727**3**3431**2****24**113740
David Pearson1*1291**1**3372**1*****1**1224***1****1***319**6****6**2**1***
Dick Brooks33412426677355127768293132976866698294
Richard Childress7923620119982417101711181228981310362520102315272536
J. D. McDuffie197102110275272327201525141624132178232511721723261311
James Hylton9231915731133212281817131635261117421132016918111829125
D. K. Ulrich1219172025211916162011121626121617382171116178132630141825
Cecil Gordon231834728161211106143620121034156292621121335151328152316
Frank Warren111028191415201729101013182024131216122320192623142226222718
David Sisco292082392713241492210891610313214392311161419203330
Skip Manning **(R)**30353012171114171622113320319129141832122321139148
Ed Negre139138131728303219342724173725112730292627152225371312
Buddy Arrington113111930182428222631141140267331735181011121216DNQ
Terry Bivins **(R)**813524262219151214932892517227
Bobby WawakDNQ29262626141014241091010222581033106
Bruce Hill362218107823393725252729321922363034351110
Jimmy Means **(R)**40343115392311242311241918242720272317DNQ
Dick May381615211427211819161628191717203032
Walter Ballard2514192410QL9816223137262216DNQ
Henley Gray36302329253320171115211213193637
Coo Coo Marlin2186136834128321030DNQ
Gary MyersDNQ113527253027192727272129261834
Jackie Rogers15121036938815351519
Grant AdcoxDNQ71271912301813141220
Neil Bonnett **(R)**5830193929333862428358
Tommy GaleDNQ153522183721293440252417
Donnie Allison3473563317334
Joe Mihalic171226DNQ182313132218
Elmo Langley10151513132515QL
Travis TillerDNQ181718262322332832DNQ
Sonny Easley3291033111514
Joe Frasson14836363040283034
Jabe ThomasDNQ271321142114
Bill Elliott **(R)**3336382328191432
Dean Dalton291518281114DNQ
Earle CanavanDNQ18171934362924DNQ
Rick Newsom18302038302418
Tighe Scott35171530636
Terry Ryan6540329
Darrell BryantDNQ112036409193540
Buck Baker634162836161724
Chuck Bown1619283119
Baxter PriceDNQ162324212028
Dick Skillen3121211730
Sam Sommers24DNQ3630369
Ricky RuddDNQ233310DNQ16
Jimmy Lee Capps24332110
Bob BurchamDNQ1433303535
John Utsman **(R)**DNQ14191215
Harold MillerDNQDNQ181420
Ray Elder44DNQ
G. C. Spencer25341735
Jerry Sisco112226
Jimmy Insolo3821
Don Puskarich272115
Earl Brooks20322020
Bill ChampionDNQ282916
Jack Donohue192136
Richard D. Brown222430
Junior Miller1415
Jimmy Hensley257
Roy Smith202738
Eddie Bradshaw1815DNQ
Chuck Wahl2213DNQ
Bill Schmitt1026
Bruce JacobiDNQ372827DNQ
Gary Matthews1723
Bill Polich26DNQ17
Larry LaMay3016
Walter Wallace2818
Ron Esau1435DNQ
Gary Johnson29DNQ
Carl Joiner2031
Ferrel HarrisQL2528
Hugh Pearson2430DNQ
Johnny Ray **(R)**3128
Harry Gant9
Jim Thirkettle3429
Larry Esau13
Jim Vandiver13
Gene Felton16
Jim Hurtubise16
Don Reynolds18DNQ
Budd Hagelin1937
Bill Dennis21
Tommy Ellis21
Richie Panch21
John Dineen22DNQ
Doc FaustinaDNQ24DNQ
Clyde Lynn24
Glen McDuffie27
J. C. Danielson28
Glenn Francis28
Sterling Marlin29
Hershel McGriff3032
Dale Earnhardt3119
Rusty Sanders31
John Hamson32DNQ
Dick Trickle32
John Haver33
Ernie Stierly33DNQ
Sam Beler34
Charlie Glotzbach34
Harry Jefferson35DNQ
Johnny Kieper35
Tom Williams37DNQ
Bobby Isaac638
Bill HollarDNQ39
Earl Ross39
Janet Guthrie1515332220
A. J. Foyt22*32**4**2238
Neil Castles252538
David Hobbs3417
Johnny Rutherford2031
Salt Walther12
Larry Phillips13
Bruce Blodgett15
Ernie Shaw16
Mike Hiss22
Ramo Stott**26**
Jeff Handy28
Billy McGinnis34
Gordon Johncock39
Al Holbert40
Elliott Forbes-RobinsonDNQ
Dave DeckerDNQ
Bill SeifertDNQ
Darel DieringerDNQ
Blackie WangerinDNQ
John BanksDNQ
Terry LinkDNQ
Jim FlemingDNQ
Jerry MabieDNQ
Jerry HansenDNQ
Earl ResslerDNQ
Steve PfeiferDNQ
Richard WhiteDNQ
Ross KusahDNQ
Leon FoxDNQ
Dennis WilsonDNQ
Bryce MannDNQ
Sue WilliamsDNQ
Arlene HissDNQ
Terry WoodDNQ
Don GrahamDNQ
Jack SimpsonDNQ
John WeibelDNQ
Summer McKnightDNQ
Dick WhalenDNQ
Chris MonoleosDNQ
Norm PalmerDNQ
Bill OsborneDNQ
Jerry BarnettDNQ
Perry CottinghamDNQ
Marty RobbinsWthDNQ

References

References

  1. Stock Car Racing Magazine, June 1976, p. 25
  2. "1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Central - The Third Turn".
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