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1976 Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1976 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buddy Baker	12	40	21	2	8	135	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	135	running	185
2	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	188	13	running	175
3	11	2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	187	2	running	170
4	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	186	9	running	165
5	9	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing	Chevrolet	184		running	155
6	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	184	2	running	155
7	3	28	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	184		running	146
8	28	47	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Chevrolet	182		running	142
9	1	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	182	16	running	143
10	14	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	180		running	134
11	31	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	179		running	130
12	13	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	177		running	127
13	35	31	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	176		running	124
14	15	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	Chevrolet	174	3	running	126
15	38	49	John A. Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	174		running	118
16	21	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	173		running	115
17	25	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	173		running	112
18	36	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	171		running	109
19	19	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	170		transmission	106
20	40	25	D.K. Ulrich	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	168		running	103
21	34	78	Dick Skillen	Goffco	Chevrolet	167		running	100
22	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	164		running	97
23	20	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto	Chevrolet	159		sump pump	94
24	16	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	153		engine	91
25	30	82	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	142		broken valve	88
26	4	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	138		engine	85
27	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	123		engine	82
28	7	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	119	8	broken valve	84
29	32	36	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak	Chevrolet	111		oil pressure	76
30	33	91	Bob Burcham	H Miller Racing	Chevrolet	100		engine	73
31	29	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevrolet	89		engine	70
32	24	19	Ed Negre	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	76		broken valve	67
33	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	75		broken valve	64
34	23	33	Buck Baker	Hiram Handy (Owner)	Chevrolet	68		axle bearing	61
35	27	95	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	47		engine	58
36	17	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Chevrolet	39		rear axle	55
37	10	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	23		accident	52
38	39	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Ford	23		broken valve	49
39	8	12	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)	Chevrolet	16		clutch	46
40	26	50	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing	Chevrolet	13		transmission	43

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buddy Baker	135	71.8%	P1
2	Dave Marcis	16	8.5%	P9
3	Cale Yarborough	13	6.9%	P2
4	Richard Petty	9	4.8%	P4
5	James Hylton	8	4.3%	P28
6	David Sisco	3	1.6%	P14
7	Bobby Allison	2	1.1%	P3
8	Cecil Gordon	2	1.1%	P6

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