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1976 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1976 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	7	42	20	1	11	37	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	37	running	180
2	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	40	running	175
3	32	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	199	16	running	170
4	11	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	198		running	160
5	13	12	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		running	155
6	2	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing	Chevrolet	196	1	running	155
7	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	193		running	146
8	19	63	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing	Chevrolet	193	6	running	147
9	36	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	191		running	138
10	34	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	190		running	134
11	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	190		running	130
12	26	4	Salt Walther	Walther Racing	Chevrolet	187		running	0
13	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	185		running	124
14	22	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Chevrolet	183		running	121
15	23	60	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing	Chevrolet	183	1	running	123
16	15	95	Jim Hurtubise	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	180		engine	115
17	21	61	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing	Chevrolet	159		running	112
18	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	158		running	109
19	27	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)	Chevrolet	151		broken axle	106
20	39	29	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports	Chevrolet	148		clutch	103
21	10	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	147		crank pulley	100
22	31	28	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	143	66	valve spring	0
23	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	138		running	94
24	24	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)	Chevrolet	133		crankshaft	91
25	8	2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	123	2	broken valve	93
26	1	83	Ramo Stott	Norris Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	113		accident	0
27	3	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	112		running	82
28	35	10	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)	Chevrolet	111		accident	79
29	40	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	Chevrolet	110		running	76
30	30	82	Skip Manning	Harris Racing	Dodge	107		accident	73
31	28	78	Dick Skillen	Goffco	Chevrolet	99		overheating	70
32	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	87		rocker arm	67
33	5	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	83	28	engine	69
34	16	73	David Hobbs	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	68	2	accident	66
35	18	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	58		accident	58
36	33	47	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Chevrolet	43		engine	55
37	25	38	Tom Williams	Tom Williams (Owner)	Chevrolet	41		broken valve	52
38	38	33	Dick May	Hiram Handy (Owner)	Chevrolet	36		engine	49
39	12	52	Earl Ross	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	28		engine	46
40	20	5	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevrolet	20	1	engine	48
41	9	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	5		engine	40
42	14	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	1		piston	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	A.J. Foyt	66	33.0%	P22
2	Richard Petty	40	20.0%	P2
3	David Pearson	37	18.5%	P1
4	Buddy Baker	28	14.0%	P33
5	Benny Parsons	16	8.0%	P3
6	Terry Bivins	6	3.0%	P8
7	Bobby Allison	2	1.0%	P25
8	David Hobbs	2	1.0%	P34
9	Terry Ryan	1	0.5%	P6
10	Jackie Rogers	1	0.5%	P15
11	Jimmy Means	1	0.5%	P40

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