1976 Purolator 500

Race 18 of 30

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:18:54
Average speed of winner: 115.875 mph
Margin of victory: 24 sec.
Lead changes: 48 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Pearson 1-11, Yarborough 12, Pearson 13-14, Yarborough 15-16, Pond 17, Gordon 18-21, Pearson 22-23, Yarborough 24, Petty 25-29, Pearson 30-35, Yarborough 36, Petty 37-38, Yarborough 39, Pearson 40, Petty 41-44, Yarborough 45, Marcis 46, Baker 47-50, Yarborough 51, Pearson 52-56, Yarborough 57, Baker 58-59, Yarborough 60, Baker 61, Yarborough 62, Pond 63, Baker 64-67, Petty 68, Yarborough 69-70, Baker 71-72, Pearson 73-76, Baker 77, Pearson 78, Petty 79-82, Yarborough 83, Pearson 84-85, Baker 86-91, Pearson 92-95, Petty 96-102, Parsons 103-104, Pearson 105-107, Petty 108-116, Pearson 117-122, Petty 123, Pearson 124-181, Baker 182, Pearson 183-198, Petty 199-200

Race notes: Benny Parsons took the points lead from Cale Yarborough.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		200	9	35	running	15290	180
2	4	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	8	21	running	10490	175
3	7	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		200	1	2	running	8270	170
4	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	14	121	running	4760	170
5	10	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			198	2	2	running	5250	160
6	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			196	1	4	running	4680	155
7	11	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			195	0	0	running	4020	146
8	19	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dog Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			194	0	0	running	2040	142
9	18	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		194	0	0	running	3410	138
10	12	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			193	0	0	running	3250	134
11	37	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			193	0	0	running	2940	130
12	13	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			192	0	0	running	2090	127
13	36	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			191	0	0	running	1440	124
14	30	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn	Chevrolet	Gwinn			191	0	0	running	1340	121
15	20	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			191	0	0	running	1240	118
16	22	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			190	0	0	running	2230	115
17	31	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			189	0	0	running	2000	112
18	39	Dick May	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			185	0	0	running	1810	109
19	21	Terry Bivins	63	Ressler	Chevrolet	Moyer			185	0	0	running	970	106
20	15	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			181	0	0	running	945	103
21	23	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			180	0	0	running	1515	100
22	9	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		179	1	1	engine	3890	102
23	35	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			179	0	0	running	865	94
24	3	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		176	0	0	running	3840	91
25	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab	147.865	171	12	14	running	4215	93
26	6	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		163	0	0	cylinder	3790	85
27	24	Gary Myers	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			154	0	0	running	765	82
28	40	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			149	0	0	engine	740	79
29	8	Bruce Hill	47	Howson Algraphy	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			118	0	0	accident	1215	76
30	26	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			91	0	0	engine	1190	73
31	14	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			78	0	0	valve	1165	70
32	33	Bill Elliott	10	Champion	Ford	Bill Champion			55	0	0	cylinder	1140	67
33	32	Travis Tiller	46	Little B/C&K Coal	Dodge	Tiller			41	0	0	engine	615	64
34	25	Tommy Gale	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			41	0	0	engine	1085	61
35	16	Darrell Bryant	50	Hot Rod Barnes	Chevrolet	Cliff Stewart			32	0	0	engine	575	58
36	34	Earle Canavan	01	Benihana	Dodge	Canavan			29	0	0	oil leak	555	55
37	38	Walter Ballard	82	Ballard	Dodge	Negre	Buddy Parrott		28	0	0	withdrew	550	52
38	27	D.K. Ulrich	40	Shumacher & Lynch	Chevrolet	DeLotto			14	0	0	engine	1045	49
39	29	Bill Hollar	29	Velvet Touch Furniture	Chevrolet	Ballard			2	0	0	accident	540	46
40	18	Joe Frasson	18	Excuse Lounge	Chevrolet	Frasson			2	0	0	accident	535	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	2763	18	1	2	13	15
2	Cale Yarborough	2756	18	1	4	13	14
3	Richard Petty	2658	18	1	2	11	13
4	Bobby Allison	2568	18	2	0	10	12
5	Lennie Pond	2356	18	0	0	5	11
6	Dave Marcis	2312	18	6	1	5	11
7	Richard Childress	2211	18	0	0	0	8
8	Buddy Baker	2165	18	1	1	8	8
9	David Pearson	2088	13	3	7	11	11
10	Frank Warren	2040	18	0	0	0	3
11	Darrell Waltrip	2036	18	0	1	5	6
12	Cecil Gordon	2029	18	0	0	0	5
13	J.D. McDuffie	1975	18	0	0	1	4
14	D.K. Ulrich	1935	18	0	0	0	0
15	James Hylton	1929	18	0	0	0	2
16	David Sisco	1884	16	0	0	0	7
17	Dick Brooks	1797	16	0	0	1	8
18	Ed Negre	1705	17	0	0	0	2
19	Skip Manning	1650	16	0	0	0	1
20	Buddy Arrington	1597	16	0	0	0	2
21	Walter Ballard	1257	12	0	0	0	3
22	Bruce Hill	1209	13	0	0	0	3
23	Coo Coo Marlin	808	6	0	0	0	4
24	Terry Bivins	805	7	0	0	1	2
25	Jackie Rogers	773	7	0	0	0	3