1976 Delaware 500

Race 24 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:19:12
Average speed of winner: 115.740 mph
Margin of victory: 7.2 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-65, Marcis 66, Pond 67, Marcis 68, Yarborough 69-168, Waltrip 169, Yarborough 170-177, Marcis 178-190, Petty 191-195, Marcis 196-222, Pearson 223-249, Yarborough 250-259, Pearson 260, Petty 261-265, Pearson 266-271, Petty 272-273, Yarborough 274-277, Pearson 278-302, Petty 303-460, Yarborough 461-470, Petty 471-479, Yarborough 480-500

Race notes: Debut for Tommy Ellis. Finale for Budd Hagelin.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab	115.740	500	7	218	running	14300	185
2	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		500	5	179	running	12440	175
3	5	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		498	4	59	running	5820	170
4	7	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		496	0	0	running	6785	160
5	4	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		493	0	0	running	6325	155
6	8	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			491	0	0	running	4555	150
7	22	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			482	0	0	running	3965	146
8	15	D.K. Ulrich	40	Lafayette Electronics	Chevrolet	DeLotto			475	0	0	running	3605	142
9	25	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			474	0	0	running	3295	138
10	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			474	0	0	running	3135	134
11	27	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			473	0	0	running	2925	130
12	32	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			471	0	0	running	2085	127
13	21	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			463	0	0	running	1460	124
14	6	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		460	4	42	engine	4540	126
15	23	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			458	0	0	running	2380	118
16	34	Walter Ballard	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			454	0	0	running	1235	115
17	36	Dick May	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			448	0	0	running	2110	112
18	24	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			447	0	0	running	1085	109
19	28	Jack Donohue	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			444	0	0	running	1035	106
20	18	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		442	0	0	running	1635	103
21	31	Tommy Ellis	10	Champion	Ford	Bill Champion			429	0	0	running	1335	100
22	14	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn	Chevrolet	Gwinn			419	0	0	running	810	97
23	13	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			397	0	0	running	1260	94
24	29	Earle Canavan	01	Benihana	Dodge	Canavan			396	0	0	running	735	91
25	30	Tommy Gale	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			391	0	0	running	1210	88
26	9	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		384	0	0	running	3710	85
27	20	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			362	0	0	engine	660	82
28	35	Bruce Jacobi	63	Ressler	Chevrolet	Moyer			271	0	0	overheating	635	79
29	19	Gary Myers	95	Junior Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			242	0	0	engine	610	76
30	33	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie Painting	Ford	Newsom			205	0	0	ignition	585	73
31	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		202	1	1	crankshaft	3675	75
32	16	Terry Bivins	30	Ballard	Chevrolet	Ballard			202	0	0	piston	1065	67
33	11	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			167	0	0	engine	555	0
34	10	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			144	1	1	engine	1070	66
35	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			77	0	0	engine	1035	58
36	17	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			18	0	0	head gasket	1025	55
37	37	Budd Hagelin	02	Red Lion Auto	Dodge	Hagelin			3	0	0	oil pressure	515	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3680	24	2	7	17	18
2	Richard Petty	3626	24	1	2	16	18
3	Bobby Allison	3460	24	2	0	13	17
4	Benny Parsons	3429	24	2	2	14	18
5	Dave Marcis	3186	24	7	2	8	15
6	Lennie Pond	3117	24	0	0	7	15
7	Buddy Baker	2960	24	1	1	12	12
8	Richard Childress	2857	24	0	0	0	10
9	Darrell Waltrip	2750	24	1	1	8	9
10	J.D. McDuffie	2721	24	0	0	1	7
11	David Pearson	2707	17	5	9	14	14
12	D.K. Ulrich	2680	24	0	0	0	2
13	James Hylton	2674	24	0	0	1	4
14	Frank Warren	2649	24	0	0	0	3
15	Dick Brooks	2626	22	0	0	2	13
16	Cecil Gordon	2599	24	0	0	0	5
17	David Sisco	2412	22	0	0	0	7
18	Ed Negre	2221	23	0	0	0	2
19	Skip Manning	2212	21	0	0	0	2
20	Buddy Arrington	2074	21	0	0	0	3
21	Walter Ballard	1554	15	0	0	0	3
22	Bruce Hill	1539	17	0	0	0	3
23	Terry Bivins	1376	12	0	0	1	3
24	Jimmy Means	1361	15	0	0	0	0
25	Bobby Wawak	1350	13	0	0	0	5