1976 Dixie 500

Race 29 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:55:07
Average speed of winner: 127.396 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 17 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-11, Pearson 12-13, Marcis 14-62, Yarborough 63-67, Parsons 68-74, Marcis 75-109, Yarborough 110-123, Marcis 124-177, Yarborough 178, Marcis 179-220, Pearson 221-222, Marcis 223-237, Pearson 238-260, Marcis 261-268, Yarborough 269-293, Marcis 294-300, Yarborough 301-314, Marcis 315-328

Race notes: Debut for Billy McGinnis. Finale for Jack Donohue and Richie Panch. Only start for Gene Felton.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		328	8	224	running	14915	185
2	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	3	27	running	8090	175
3	5	Donnie Allison	1	Ellington Insulation	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		328	0	0	running	5715	165
4	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		328	5	59	running	7920	165
5	1	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore	161.652	327	1	11	running	8635	160
6	11	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		327	1	7	running	7400	155
7	9	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		323	0	0	running	6930	146
8	14	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Bonnett			322	0	0	running	3990	142
9	6	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson			322	0	0	running	3440	138
10	32	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn-Wawak	Chevrolet	Gwinn			318	0	0	running	3090	134
11	26	Bruce Hill	47	Howson Algraphy	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			318	0	0	running	4120	130
12	12	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			314	0	0	running	3660	127
13	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			311	0	0	running	3300	124
14	31	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			310	0	0	running	2410	121
15	29	Sonny Easley	55	Haddick's Towing	Ford				309	0	0	running	1835	118
16	36	Gene Felton	93	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			308	0	0	running	1635	115
17	30	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			304	0	0	running	1485	112
18	22	D.K. Ulrich	40	Howard Johnson	Chevrolet	DeLotto			304	0	0	running	2735	109
19	16	Dale Earnhardt	77	Hy Gain	Chevrolet	Johnny Ray			260	0	0	accident	1360	0
20	24	Grant Adcox	41	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	Adcox			254	0	0	engine	1235	103
21	20	Richie Panch	99	Puro Racing	Ford	Puro			252	0	0	valve spring	1035	100
22	15	Terry Bivins	30	Ballard	Chevrolet	Ballard			250	0	0	engine	2300	97
23	27	Cecil Gordon	24	Cannon Farms	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			248	0	0	running	2165	94
24	13	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			228	0	0	engine	2030	91
25	19	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		218	0	0	engine	1885	88
26	8	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		189	0	0	valve	3925	85
27	17	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			164	0	0	overheating	1640	82
28	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		157	0	0	oil pressure	5430	79
29	23	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			156	0	0	accident	1395	76
30	34	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			114	0	0	cylinder	1360	73
31	10	Chuck Bown	01	Lake's Drywall	Chevrolet	Craker			75	0	0	wheel bearing	835	70
32	33	Dick May	91	Miller	Chevrolet	Harold Miller			60	0	0	oil pressure	825	67
33	21	David Sisco	60	Red Dog Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			34	0	0	head gasket	815	64
34	25	Billy McGinnis	50	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			15	0	0	engine	805	0
35	28	G.C. Spencer	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			1	0	0	accident	795	58
36	18	Jack Donohue	7	Thundercraft Boats	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			0	0	0	engine	785	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4545	29	2	9	22	23
2	Richard Petty	4362	29	1	3	19	22
3	Benny Parsons	4139	29	2	2	17	22
4	Bobby Allison	4033	29	2	0	15	19
5	Dave Marcis	3784	29	7	3	9	16
6	Lennie Pond	3760	29	0	0	9	18
7	Buddy Baker	3699	29	2	1	16	16
8	Darrell Waltrip	3462	29	3	1	10	12
9	Richard Childress	3373	29	0	0	0	11
10	David Pearson	3298	21	7	9	15	17
11	Dick Brooks	3287	27	0	0	2	17
12	J.D. McDuffie	3270	29	0	0	1	8
13	James Hylton	3225	29	0	0	1	4
14	D.K. Ulrich	3192	29	0	0	0	2
15	Cecil Gordon	3132	29	0	0	0	5
16	Frank Warren	3131	29	0	0	0	3
17	David Sisco	2921	27	0	0	0	7
18	Skip Manning	2789	26	0	0	0	3
19	Ed Negre	2582	27	0	0	0	2
20	Buddy Arrington	2573	25	0	0	0	3
21	Terry Bivins	1953	17	0	0	1	5
22	Bobby Wawak	1912	18	0	0	0	8
23	Bruce Hill	1861	21	0	0	0	3
24	Jimmy Means	1752	19	0	0	0	0
25	Dick May	1667	18	0	0	0	0