1976 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 12 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:19:53
Average speed of winner: 115.436 mph
Margin of victory: 25.5 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Marcis pole, B. Allison 1-2, Pearson 3-15, Yarborough 16-22, Parsons 23-33, Yarborough 34-56, Marcis 57, Pearson 58, Parsons 59-62, Yarborough 63-112, Marcis 113-114, Yarborough 115-277, Pearson 278-325, Marcis 326, Pearson 327-331, Parsons 332-353, Pearson 354-361, Parsons 362-500

Race notes: Debut for Budd Hagelin. Finale for Neil Castles and Doc Faustina. 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	7	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		500	4	176	running	7365	180
2	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	5	75	running	6465	175
3	1	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde	136.013	499	3	4	running	4445	170
4	3	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		497	1	2	running	3585	165
5	4	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		495	0	0	running	3465	155
6	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	0	0	running	1605	150
7	11	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	3345	146
8	10	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			491	0	0	running	1385	142
9	19	Darrell Bryant	50	Hot Rod Barnes	Chevrolet	Cliff Stewart			478	0	0	running	1275	138
10	14	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		476	0	0	running	1215	134
11	23	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			474	0	0	running	965	130
12	20	D.K. Ulrich	40	Lafayette Radio	Chevrolet	DeLotto			469	0	0	running	2665	127
13	25	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			462	0	0	running	890	124
14	32	Jabe Thomas	25	Berglund	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			458	0	0	running	865	121
15	31	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	Chevrolet	McDuffie			456	0	0	running	555	118
16	24	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			443	0	0	running	545	115
17	22	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	Chevrolet	Hylton			421	0	0	running	745	112
18	27	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			416	0	0	accident	700	109
19	38	Budd Hagelin	02	Cherry Hill	Dodge	Hagelin			409	0	0	running	660	106
20	35	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie	Ford	Newsom			400	0	0	engine	650	103
21	36	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			400	0	0	running	645	100
22	21	David Sisco	05	Bel Air Datsun	Chevrolet	Sisco			397	0	0	running	385	97
23	34	Travis Tiller	46	Little B/C&K Coal	Dodge	Tiller			389	0	0	running	625	94
24	37	Doc Faustina	5	Faustina	Dodge	Faustina			378	0	0	ignition	365	91
25	30	Gary Myers	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			367	0	0	running	355	88
26	12	Bobby Wawak	36	J&B Corvette	Chevrolet	Gwinn			352	0	0	running	595	0
27	8	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		351	4	243	engine	335	92
28	33	Buck Baker	33	Smith Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			320	0	0	sway bar	325	79
29	39	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			317	0	0	running	565	76
30	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		316	0	0	engine	305	73
31	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Hickory Exxon	Dodge	Arrington			271	0	0	engine	305	70
32	29	Earl Brooks	10	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Bill Champion			250	0	0	ignition	305	67
33	17	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			247	0	0	accident	305	64
34	16	Ed Negre	8	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth	Dodge	Negre			218	0	0	oil pressure	305	61
35	9	Donnie Allison	28	Gilmore	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		149	0	0	transmission	305	0
36	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			136	0	0	valve	305	55
37	28	Tommy Gale	64	Stamey's Bar-B-Q	Ford	Langley			51	0	0	accident	305	52
38	26	Neil Castles	6	Castles	Chevrolet	Castles			22	0	0	clutch	305	49
39	15	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			2	0	0	valve	305	46

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	1836	12	1	1	9	10
2	Cale Yarborough	1812	12	0	3	9	9
3	Richard Petty	1723	12	0	1	7	8
4	Bobby Allison	1656	12	2	0	6	7
5	Dave Marcis	1612	12	6	1	4	8
6	Lennie Pond	1588	12	0	0	3	7
7	Richard Childress	1516	12	0	0	0	7
8	Buddy Baker	1429	12	1	1	5	5
9	Darrell Waltrip	1384	12	0	1	4	4
10	Frank Warren	1371	12	0	0	0	3
11	J.D. McDuffie	1336	12	0	0	1	4
12	D.K. Ulrich	1332	12	0	0	0	0
13	Cecil Gordon	1331	12	0	0	0	3
14	James Hylton	1300	12	0	0	0	2
15	David Sisco	1216	11	0	0	0	3
16	Dick Brooks	1213	11	0	0	1	5
17	David Pearson	1198	8	1	4	6	6
18	Ed Negre	1150	11	0	0	0	2
19	Skip Manning	1148	11	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	1072	11	0	0	0	1
21	Walter Ballard	935	8	0	0	0	3
22	Bruce Hill	823	8	0	0	0	3
23	Jabe Thomas	648	6	0	0	0	0
24	Elmo Langley	618	5	0	0	0	1
25	Terry Bivins	602	5	0	0	1	2