1976 American 500

Race 28 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:15:01
Average speed of winner: 117.718 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 15 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-31, Marcis 32-84, Pond 85-95, Marcis 96-179, Pond 180-190, Marcis 191-207, Pond 208-215, D. Allison 216, Pond 217-226, Petty 227-263, Pond 264-321, Petty 322-323, Pond 324-328, Petty 329-412, Pond 413-422, Petty 423-492

Race notes: Finale for Jackie Rogers.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	4	193	running	16395	185
2	11	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			491	7	113	running	10245	175
3	8	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		489	0	0	running	9025	165
4	7	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		489	0	0	running	7465	160
5	9	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		488	0	0	running	7055	155
6	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	139.117	488	1	31	running	4535	155
7	5	Donnie Allison	1	Pat's Tire Service	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		486	1	1	fuel pump	2945	151
8	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			486	0	0	running	4675	142
9	15	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			478	0	0	running	3545	138
10	22	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			474	0	0	running	3815	134
11	18	Sonny Easley	55	Haddick's Towing	Ford				469	0	0	running	2170	130
12	21	Grant Adcox	41	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	Adcox			468	0	0	running	1945	127
13	32	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			464	0	0	running	3685	124
14	10	D.K. Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight	Chevrolet	DeLotto			464	0	0	running	2945	121
15	23	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			461	0	0	running	2735	118
16	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Hickory Garage	Dodge	Arrington			460	0	0	running	2575	115
17	25	Terry Bivins	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			459	0	0	running	2315	112
18	31	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie Painting	Ford	Newsom			456	0	0	running	1235	109
19	13	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dog Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			454	0	0	running	1135	106
20	24	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			450	0	0	running	1835	103
21	29	Jack Donohue	7	Thundercraft Boats	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			444	0	0	running	860	100
22	27	Frank Warren	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			434	0	0	running	835	97
23	28	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			432	0	0	running	810	94
24	26	Tommy Gale	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			423	0	0	running	1285	91
25	2	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		413	3	154	engine	4010	93
26	36	J.D. McDuffie	33	Handy's Transmission	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			389	0	0	head gasket	735	85
27	16	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		363	0	0	camshaft	1285	82
28	3	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		299	0	0	accelerator	3765	79
29	20	James Hylton	5	Faustina	Dodge	Faustina			171	0	0	rear end	655	76
30	35	Dick May	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			127	0	0	valve	1145	73
31	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		117	0	0	engine	3635	70
32	33	Travis Tiller	46	Little B/C&K Coal	Dodge	Tiller			88	0	0	head gasket	625	67
33	14	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn-Wawak	Chevrolet	Gwinn			76	0	0	overheating	615	64
34	30	Gary Myers	4	Hick's Pharmacy	Chevrolet				5	0	0	engine	605	61
35	34	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			2	0	0	oil pressure	1095	58
36	19	Henley Gray	49	Spencer	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			1	0	0	cylinder	585	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4380	28	2	9	21	22
2	Richard Petty	4283	28	1	3	19	22
3	Benny Parsons	3984	28	2	2	17	21
4	Bobby Allison	3948	28	2	0	15	19
5	Lennie Pond	3669	28	0	0	9	18
6	Dave Marcis	3599	28	7	2	8	15
7	Buddy Baker	3539	28	1	1	15	15
8	Darrell Waltrip	3316	28	3	1	10	11
9	Richard Childress	3285	28	0	0	0	11
10	Dick Brooks	3211	26	0	0	2	17
11	J.D. McDuffie	3146	28	0	0	1	8
12	David Pearson	3123	20	7	9	14	16
13	James Hylton	3098	28	0	0	1	4
14	D.K. Ulrich	3083	28	0	0	0	2
15	Frank Warren	3049	28	0	0	0	3
16	Cecil Gordon	3038	28	0	0	0	5
17	David Sisco	2857	26	0	0	0	7
18	Skip Manning	2668	25	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	1856	16	0	0	1	5
22	Bobby Wawak	1778	17	0	0	0	7
23	Bruce Hill	1731	20	0	0	0	3
24	Jimmy Means	1640	18	0	0	0	0
25	Dick May	1600	17	0	0	0	0