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Stock Car Racing: 1976 Season

Stock Car Racing: 1976 Season

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1976 National Series Champions
NASCAR Winston Cup: Cale Yarborough (Chevrolet) ARCA Racing Series: Dave Dayton

1976 was the first of three consecutive Cale Yarborough Winston Cup championships.

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Race Schedule

Date	Series	Race	Track	Pole	Winner	Winner's Make
January 18	Winston Cup	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Bobby Allison	David Pearson	Mercury
February 15	Winston Cup	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Ramo Stott	David Pearson	Mercury
February 29	Winston Cup	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Dave Marcis	Richard Petty	Dodge
March 7	Winston Cup	Richmond 400	Richmond International Raceway	Bobby Allison	Dave Marcis	Dodge
March 14	Winston Cup	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Buddy Baker	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
March 21	Winston Cup	Atlanta 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Dave Marcis	David Pearson	Mercury
April 4	Winston Cup	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Dave Marcis	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
April 11	Winston Cup	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
April 25	Winston Cup	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Dave Marcis	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
May 2	Winston Cup	Winston 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Dave Marcis	Buddy Baker	Ford
May 8	Winston Cup	Music City 420	Nashville Speedway	Benny Parsons	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
May 16	Winston Cup	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover International Speedway	Dave Marcis	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
May 30	Winston Cup	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
June 13	Winston Cup	Riverside 400	Riverside International Raceway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
June 20	Winston Cup	CAM2 400	Michigan International Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Mercury
July 4	Winston Cup	FireCracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	AJ Foyt	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
July 17	Winston Cup	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Bobby Allison	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
August 1	Winston Cup	Purolator 500	Pocono Raceway	Cale Yarborough	Richard Petty	Dodge
August 8	Winston Cup	Talladega 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	Dodge
August 22	Winston Cup	Champion 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
August 29	Winston Cup	SouthEastern 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Darrell Waltrip	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
September 6	Winston Cup	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
September 12	Winston Cup	Capital City 400	Richmond International Raceway	Benny Parsons	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
September 19	Winston Cup	Delaware 500	Dover International Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
September 26	Winston Cup	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Darrell Waltrip	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
October 3	Winston Cup	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Darrell Waltrip	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet
October 10	Winston Cup	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet
October 24	Winston Cup	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	David Pearson	Richard Petty	Dodge
November 7	Winston Cup	Dixie 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Buddy Baker	Dave Marcis	Dodge
November 21	Winston Cup	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury

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Winston Cup Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Winnings
1	Cale Yarborough	4644	Leader	30	2	9	22	23	$294,591
2	Richard Petty	4449	-195	30	1	3	19	22	$295,074
3	Benny Parsons	4304	-340	30	2	2	18	23	$209,459
4	Bobby Allison	4097	-547	30	3	0	15	19	$184,544
5	Lennie Pond	3930	-714	30	0	0	10	19	$122,379
6	Dave Marcis	3875	-769	30	7	3	9	16	$181,025
7	Buddy Baker	3745	-899	30	2	1	16	16	$200,894
8	Darrell Waltrip	3505	-1139	30	3	1	10	12	$178,385
9	David Pearson	3483	-1161	22	8	10	16	18	$274,299
10	Dick Brooks	3447	-1197	28	0	0	3	18	$95,380
11	Richard Childress	3428	-1216	30	0	0	0	11	$72,105
12	J.D. McDuffie	3400	-1244	30	0	0	1	8	$70,865
13	James Hylton	3380	-1264	30	0	0	2	5	$68,280
14	D.K. Ulrich	3280	-1364	30	0	0	0	2	$59,760
15	Cecil Gordon	3247	-1397	30	0	0	0	5	$63,155
16	Frank Warren	3240	-1404	30	0	0	0	3	$61,515
17	Dave Sisco	2994	-1650	28	0	0	0	7	$56,905
18	Skip Manning*	2931	-1713	27	0	0	0	4	$45,820
19	Ed Negre	2709	-1935	28	0	0	0	2	$47,560
20	Buddy Arrington	2573	-2071	25	0	0	0	3	$50,930
21	Terry Bivins	2099	-2545	18	0	0	1	6	$44,070
22	Bobby Wawak	2062	-2582	19	0	0	0	9	$30,265
23	Bruce Hill	1995	-2649	22	0	0	0	4	$43,705
24	Jimmy Means	1752	-2892	19	0	0	0	0	$20,945
25	Dick May	1719	-2925	19	0	0	0	0	$29,425
26	Walter Ballard	1554	-3090	15	0	0	0	3	$16,380
27	Henley Gray	1425	-3219	15	0	0	0	0	$15,090
28	Coo Coo Marlin	1412	-3232	12	0	0	0	6	$39,485
29	Gary Myers	1296	-3348	15	0	0	0	0	$11,430
30	Jackie Rogers	1173	-3471	11	0	0	0	3	$21,215
31	Grant Adcox	1163	-3481	11	0	0	0	2	$25,715
32	Neil Bonnett	1130	-3514	13	0	0	1	4	$31,650
33	Tommy Gale	1005	-3639	12	0	0	0	0	$18,955
34	Donnie Allison	988	-3656	9	0	1	2	5	$41,120
35	Joe Mihalic	981	-3663	9	0	0	0	0	$12,925
36	Elmo Langley	824	-3820	7	0	0	0	1	$7,515
37	Travis Tiller	816	-3828	9	0	0	0	0	$6,310
38	Sonny Easley	772	-3872	7	0	0	0	2	$11,290
39	Joe Frasson	707	-3937	9	0	0	0	1	$12,075
40	Jabe Thomas	648	-3996	6	0	0	0	0	$6,160
41	Bill Elliott	635	-4009	8	0	0	0	0	$11,635
42	Dean Dalton	633	-4011	6	0	0	0	0	$7,245
43	Earle Canavan	610	-4034	7	0	0	0	0	$6,035
44	Rick Newsom	607	-4037	7	0	0	0	0	$5,520
45	Tighe Scott	566	-4078	6	0	0	0	1	$15,520
46	Terry Ryan	558	-4086	5	0	0	1	3	$24,640
47	Darrell Bryant	546	-4098	8	0	0	0	1	$11,775
48	Buck Baker	513	-4131	8	0	0	0	1	$12,655
49	Chuck Bown	481	-4163	5	0	0	0	0	$5,480
50	Baxter Price	479	-4165	5	0	0	0	0	$3,010
51	Dick Skillen	455	-4189	5	0	0	0	0	$8,250
52	Sam Sommers	412	-4232	5	0	0	0	1	$8,780
53	Ricky Rudd	407	-4237	4	0	0	0	1	$7,175
54	Jimmy Lee Capps	389	-4255	4	0	0	0	1	$6,950
55	Bob Burcham	374	-4270	5	0	0	0	0	$6,465
56	John A. Utsman	345	-4299	4	0	0	0	0	$8,185
57	Harold Miller	333	-4311	3	0	0	0	0	$4,885
58	Ray Elder	320	-4324	2	0	0	2	2	$11,315
59	G.C. Spencer	319	-4325	4	0	0	0	0	$4,965
60	Jerry Sisco	312	-4332	3	0	0	0	0	$3,170
61	Jimmy Insolo	307	-4337	3	0	0	1	2	$12,105
62	Don Puskarich	300	-4344	3	0	0	0	0	$3,770
63	Earl Brooks	273	-4371	4	0	0	0	0	$5,225
64	Bill Champion	270	-4374	3	0	0	0	0	$2,185
65	Jack Donohue	261	-4383	3	0	0	0	0	$2,680
66	Richard Brown	261	-4383	3	0	0	0	0	$1,310
67	Junior Miller	239	-4405	2	0	0	0	0	$1,325
68	Jimmy Hensley	234	-4410	2	0	0	0	1	$2,150
69	Roy Smith	234	-4410	3	0	0	0	0	$4,285
70	Eddie Bradshaw	227	-4417	2	0	0	0	0	$2,685
71	Chuck Wahl	226	-4418	2	0	0	0	0	$2,705
72	Bill Schmitt	219	-4425	2	0	0	0	1	$3,360
73	Bruce Jacobi	213	-4431	3	0	0	0	0	$3,385
74	Bill Polich	197	-4447	2	0	0	0	0	$2,155
75	Larry Lemay	188	-4456	2	0	0	0	0	$975
76	Walter Wallace	188	-4456	2	0	0	0	0	$775
77	Ron Esau	179	-4465	2	0	0	0	0	$2,310
78	Carl Joiner	173	-4471	2	0	0	0	0	$2,155
79	Gary Johnson	170	-4474	2	0	0	0	0	$1,855
80	Ferrel Harris	167	-4477	2	0	0	0	0	$2,950
81	Hugh Pearson	164	-4480	2	0	0	0	0	$1,930
82	Budd Hagelin	158	-4486	2	0	0	0	0	$1,555
83	Johnny Ray	149	-4495	2	0	0	0	0	$3,005
84	Harry Gant	138	-4506	1	0	0	0	1	$5,430
85	Neil Castles	137	-4507	3	0	0	0	0	$1,405
86	Jim Thirkettle	137	-4507	2	0	0	0	0	$1,730
87	Larry Esau	124	-4520	1	0	0	0	0	$1,745
88	Jim Vandiver	124	-4520	1	0	0	0	0	$3,735
89	Jim Hurtubise	115	-4529	1	0	0	0	0	$3,975
90	Gene Felton	115	-4529	1	0	0	0	0	$1,635
91	Gary Matthews	112	-4532	1	0	0	0	0	$1,395
92	Don Reynolds	109	-4535	1	0	0	0	0	$1,140
93	Tommy Ellis	100	-4544	1	0	0	0	0	$1,335
94	Bill Dennis	100	-4544	1	0	0	0	0	$1,385
95	Richie Panch	100	-4544	1	0	0	0	0	$1,035
96	John Dineen	97	-4547	1	0	0	0	0	$1,040
97	Doc Faustina	91	-4553	1	0	0	0	0	$735
98	Clyde Lynn	91	-4553	1	0	0	0	0	$735
99	Glen McDuffie	82	-4562	1	0	0	0	0	$730
100	Jim Danielson	79	-4565	1	0	0	0	0	$890
101	Glen Francis	79	-4565	1	0	0	0	0	$1,065
102	Sterling Marlin	76	-4568	1	0	0	0	0	$565
103	Hershel McGriff	73	-4571	2	0	0	0	0	$1,655
104	Dale Earnhardt	70	-4574	2	0	0	0	0	$3,085
105	Rusty Sanders	70	-4574	1	0	0	0	0	$815
106	Dick Trickle	67	-4577	1	0	0	0	0	$1,225
107	John Hamson	67	-4577	1	0	0	0	0	$790
108	David Hobbs	66	-4578	2	0	0	0	0	$3,030
109	Ernie Stierly	64	-4580	1	0	0	0	0	$765
110	John Haver	64	-4580	1	0	0	0	0	$780
111	Sam Beler	61	-4583	1	0	0	0	0	$585
112	Charlie Glotzbach	61	-4583	1	0	0	0	0	$1,535
113	Harry Jefferson	58	-4586	1	0	0	0	0	$535
114	John Kieper	58	-4586	1	0	0	0	0	$710
115	Tom Williams	52	-4592	1	0	0	0	0	$1,615
116	Bobby Isaac	49	-4595	2	0	0	0	1	$4,190
117	Earl Ross	46	-4598	1	0	0	0	0	$2,025
118	Bill Hollar	46	-4598	1	0	0	0	0	$540
119	AJ Foyt	0	-4644	5	1	0	1	1	$15,060
120	Salt Walther	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$5,880
121	Larry Phillips	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$1,990
122	Janet Guthrie	0	-4644	5	0	0	0	0	$8,179
123	Bruce Blodgett	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$800
124	Ernie Shaw	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$700
125	Johnny Rutherford	0	-4644	2	0	0	0	0	$2,745
126	Mike Hiss	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$1,365
127	Ramo Stott	0	-4644	1	1	0	0	0	$6,830
128	Jeff Handy	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$370
129	Billy McGinnis	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$805
130	Gordon Johncock	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$870
131	Al Holbert	0	-4644	1	0	0	0	0	$855

*=Rookie

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