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American 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
October 24, 1976
492 laps on 1.017 mile paved oval; 500.364 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 4
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Dodge
| 492
| 20,395
| running
| 193 |
| 2
| 11
| Lennie Pond
| 54
| Ronnie Elder
| Chevrolet
| 491
| 12,870
| running
| 113 |
| 3
| 8
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 489
| 10,075
| running
| 0 |
| 4
| 7
| Bobby Allison
| 2
| Roger Penske
| Mercury
| 489
| 7,965
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 9
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 488
| 7,255
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 1
| David Pearson
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Mercury
| 488
| 6,535
| running
| 31 |
| 7
| 5
| Donnie Allison
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Chevrolet
| 486
| 2,945
| fuel pump
| 1 |
| 8
| 12
| Dick Brooks
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 486
| 4,675
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 15
| Skip Manning
| 92
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 478
| 3,545
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 22
| Coo Coo Marlin
| 14
| H.B. Cunningham
| Chevrolet
| 474
| 3,815
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 18
| Sonny Easley
| 55
| Jerry Lankford
| Ford
| 469
| 2,170
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 21
| Grant Adcox
| 41
| Herb Adcox
| Chevrolet
| 468
| 1,945
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 32
| Ed Negre
| 8
| Ed Negre
| Dodge
| 464
| 3,685
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 10
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| J.R. DeLotto
| Chevrolet
| 464
| 2,945
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 23
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Chevrolet
| 461
| 2,735
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 17
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 460
| 2,757
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 25
| Terry Bivins
| 30
| Walter Ballard
| Chevrolet
| 459
| 2,315
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 31
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| Ford
| 456
| 1,235
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 13
| Jackie Rogers
| 60
| Lou Viglione
| Chevrolet
| 454
| 1,135
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 24
| David Sisco
| 05
| David Sisco
| Chevrolet
| 450
| 1,835
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 29
| Jack Donohue
| 7
| Dean Dalton
| Chevrolet
| 444
| 860
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 27
| Frank Warren
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Chevrolet
| 434
| 835
| running
| 0 |
| 23
| 28
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Bill Gray
| Chevrolet
| 432
| 810
| running
| 0 |
| 24
| 26
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 423
| 1,295
| running
| 0 |
| 25
| 2
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Nord Krauskopf
| Dodge
| 413
| 4,010
| engine
| 154 |
| 26
| 36
| J.D. McDuffie
| 33
| Jeff Handy
| Chevrolet
| 389
| 735
| engine
| 0 |
| 27
| 16
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 363
| 1,285
| engine
| 0 |
| 28
| 3
| Buddy Baker
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 299
| 3,765
| throttle
| 0 |
| 29
| 20
| James Hylton
| 5
| Doc Faustina
| Dodge
| 171
| 655
| rear end
| 0 |
| 30
| 35
| Dick May
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 127
| 1,145
| engine
| 0 |
| 31
| 6
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 117
| 3,635
| engine
| 0 |
| 32
| 33
| Travis Tiller
| 46
| Travis Tiller
| Dodge
| 88
| 625
| engine
| 0 |
| 33
| 14
| Bobby Wawak
| 36
| John Gwinn
| Chevrolet
| 76
| 615
| overheating
| 0 |
| 34
| 30
| Gary Myers
| 4
| Gary Myers
| Chevrolet
| 5
| 605
| engine
| 0 |
| 35
| 34
| Bruce Hill
| 47
| Bruce Hill
| Chevrolet
| 2
| 1,095
| engine
| 0 |
| 36
| 19
| Henley Gray
| 49
| G.C. Spencer
| Dodge
| 1
| 585
| engine
| 0 |
Time of race: 04:15:01
Average Speed: 117.718 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.317 seconds
6 cautions for 35 laps
Attendance: 32,500