Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 72 of 328 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	72	180
2	5	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		328	—	Running	32	175
3	4	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		327	—	Running	103	175
4	10	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		326	—	Running	4	165
5	9	+4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		325	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		324	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		324	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		321	—	Running	—	142
9	31	+22	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		321	—	Running	2	143
10	15	+5	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		321	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		319	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		319	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	319	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	Bob Burcham	H Miller Racing		316	—	Running	—	121
15	13	-2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	316	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		315	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		313	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		313	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	John A. Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	306	—	DNF	—	106
20	25	+5	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		297	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		296	—	Running	—	100
22	29	+7	Jerry Sisco	Junior Miller Racing		254	—	DNF	—	97
23	16	-7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		246	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		241	—	Running	—	91
25	6	-19	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		238	—	DNF - Engine	100	93
26	18	-8	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		200	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	14	-13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		198	—	DNF	—	82
28	3	-25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	194	—	DNF - Engine	7	84
29	8	-21	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	188	—	DNF - Engine	2	81
30	12	-18	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	175	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	24	-7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		155	—	DNF - Engine	2	75
32	1	-31	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	107	—	DNF - Engine	4	72
33	30	-3	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		63	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	22	-12	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		62	—	DNF	—	61
35	27	-8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		53	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		21	—	DNF	—	55