Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1976

Dave Marcis

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dave Marcis won the 1976 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 224 of 328 laps. David Pearson finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Dave Marcis

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	328	—	Running	224	185
2	3	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	41	175
3	5	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		328	—	Running	—	165
4	7	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		328	—	Running	45	165
5	1	-4	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		327	—	Running	11	160
6	11	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		327	—	Running	7	155
7	9	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		323	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		322	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		322	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		318	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		318	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		314	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		311	—	Running	—	124
14	31	+17	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		310	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		309	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Gene Felton	Donlavey Racing		308	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		304	—	Running	—	112
18	22	+4	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		304	—	Running	—	109
19	16	-3	Dale Earnhardt	Johnny Ray (Owner)		260	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
20	24	+4	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		254	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	20	-1	Richie Panch	Puro Racing		252	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	15	-7	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		250	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	27	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		248	—	Running	—	94
24	13	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		228	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	19	-6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		218	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	8	-18	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	189	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	17	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	164	—	DNF	—	82
28	4	-24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	157	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	23	-6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		156	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	34	+4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		114	—	DNF	—	73
31	10	-21	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)		75	—	DNF	—	70
32	33	+1	Dick May	H Miller Racing		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	21	-12	David Sisco	Viglione Racing		34	—	DNF	—	64
34	25	-9	Billy McGinnis	Sisco Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	28	-7	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	18	-18	Jack Donohue	Dalton Racing		0	—	DNF - Engine	—	55