Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1976

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1976 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 362 of 492 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	362	185
2	9	+7	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		490	—	Running	—	170
3	8	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		490	—	Running	25	170
4	2	-2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		487	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		477	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Bobby Isaac	Howard & Egerton Racing		473	—	Running	—	0
7	25	+18	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		471	—	Running	—	0
8	17	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		470	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	464	—	Running	—	138
10	33	+23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		461	—	Running	—	134
11	22	+11	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		461	—	Running	—	0
12	18	+6	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		460	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		451	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	John A. Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	451	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		447	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Dick May	Hiram Handy (Owner)		444	—	Running	—	0
17	11	-6	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		438	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	433	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		428	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		418	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	5	-16	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	372	—	DNF - Crash	91	105
22	10	-12	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		363	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	19	-4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		359	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
24	6	-18	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		356	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	14	-11	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		338	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	1	-25	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	263	—	DNF - Engine	5	90
27	21	-6	Glen McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		205	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	15	-13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	205	—	DNF	—	79
29	4	-25	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	186	—	DNF	9	81
30	16	-14	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		183	—	DNF	—	73
31	27	-4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	174	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	31	-1	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		57	—	DNF	—	0
33	34	+1	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		32	—	DNF	—	64
34	28	-6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		32	—	DNF	—	61
35	35	—	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		9	—	DNF	—	58
36	29	-7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	55