Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 27 of 200 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	27	180
2	3	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	125	180
3	5	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	22	170
4	6	+2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	200	—	Running	6	165
5	7	+2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	11	160
6	15	+9	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		195	—	Running	1	155
7	12	+5	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	146
8	27	+19	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		194	—	Running	—	142
9	8	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		194	—	Running	2	143
10	17	+7	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		193	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		193	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		192	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		192	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		192	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Terry Bivins	Champion Racing		192	—	Running	—	118
16	36	+20	Dick May	Robertson Racing		187	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	David Hobbs	George Elliott Racing		187	—	Running	—	0
18	19	+1	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		184	—	Running	—	109
19	11	-8	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	3	111
20	31	+11	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		183	—	Running	—	103
21	20	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		183	—	Running	—	100
22	32	+10	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		175	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	174	—	Running	—	94
24	13	-11	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		168	—	Running	—	91
25	4	-21	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		166	—	Running	—	88
26	18	-8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		154	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	10	-17	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		134	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	21	-7	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		118	—	Running	1	84
29	9	-20	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		114	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	26	-4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	108	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	2	-29	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		86	—	DNF - Engine	2	75
32	16	-16	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		70	—	DNF	—	67
33	25	-8	John Haver	George Harrivel (Owner)		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	34	—	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	23	-12	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		15	—	DNF	—	58
36	35	-1	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		6	—	DNF	—	55