National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1976

Donnie Allison

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1976 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 59 of 334 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	+14	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		334	—	Running	59	180
2	4	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	81	175
3	5	+2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	334	—	Running	8	170
4	2	-2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		334	—	Running	106	170
5	14	+9	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		333	—	Running	—	155
6	1	-5	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	331	—	Running	59	155
7	10	+3	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		329	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	—	Running	5	147
9	12	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		328	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		326	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		325	—	Running	—	130
12	31	+19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	323	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		322	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		319	—	Running	—	121
15	32	+17	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		319	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		318	—	Running	—	115
17	16	-1	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	316	—	Running	—	112
18	36	+18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		315	—	Running	—	109
19	22	+3	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		315	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Earl Brooks	Hiram Handy (Owner)		314	—	Running	—	103
21	21	—	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing		313	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		313	—	Running	—	0
23	37	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		306	—	Running	—	94
24	38	+14	Buck Baker	H.C. Porter (Owner)		301	—	Running	—	91
25	25	—	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		299	—	Running	—	88
26	30	+4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	295	—	Running	—	85
27	39	+12	Bruce Jacobi	Moyer Racing		291	—	Running	—	82
28	27	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		268	—	DNF	—	79
29	8	-21	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	262	—	DNF - Engine	16	81
30	24	-6	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		250	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	18	-13	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Ray (Owner)		208	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
32	23	-9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		189	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	35	+2	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		148	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	29	-5	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		144	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	20	-15	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		126	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	6	-30	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		80	—	DNF	—	55
37	40	+3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	70	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	11	-27	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		59	—	DNF	—	0
39	9	-30	Gordon Johncock	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	19	-21	Al Holbert	George Elliott Racing		7	—	DNF	—	0