Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 37 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	37	180
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	—	Running	40	175
3	32	+29	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		199	—	Running	16	170
4	11	+7	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		198	—	Running	—	160
5	13	+8	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		196	—	Running	1	155
7	41	+34	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		193	—	Running	6	147
9	36	+27	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		191	—	Running	—	138
10	34	+24	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	134
11	37	+26	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Salt Walther	Walther Racing		187	—	Running	—	0
13	42	+29	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		183	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		183	—	Running	1	123
16	15	-1	Jim Hurtubise	Junior Miller Racing		180	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	21	+4	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		159	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		158	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		151	—	DNF	—	106
20	39	+19	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		148	—	DNF	—	103
21	10	-11	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		147	—	DNF	—	100
22	31	+9	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		143	—	DNF - Engine	66	0
23	29	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		138	—	Running	—	94
24	24	—	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		133	—	DNF	—	91
25	8	-17	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	123	—	DNF - Engine	2	93
26	1	-25	Ramo Stott	Norris Reed (Owner)		113	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
27	3	-24	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	112	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)		111	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	40	+11	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		110	—	Running	—	76
30	30	—	Skip Manning	Harris Racing	Dodge	107	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	28	-3	Dick Skillen	Goffco		99	—	DNF	—	70
32	4	-28	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		87	—	DNF	—	67
33	5	-28	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		83	—	DNF - Engine	28	69
34	16	-18	David Hobbs	DeWitt Racing		68	—	DNF - Crash	2	66
35	18	-17	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		58	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	33	-3	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		43	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	25	-12	Tom Williams	Tom Williams (Owner)		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	38	—	Dick May	Hiram Handy (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	12	-27	Earl Ross	DeWitt Racing		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	20	-20	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		20	—	DNF - Engine	1	48
41	9	-32	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	14	-28	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		1	—	DNF	—	37