Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1976

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1976 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 218 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	218	185
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	—	Running	179	175
3	5	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	498	—	Running	59	170
4	7	+3	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	496	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		493	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		491	—	Running	—	150
7	22	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		482	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		475	—	Running	—	142
9	25	+16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		474	—	Running	—	138
10	26	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	474	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		473	—	Running	—	130
12	32	+20	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		471	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		463	—	Running	—	124
14	6	-8	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	460	—	DNF - Engine	42	126
15	23	+8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	458	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Walter Ballard	Price Racing		454	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Dick May	Robertson Racing		448	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		447	—	Running	—	109
19	28	+9	Jack Donohue	Dalton Racing		444	—	Running	—	106
20	18	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		442	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Tommy Ellis	Champion Racing		429	—	Running	—	100
22	14	-8	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		419	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	397	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	396	—	Running	—	91
25	30	+5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		391	—	Running	—	88
26	9	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		384	—	Running	—	85
27	20	-7	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		362	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	35	+7	Bruce Jacobi	Moyer Racing		271	—	DNF	—	79
29	19	-10	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		242	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	33	+3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		205	—	DNF	—	73
31	3	-28	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		202	—	DNF	1	75
32	16	-16	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		202	—	DNF	—	67
33	11	-22	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		167	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	10	-24	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		144	—	DNF - Engine	1	66
35	12	-23	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	17	-19	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		18	—	DNF	—	55
37	37	—	Budd Hagelin		Dodge	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	52