Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1976

Benny Parsons

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1976 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 176 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		500	—	Running	176	180
2	2	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	75	175
3	1	-2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	499	—	Running	4	170
4	3	-1	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	497	—	Running	2	165
5	4	-1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		495	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		492	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		491	—	Running	—	142
9	19	+10	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		478	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		476	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		474	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		469	—	Running	—	127
13	25	+12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		458	—	Running	—	121
15	31	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		456	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		443	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		421	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		416	—	DNF - Crash	—	109
19	38	+19	Budd Hagelin	Budd Hagelin (Owner)	Dodge	409	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		400	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	36	+15	Baxter Price	Price Racing		400	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		397	—	Running	—	97
23	34	+11	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	389	—	Running	—	94
24	37	+13	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Dodge	378	—	DNF	—	91
25	30	+5	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		367	—	Running	—	88
26	12	-14	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		352	—	Running	—	0
27	8	-19	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		351	—	DNF - Engine	243	92
28	33	+5	Buck Baker	Hiram Handy (Owner)		320	—	DNF	—	79
29	39	+10	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		317	—	Running	—	76
30	5	-25	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		316	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	18	-13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	271	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	29	-3	Earl Brooks	Champion Racing		250	—	DNF	—	67
33	17	-16	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		247	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	16	-18	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	218	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	9	-26	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		149	—	DNF	—	0
36	13	-23	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		136	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	28	-9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		51	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	26	-12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	49
39	15	-24	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	46