Purolator 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1976

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1976 Purolator 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1976, leading 35 of 200 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1976

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	35	180
2	4	+2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	21	175
3	7	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	2	170
4	2	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	121	170
5	10	+5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		198	—	Running	2	160
6	17	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		196	—	Running	4	155
7	11	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	195	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		194	—	Running	—	142
9	18	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		194	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		193	—	Running	—	134
11	37	+26	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		192	—	Running	—	127
13	36	+23	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		191	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		191	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		191	—	Running	—	118
16	22	+6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		189	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Dick May	Robertson Racing		185	—	Running	—	109
19	21	+2	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		185	—	Running	—	106
20	15	-5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		181	—	Running	—	103
21	23	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		180	—	Running	—	100
22	9	-13	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	179	—	DNF - Engine	1	102
23	35	+12	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		179	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	176	—	Running	—	91
25	1	-24	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		171	—	Running	14	93
26	6	-20	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		163	—	DNF	—	85
27	24	-3	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		154	—	Running	—	82
28	40	+12	Baxter Price	Price Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	8	-21	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		118	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	26	-4	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		91	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	14	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	33	+1	Bill Elliott	Champion Racing		55	—	DNF	—	67
33	32	-1	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	25	-9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	16	-19	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	34	-2	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	29	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	38	+1	Walter Ballard	Negre Racing	Dodge	28	—	DNF	—	52
38	27	-11	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	29	-10	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		2	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	28	-12	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		2	—	DNF - Crash	—	43