Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1976, leading 93 of 367 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	367	—	Running	93	185
2	8	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	367	—	Running	32	175
3	4	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		367	—	Running	50	170
4	6	+2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	367	—	Running	58	165
5	14	+9	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		365	—	Running	1	160
6	9	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		364	—	Running	—	150
7	5	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		364	—	Running	3	151
8	11	+3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		356	—	Running	—	142
9	2	-7	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	355	—	Running	28	143
10	22	+12	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		355	—	Running	—	134
11	25	+14	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		351	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		347	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		346	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		345	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		343	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		342	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Buck Baker	Hiram Handy (Owner)		341	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		336	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	336	—	Running	—	106
20	32	+12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		334	—	Running	—	103
21	29	+8	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		327	—	Running	—	100
22	18	-4	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		321	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	7	-16	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		307	—	Running	49	99
24	16	-8	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		290	—	DNF	—	91
25	33	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		272	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	31	+5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	238	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	28	+1	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		216	—	DNF	—	82
28	23	-5	Dick May	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	213	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	38	+9	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	210	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		208	—	DNF	—	73
31	3	-28	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		181	—	DNF	10	75
32	26	-6	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		172	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	10	-23	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		167	—	DNF	43	69
34	37	+3	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		166	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	30	-5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	124	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	17	-19	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		117	—	DNF	—	55
37	39	+2	Bruce Jacobi	Champion Racing		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	40	+2	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		44	—	DNF	—	49
39	13	-26	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		13	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	36	-4	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43