Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1976

Dave Marcis

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dave Marcis won the 1976 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1976, leading 35 of 188 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1976

Winner

Dave Marcis

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	35	180
2	7	+5	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		188	—	Running	65	180
3	18	+15	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		187	—	Running	—	165
4	16	+12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		186	—	Running	2	165
5	25	+20	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		182	—	Running	—	155
6	34	+28	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		182	—	Running	—	150
7	31	+24	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		182	—	Running	—	146
8	21	+13	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		180	—	Running	—	142
9	22	+13	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		178	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	134
11	33	+22	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		176	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	176	—	Running	—	127
13	40	+27	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		176	—	Running	—	124
14	35	+21	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		174	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		174	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	Buck Baker	Hiram Handy (Owner)		173	—	Running	—	115
17	39	+22	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		171	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		171	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Dick May	Robertson Racing		170	—	Running	—	106
20	14	-6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	168	—	DNF - Engine	12	108
21	27	+6	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		168	—	Running	—	100
22	3	-19	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		163	—	DNF - Engine	7	0
23	5	-18	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	152	—	DNF - Engine	39	99
24	19	-5	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	28	+3	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	147	—	DNF	—	88
26	8	-18	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		137	—	Running	16	90
27	37	+10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	130	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	11	-17	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	125	—	DNF	12	84
29	17	-12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		105	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	30	—	Dick Skillen	Goffco		92	—	DNF	—	73
31	23	-8	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		86	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	10	-22	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		81	—	DNF	—	67
33	26	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	79	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	2	-32	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	12	-23	Bob Burcham	Johnny Ray (Owner)		52	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	13	-23	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	9	-28	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		46	—	DNF	—	52
38	6	-32	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		37	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	4	-35	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		37	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	38	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	43