Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1976

Buddy Baker

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1976 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1976, leading 135 of 188 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1976

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	+11	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		188	—	Running	135	185
2	5	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	13	175
3	11	+8	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	187	—	Running	2	170
4	2	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	186	—	Running	9	165
5	9	+4	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		184	—	Running	—	155
6	18	+12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		184	—	Running	2	155
7	3	-4	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		184	—	Running	—	146
8	28	+20	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		182	—	Running	—	142
9	1	-8	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	182	—	Running	16	143
10	14	+4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	—	134
11	31	+20	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		179	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		177	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	176	—	Running	—	124
14	15	+1	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		174	—	Running	3	126
15	38	+23	John A. Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	174	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		173	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		173	—	Running	—	112
18	36	+18	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		171	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		170	—	DNF	—	106
20	40	+20	D.K. Ulrich	Robertson Racing		168	—	Running	—	103
21	34	+13	Dick Skillen	Goffco		167	—	Running	—	100
22	22	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	164	—	Running	—	97
23	20	-3	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		159	—	DNF	—	94
24	16	-8	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	30	+5	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	142	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	4	-22	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		138	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	37	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		123	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	7	-21	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		119	—	DNF - Engine	8	84
29	32	+3	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	33	+3	Bob Burcham	H Miller Racing		100	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	29	-2	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	24	-8	Ed Negre	Gray Racing		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	6	-27	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	23	-11	Buck Baker	Hiram Handy (Owner)		68	—	DNF	—	61
35	27	-8	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	17	-19	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		39	—	DNF	—	55
37	10	-27	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	23	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	39	+1	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		23	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	8	-31	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		16	—	DNF	—	46
40	26	-14	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		13	—	DNF	—	43