World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 230 of 400 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	—	Running	230	185
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	56	175
3	3	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		399	—	Running	108	170
4	4	—	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	397	—	Running	—	160
5	16	+11	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		396	—	Running	1	160
6	7	+1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		396	—	Running	—	150
7	10	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		391	—	DNF - Crash	—	146
8	13	+5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		391	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Harry Gant	Frasson Racing		387	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		386	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		384	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		383	—	DNF - Crash	—	127
13	12	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		383	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	379	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		379	—	Running	—	0
16	37	+21	D.K. Ulrich	Dalton Racing		378	—	Running	—	115
17	18	+1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		373	—	Running	—	112
18	14	-4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	371	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Darrell Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing		371	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gray Racing		365	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Dick May	Robertson Racing		361	—	Running	—	100
22	39	+17	Walter Ballard	Hollar Racing		356	—	Running	—	97
23	26	+3	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		343	—	DNF	—	94
24	23	-1	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		343	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		303	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		276	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	28	+1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	245	—	Running	—	82
28	6	-22	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		230	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	5	-24	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	230	—	DNF - Engine	5	81
30	38	+8	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		164	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	25	-6	Dale Earnhardt	Ballard Racing		156	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	15	-17	Dick Trickle	Donlavey Racing		142	—	DNF	—	67
33	22	-11	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	8	-26	Charlie Glotzbach	Cunningham-Kelley		121	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	40	+5	Bob Burcham	H Miller Racing		99	—	DNF	—	58
36	24	-12	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		88	—	DNF	—	55
37	19	-18	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		51	—	DNF	—	52
38	34	-4	Bobby Isaac	Neil Castles (Owner)		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	35	-4	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		32	—	DNF	—	46
40	31	-9	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		11	—	DNF	—	43