1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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The 1976 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series season began on Sunday, January 18 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Cale Yarborough, driving the #11 Junior Johnson Holly Farms Chevrolet scored his first of three consecutive NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championships. Skip Manning was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Season recap

Date Event Circuit Winner
January 18 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway David Pearson
February 15 Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway
February 29 Carolina 500 North Carolina Speedway Richard Petty
March 7 Richmond 400 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Dave Marcis
March 14 Southeastern 400 Bristol International Speedway Cale Yarborough
March 21 Atlanta 500 Atlanta International Raceway David Pearson
April 4 Gwyn Staley 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Cale Yarborough
April 11 Rebel 500 Darlington Raceway David Pearson
April 25 Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway Darrell Waltrip
May 2 Winston 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway Buddy Baker
May 8 Music City USA 420 Nashville Speedway Cale Yarborough
May 16 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Downs International Speedway Benny Parsons
May 30 World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway David Pearson
June 13 Riverside 400 Riverside International Raceway David Pearson
June 20 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400 Michigan International Speedway David Pearson
July 4 Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway Cale Yarborough
July 17 Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Benny Parsons
August 1 Purolator 500 Pocono Raceway Richard Petty
August 8 Talladega 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway Dave Marcis
August 22 Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan International Speedway David Pearson
August 29 Volunteer 400 Bristol International Speedway Cale Yarborough
September 6 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway David Pearson
September 12 Capital City 400 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Cale Yarborough
September 19 Delaware 500 Dover Downs International Speedway Cale Yarborough
September 26 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway Cale Yarborough
October 3 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Cale Yarborough
October 10 National 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway Donnie Allison
October 24 American 500 North Carolina Speedway Richard Petty
November 7 Dixie 500 Atlanta International Raceway Dave Marcis
November 21 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway David Pearson

Race Summaries

Daytona 500

Main article: 1976 Daytona 500

Dixie 500

Main article: 1976 Dixie 500

Firecracker 400

Main article: 1976 Firecracker 400

Gwyn Staley 400

Main article: 1976 Gwyn Staley 400

Los Angeles Times 500

Final Points Standings

  1. Cale Yarborough – 4644
  2. Richard Petty – 4449
  3. Benny Parsons – 4304
  4. Bobby Allison – 4097
  5. Lennie Pond – 3930
  6. Dave Marcis – 3875
  7. Buddy Baker – 3745
  8. Darrell Waltrip – 3505
  9. David Pearson – 3483
  10. Dick Brooks – 3447

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