1976 World 600

Auto race held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1976 February 2025 CUST Race 13 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season World 600 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/28027/1976-05-30 1976 World 600 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2012-06-12 1976 05 30 1976 13 30 Lowe's Motor Speedway.svg Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina 1.500 2.414 400 600 965 Warm with temperatures of 79 F C; wind speeds of 11.1 mph km/h 137.352 mph km/h on 103,000 http://racing-reference.info/race/1976_World_600/W 1976 World 600 race information Racing Reference 2011-04-04 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing 33.9341 seconds159.132 mph km/h on David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing 230 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing CBS Ken Squier The 1976 World 600, the 17th running of the event, was a Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 30, 1976, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Race report The five drivers that dominated the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season were David Pearson (average finish of 7th place), Cale Yarborough (average finish of 8th place), Richard Petty (average finish of 9th place), Benny Parsons (average finish of 10th place), and Bobby Allison (average finish 12th place). Four hundred laps took place spanning 1.500 mi km. It took four hours and twenty-two minutes for David Pearson to defeat Richard Petty under the race's final yellow flag in front of 103,000 spectators. Pearson would earn the pole position with a speed of 159.132 mph km/h while the race's average speed would be 137.352 mph km/h; he would clinch his third career World 600 win at this event along with his final win ever at Charlotte. Dale Earnhardt ran a #30 Army Special Chevrolet scheme at this event. Terry Ryan was the last-place finisher due to a hub problem on lap 11. Wisconsin short track ace Dick Trickle did a one-off in a second car, the #99 Ford, for the Junie Donlavey team, blew an engine and retired before halfway. Seven cautions slowed the race for 38 laps (including the 400th lap of the race). For the first 245 laps the primary battle was between Pearson and Yarborough as the lead officially changed 33 times in that span and 37 in all. Yarborough cut a tire and finished a lap down in third. David Pearson's next pole position would be at Riverside International Raceway two weeks later; he would win eight poles overall that year including at the 1976 National 500; which took place that October. http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Top_25_Lowes_Motor_Speedway_moments_David_Pearsons_many_achievements.html David Pearson's pole position accomplishment Scene Daily 2011-08-04 Bobby Isaac blew his engine and spun at Lap 46; it would be his final Winston Cup start. It was ironic that Isaac’s career ended in the World 600, as his debut came fifteen years earlier when, as a favor, he started and parked Junior Johnson's car in the qualifying race for this historic event. Janet Guthrie would make her debut here. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1970s/1976-nascar.htm Janet Guthrie's NASCAR debut How Stuff Works 2011-04-06 2017-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170601020037/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1970s/1976-nascar.htm dead She was invited to attempt this race by Humpy Wheeler after failing to qualify for the 1976 Indianapolis 500. Guthrie finished her first stock car race in 15th place and drove well over 500 miles in the process, silencing some of the era's critics who thought women wouldn't be able to go the distance in long oval races. Notable crew chiefs who participated in this race included Junie Donlavey, Jake Elder, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, and Bud Moore. https://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/1976-13/W/C 1976 World 600 crew chiefs information Racing Reference 2018-08-16 Race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $49,990 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's earnings of $885 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse sanctioned by NASCAR for this event was $225,025 ($ when adjusted for inflation). http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1976/charlotte-motor-speedway/world-600/1391 1976 World 600 prize winnings information Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet 2012-12-02 Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 2 43 Richard Petty Dodge 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 4 2 Bobby Allison Mercury 5 71 Dave Marcis Dodge 6 15 Buddy Baker Ford 7 28 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 8 14 Charlie Glotzbach Chevrolet 9 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 10 90 Dick Brooks Ford 11 18 Harry Gant Chevrolet 12 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 13 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 14 79 Frank Warren Dodge 15 99 Dick Trickle Ford 16 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 17 19 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 18 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 19 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 20 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 22 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 23 27 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 24 60 Jackie Rogers Chevrolet 25 30 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 26 9 Bill Elliott Ford 27 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 28 8 Ed Negre Dodge 29 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 30 50 Darrell Bryant Chevrolet 31 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet 32 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 33 26 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 34 6 Bobby Isaac Chevrolet 35 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 36 25 Dick May Chevrolet 37 7 D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 38 95 Gary Myers Chevrolet 39 29 Walter Ballard Chevrolet 40 91 Bob Burcham Chevrolet Box Score Cautions: 7 for 38 lapsMargin of victory: under caution FinGrid Car#DriverCar MakeLapsStatusLapsLedPoints 1 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 400 4:22:06 230 185 (10) 2 2 43 Richard Petty Dodge 400 Running 56 175 (5) 3 3 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 399 Running 108 170 (5) 4 4 2 Bobby Allison Mercury 397 Running 0 160 5 16 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 396 Running 1 160 (5) 6 7 28 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 396 Running 0 150 7 10 90 Dick Brooks Ford 391 Crash 0 146 8 13 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 391 Running 0 142 9 11 18 Harry Gant Chevrolet 387 Running 0 138 10 32 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 386 Running 0 134 11 9 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 384 Running 0 130 12 20 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 383 Crash 0 127 13 12 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 383 Running 0 124 14 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 379 Running 0 121 15 27 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 379 Running 0 0 16 37 7 D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 378 Running 0 115 17 18 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 373 Running 0 112 18 14 79 Frank Warren Dodge 371 Running 0 109 19 30 50 Darrell Bryant Chevrolet 371 Running 0 106 20 17 19 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 365 Running 0 103 21 36 25 Dick May Chevrolet 361 Running 0 100 22 39 29 Walter Ballard Chevrolet 356 Running 0 97 23 26 9 Bill Elliott Ford 343 Engine 0 94 24 23 27 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 343 Running 0 91 25 29 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 303 Running 0 88 26 33 26 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 276 Engine 0 85 27 28 8 Ed Negre Dodge 245 Running 0 82 28 6 15 Buddy Baker Ford 230 Crash 0 79 29 5 71 Dave Marcis Dodge 230 Engine 5 81 (5) 30 38 95 Gary Myers Chevrolet 164 Engine 0 73 31 25 30 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 156 Engine 0 70 32 15 99 Dick Trickle Ford 142 Engine 0 67 33 22 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 137 Engine 0 64 34 8 14 Charlie Glotzbach Chevrolet 121 Engine 0 61 35 40 91 Bob Burcham Chevrolet 99 Sway bar 0 58 36 24 60 Jackie Rogers Chevrolet 88 Steering 0 55 37 19 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 51 Transmission 0 52 38 34 6 Bobby Isaac Chevrolet 39 Engine 0 49 39 35 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 32 Engine 0 46 40 31 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet 11 Hub 0 43 (5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap(10) Indicates 10 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading 1 lap & leading the most laps. Lap Leader Breakdown Lead changes: 37 DriverFromLapToLapNumberof Laps Cale Yarborough 1 1 1 David Pearson 2 3 2 Cale Yarborough 4 5 2 David Pearson 6 6 1 Cale Yarborough 7 46 40 Dave Marcis 47 48 2 Cale Yarborough 49 61 13 David Pearson 62 85 24 Benny Parsons 86 86 1 David Pearson 87 97 11 Cale Yarborough 98 104 7 David Pearson 105 117 13 Richard Petty 118 119 2 Cale Yarborough 120 126 7 David Pearson 127 145 19 Dave Marcis 146 147 2 David Pearson 148 150 3 Cale Yarborough 151 152 2 David Pearson 153 156 4 Cale Yarborough 157 162 6 David Pearson 163 169 7 Cale Yarborough 170 171 2 David Pearson 172 185 14 Cale Yarborough 186 196 11 Dave Marcis 197 197 1 Cale Yarborough 198 203 6 David Pearson 204 219 16 Cale Yarborough 220 220 1 David Pearson 221 221 1 Cale Yarborough 222 222 1 David Pearson 223 223 1 Cale Yarborough 224 232 9 David Pearson 233 251 19 Richard Petty 252 300 49 David Pearson 301 363 63 Richard Petty 364 368 5 David Pearson 369 400 32 Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Differential 1 10px Benny Parsons 1996 0 2 10px Cale Yarborough 1982 -14 3 10px Richard Petty 1898 -98 4 10px Bobby Allison 1816 -180 5 Lennie Pond 1730 -266 6 Dave Marcis 1693 -303 7 10px Richard Childress 1628 -368 8 Darrell Waltrip 1514 -482 9 Buddy Baker 1508 -488 10 10px Frank Warren 1480 -516 References 1976 Mason-Dixon 500 1976 Riverside 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Season 1976 1975 1977 World 600 races 1976 World 600 World 600 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway