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1976 Daytona 500

January 01, 1970

The 1976 Daytona 500, the 18th running of the event,[2][3][4][5][6] happened on Feb. 15th, 1976 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fl. It is remembered for the late-race duel and accident between David Pearson and Richard Petty. Many fans consider this finish to be the greatest in the history of NASCAR.[7] The end of the race was televised live on American network ABC.[8]

1976 Daytona 500
Race details[1]
Race 2 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1976 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 15, 1976 (1976-02-15)
Location Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds approaching 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
Average speed 152.181 miles per hour (244.912 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Norris Reed
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Dave Marcis Nord Krauskopf
Duel 2 Winner Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver A. J. Foyt Ellington Racing
Laps 66
Winner
No. 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC's WWOS
Announcers Bill Flemming
Jackie Stewart
Chris Economaki
Nielsen Ratings 12.8/37
(18.3 million viewers)

These were the first Daytona 500 starts for Neil Bonnett, Terry Ryan, Salt Walther, D. K. Ulrich, Roy Smith, Jimmy Lee Capps, Skip Manning, Tighe Scott, Dick May, and Jimmy Means.[6] For Terry Bivins, Johnny Ray, Dr. Dick Skillen, David Hobbs, and Tom Williams, this would be their only Daytona 500 start.[6] Joe Frasson, Jackie Rogers, David Sisco, and Earl Ross would make their last Daytona 500s this year.[6]

Qualifying edit

USAC stock car racer Ramo Stott won his only career NASCAR pole position.[8] There was a major speed discrepancy between cars in their qualification runs. Top teams were qualifying in the 178 miles per hour (286 km/h) to 179 miles per hour (288 km/h) range and a few teams qualified in the 186 miles per hour (299 km/h) range. Two of the teams who qualified in the 186 miles per hour (299 km/h) range were disqualified after NASCAR inspectors found suspicious extra fuel lines. Some teams attributed these lines to performance-enhancing nitrous oxide.[8] One driver later admitted that he deliberately qualified slower to let the time from "offending" teams stick out.[8]

In the 125-mile qualifying races, Dave Marcis won race 1, while Darrell Waltrip claimed race 2.

Race edit

The opening laps were a battle for the lead between Buddy Baker, Waltrip, and David Pearson. A. J. Foyt rocketed from the rear to lead 68 laps before falling out with engine failure. An accident on lap 112 involving Johnny Ray and Skip Manning ended Ray's racing career.[9]

Late in the race, Richard Petty and David Pearson were nose-to-tail, two laps ahead of all other competitors. On the final lap, Pearson passed Petty on the backstretch, and Petty attempted to re-pass in turn 3. Petty did not completely clear Pearson and the two cars made contact with each other and the wall, sending them spinning into the infield grass, just yards from the finish line. Petty's car stalled and would not re-fire. Pearson re-started his stricken car and crossed the finish line to win. Petty, with the help of a push-start from his crew, crossed the line for 2nd.

Box Score edit

Margin of victory: 50 yards

Fin Grid Car # Driver Car
Make 		Laps Status Laps
Led 		Points
1 7 21 David Pearson Mercury 200 3:17:08 37 180 (5)
2 6 43 Richard Petty Dodge 199 Crash 40 175
3 32 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 199 Running 16 170 (5)
4 11 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 198 Running 0 160
5 13 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 197 Running 0 155
6 2 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet 196 Running 1 155 (5)
7 41 70 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 193 Running 0 146
8 19 63 Terry Bivins Chevrolet 193 Running 6 147 (5)
9 36 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 191 Running 0 138
10 34 79 Frank Warren Dodge 190 Running 0 134
11 37 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 190 Running 0 130
12 26 4 Salt Walther Chevrolet 187 running 0 0
13 42 8 Ed Negre Dodge 185 running 0 124
14 22 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 183 running 0 121
15 23 60 Jackie Rogers Chevrolet 183 running 1 123 (5)
16 15 95 Jim Hurtubise Chevrolet 180 engine 0 115
17 21 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 159 running 0 112
18 17 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 158 running 0 109
19 27 40 D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 151 axle 0 106
20 39 29 Roy Smith Chevrolet 148 clutch 0 103
21 10 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 147 engine 0 100
22 31 28 A.J. Foyt Chevrolet 143 engine 66 0
23 29 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 138 running 0 94
24 24 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 133 engine 0 91
25 8 2 Bobby Allison Mercury 123 engine 2 93 (5)
26 1 83 Ramo Stott Chevrolet 113 engine 0
27 3 71 Dave Marcis Dodge 112 running 0 82
28 35 10 Johnny Ray Chevrolet 111 crash 0 79
29 40 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 110 running 0 76
30 30 82 Skip Manning Dodge 107 crash 0 73
31 28 78 Dick Skillen Chevrolet 99 overheating 0 70
32 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 87 engine 0 67
33 5 15 Buddy Baker Ford 83 engine 28 69 (5)
34 16 73 David Hobbs Chevrolet 68 crash 2 66 (5)
35 18 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 58 crash 0 58
36 33 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 43 engine 0 55
37 25 38 Tom Williams Chevrolet 41 engine 0 52
38 38 33 Dick May Chevrolet 36 engine 0 49
39 12 52 Earl Ross Chevrolet 28 engine 0 46
40 20 5 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 20 engine 1 48 (5)
41 9 90 Dick Brooks Ford 5 engine 0 40
42 14 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 1 engine 0 37

(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
Note: A.J. Foyt led the most laps but was not eligible for NASCAR points.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes edit

Driver # Car Make
Earle Canavan 01 Dodge
Gary Myers 04 Chevrolet
Doc Faustina 5 Dodge
Elliott Forbes-Robinson 6 Chevrolet
Bob Burcham 19 Chevrolet
Ricky Rudd 22 Chevrolet
Jabe Thomas 25 Chevrolet
Dave Decker 32 Chevrolet
Bill Seifert 34 Chevrolet
Darel Dieringer 35 Ford
Bruce Jacobi 37 Chevrolet
Blackie Wangerin 39 Ford
Grant Adcox 41 Chevrolet
Baxter Price 45 Chevrolet
Travis Tiller 46 Dodge
John Utsman 49 Dodge
Darrell Bryant 50 Chevrolet
John Banks 55 Dodge
Tommy Gale 64 Ford
Terry Link 66 Pontiac
Bill Polich 69 Chevrolet
Bill Champion 77 Chevrolet
Harold Miller 91 Chevrolet
Skip Manning 92 Chevrolet
Jim Fleming 99 Chevrolet
Ferrel Harris (Driver Change) 82 Dodge

Caution flags edit

7 for 35 laps

From
Lap 		To
Lap 		# Of
Laps 		Reason
11 16 6 Car # 05 engine
35 39 5 Car # 52 engine
62 65 4 Car # 30 engine
68 71 4 Car # 73 accident
85 90 6 Car #’s 83,82,10 accident
175 178 4 Car # 63 accident
200 200 1 Car #’s 43 & #21 accident

Percent of race run under caution: 14.5%
Average green flag run: 24.4 laps

Lap leader breakdown edit

Lead changes: 36

Leader From
Lap 		To
Lap 		# Of
Laps
Buddy Baker 1 4 4
David Pearson 5 6 2
Buddy Baker 7 11 5
Terry Ryan 12 12 1
Jimmy Means 13 13 1
Terry Bivins 14 15 2
Jackie Rogers 16 16 1
Buddy Baker 17 35 19
David Hobbs 36 37 2
David Pearson 38 39 2
Bobby Allison 40 40 1
A.J. Foyt 41 43 3
David Pearson 44 44 1
A.J. Foyt 45 56 12
Richard Petty 57 61 5
Benny Parsons 62 62 1
A.J. Foyt 63 73 11
Richard Petty 74 84 11
A.J. Foyt 85 85 1
Terry Bivins 86 89 4
Bobby Allison 90 90 1
Richard Petty 91 92 2
A.J. Foyt 93 96 4
David Pearson 97 98 2
A.J. Foyt 99 103 5
David Pearson 104 106 3
A.J. Foyt 107 118 12
David Pearson 119 122 4
A.J. Foyt 123 140 18
Benny Parsons 141 154 14
David Pearson 155 165 11
Richard Petty 166 175 10
Benny Parsons 176 176 1
David Pearson 177 187 11
Richard Petty 188 199 12
David Pearson 200 200 1

Standings after the race edit

Pos Driver Points[6] Differential
1 David Pearson 365 0
2 Benny Parsons 330 -35
3 Lennie Pond 310 -55
4 Richard Childress 286 -81
5 Richard Petty 268 -97
6 Frank Warren 264 -101
7 J.D. McDuffie 252 -113
8 D.K. Ulrich 233 -132
9 James Hylton 232 -133
10 Dave Marcis 229 -136

References edit

  1. ^ "Weather of the 1976 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  2. ^ NASCAR.COM – Daytona Countdown: '76 – Jan 21, 2005
  3. ^ NASCAR.com – The 1976 Daytona 500 – July 28, 2003
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  5. ^ No. 8 – Feb. 15, 1976: Duel at Daytona -- dailypress.com
  6. ^ a b c d e 1976 Daytona 500 – Racing-Reference.info
  7. ^ Howstuffworks "No. 1: The 1976 Daytona 500"
  8. ^ a b c d Falk, Duane (2002). The Daytona 500: The Great American Race. Metro Books. pp. 72–74. ISBN 1-58663-169-1.
  9. ^ "Ray's condition serious after three-car wreck". Gadsden, AL: The Gadsden Times, February 16, 1976, p.7.

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The 1976 Daytona 500 the 18th running of the event 2 3 4 5 6 happened on Feb 15th 1976 at Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach Fl It is remembered for the late race duel and accident between David Pearson and Richard Petty Many fans consider this finish to be the greatest in the history of NASCAR 7 The end of the race was televised live on American network ABC 8 1976 Daytona 500Race details 1 Race 2 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1976 Daytona 500 program coverDateFebruary 15 1976 1976 02 15 LocationDaytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach Florida U S CoursePermanent racing facility2 5 mi 4 023 km Distance200 laps 500 mi 804 672 km WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 77 F 25 C wind speeds approaching 14 miles per hour 23 km h Average speed152 181 miles per hour 244 912 km h Pole positionDriverRamo StottNorris ReedQualifying race winnersDuel 1 WinnerDave MarcisNord KrauskopfDuel 2 WinnerDarrell WaltripDiGard MotorsportsMost laps ledDriverA J FoytEllington RacingLaps66WinnerNo 21David PearsonWood Brothers RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkABC s WWOSAnnouncersBill Flemming Jackie Stewart Chris EconomakiNielsen Ratings12 8 37 18 3 million viewers These were the first Daytona 500 starts for Neil Bonnett Terry Ryan Salt Walther D K Ulrich Roy Smith Jimmy Lee Capps Skip Manning Tighe Scott Dick May and Jimmy Means 6 For Terry Bivins Johnny Ray Dr Dick Skillen David Hobbs and Tom Williams this would be their only Daytona 500 start 6 Joe Frasson Jackie Rogers David Sisco and Earl Ross would make their last Daytona 500s this year 6 Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Race 3 Box Score 3 1 Failed to qualify withdrew or driver changes 3 2 Caution flags 3 3 Lap leader breakdown 4 Standings after the race 5 ReferencesQualifying editUSAC stock car racer Ramo Stott won his only career NASCAR pole position 8 There was a major speed discrepancy between cars in their qualification runs Top teams were qualifying in the 178 miles per hour 286 km h to 179 miles per hour 288 km h range and a few teams qualified in the 186 miles per hour 299 km h range Two of the teams who qualified in the 186 miles per hour 299 km h range were disqualified after NASCAR inspectors found suspicious extra fuel lines Some teams attributed these lines to performance enhancing nitrous oxide 8 One driver later admitted that he deliberately qualified slower to let the time from offending teams stick out 8 In the 125 mile qualifying races Dave Marcis won race 1 while Darrell Waltrip claimed race 2 Race editThe opening laps were a battle for the lead between Buddy Baker Waltrip and David Pearson A J Foyt rocketed from the rear to lead 68 laps before falling out with engine failure An accident on lap 112 involving Johnny Ray and Skip Manning ended Ray s racing career 9 Late in the race Richard Petty and David Pearson were nose to tail two laps ahead of all other competitors On the final lap Pearson passed Petty on the backstretch and Petty attempted to re pass in turn 3 Petty did not completely clear Pearson and the two cars made contact with each other and the wall sending them spinning into the infield grass just yards from the finish line Petty s car stalled and would not re fire Pearson re started his stricken car and crossed the finish line to win Petty with the help of a push start from his crew crossed the line for 2nd Box Score editMargin of victory 50 yards Fin Grid Car Driver CarMake Laps Status LapsLed Points 1 7 21 David Pearson Mercury 200 3 17 08 37 180 5 2 6 43 Richard Petty Dodge 199 Crash 40 175 3 32 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 199 Running 16 170 5 4 11 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 198 Running 0 160 5 13 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 197 Running 0 155 6 2 81 Terry Ryan Chevrolet 196 Running 1 155 5 7 41 70 J D McDuffie Chevrolet 193 Running 0 146 8 19 63 Terry Bivins Chevrolet 193 Running 6 147 5 9 36 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 191 Running 0 138 10 34 79 Frank Warren Dodge 190 Running 0 134 11 37 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 190 Running 0 130 12 26 4 Salt Walther Chevrolet 187 running 0 0 13 42 8 Ed Negre Dodge 185 running 0 124 14 22 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 183 running 0 121 15 23 60 Jackie Rogers Chevrolet 183 running 1 123 5 16 15 95 Jim Hurtubise Chevrolet 180 engine 0 115 17 21 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 159 running 0 112 18 17 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 158 running 0 109 19 27 40 D K Ulrich Chevrolet 151 axle 0 106 20 39 29 Roy Smith Chevrolet 148 clutch 0 103 21 10 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 147 engine 0 100 22 31 28 A J Foyt Chevrolet 143 engine 66 0 23 29 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 138 running 0 94 24 24 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 133 engine 0 91 25 8 2 Bobby Allison Mercury 123 engine 2 93 5 26 1 83 Ramo Stott Chevrolet 113 engine 0 27 3 71 Dave Marcis Dodge 112 running 0 82 28 35 10 Johnny Ray Chevrolet 111 crash 0 79 29 40 05 David Sisco Chevrolet 110 running 0 76 30 30 82 Skip Manning Dodge 107 crash 0 73 31 28 78 Dick Skillen Chevrolet 99 overheating 0 70 32 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 87 engine 0 67 33 5 15 Buddy Baker Ford 83 engine 28 69 5 34 16 73 David Hobbs Chevrolet 68 crash 2 66 5 35 18 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 58 crash 0 58 36 33 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 43 engine 0 55 37 25 38 Tom Williams Chevrolet 41 engine 0 52 38 38 33 Dick May Chevrolet 36 engine 0 49 39 12 52 Earl Ross Chevrolet 28 engine 0 46 40 20 5 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 20 engine 1 48 5 41 9 90 Dick Brooks Ford 5 engine 0 40 42 14 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 1 engine 0 37 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 amp leading the most lapsNote A J Foyt led the most laps but was not eligible for NASCAR points Failed to qualify withdrew or driver changes edit Driver Car Make Earle Canavan 01 Dodge Gary Myers 04 Chevrolet Doc Faustina 5 Dodge Elliott Forbes Robinson 6 Chevrolet Bob Burcham 19 Chevrolet Ricky Rudd 22 Chevrolet Jabe Thomas 25 Chevrolet Dave Decker 32 Chevrolet Bill Seifert 34 Chevrolet Darel Dieringer 35 Ford Bruce Jacobi 37 Chevrolet Blackie Wangerin 39 Ford Grant Adcox 41 Chevrolet Baxter Price 45 Chevrolet Travis Tiller 46 Dodge John Utsman 49 Dodge Darrell Bryant 50 Chevrolet John Banks 55 Dodge Tommy Gale 64 Ford Terry Link 66 Pontiac Bill Polich 69 Chevrolet Bill Champion 77 Chevrolet Harold Miller 91 Chevrolet Skip Manning 92 Chevrolet Jim Fleming 99 Chevrolet Ferrel Harris Driver Change 82 Dodge Caution flags edit 7 for 35 laps FromLap ToLap OfLaps Reason 11 16 6 Car 05 engine 35 39 5 Car 52 engine 62 65 4 Car 30 engine 68 71 4 Car 73 accident 85 90 6 Car s 83 82 10 accident 175 178 4 Car 63 accident 200 200 1 Car s 43 amp 21 accident Percent of race run under caution 14 5 Average green flag run 24 4 laps Lap leader breakdown edit Lead changes 36 Leader FromLap ToLap OfLaps Buddy Baker 1 4 4 David Pearson 5 6 2 Buddy Baker 7 11 5 Terry Ryan 12 12 1 Jimmy Means 13 13 1 Terry Bivins 14 15 2 Jackie Rogers 16 16 1 Buddy Baker 17 35 19 David Hobbs 36 37 2 David Pearson 38 39 2 Bobby Allison 40 40 1 A J Foyt 41 43 3 David Pearson 44 44 1 A J Foyt 45 56 12 Richard Petty 57 61 5 Benny Parsons 62 62 1 A J Foyt 63 73 11 Richard Petty 74 84 11 A J Foyt 85 85 1 Terry Bivins 86 89 4 Bobby Allison 90 90 1 Richard Petty 91 92 2 A J Foyt 93 96 4 David Pearson 97 98 2 A J Foyt 99 103 5 David Pearson 104 106 3 A J Foyt 107 118 12 David Pearson 119 122 4 A J Foyt 123 140 18 Benny Parsons 141 154 14 David Pearson 155 165 11 Richard Petty 166 175 10 Benny Parsons 176 176 1 David Pearson 177 187 11 Richard Petty 188 199 12 David Pearson 200 200 1Standings after the race editPos Driver Points 6 Differential 1 David Pearson 365 0 2 Benny Parsons 330 35 3 Lennie Pond 310 55 4 Richard Childress 286 81 5 Richard Petty 268 97 6 Frank Warren 264 101 7 J D McDuffie 252 113 8 D K Ulrich 233 132 9 James Hylton 232 133 10 Dave Marcis 229 136References edit Weather of the 1976 Daytona 500 The Old Farmers Almanac Retrieved 2014 03 09 NASCAR COM Daytona Countdown 76 Jan 21 2005 NASCAR com The 1976 Daytona 500 July 28 2003 Restrictor Plate This The Best of the Daytona 500 1976 Archived from the original on 2018 07 14 Retrieved 2008 10 09 No 8 Feb 15 1976 Duel at Daytona dailypress com a b c d e 1976 Daytona 500 Racing Reference info Howstuffworks No 1 The 1976 Daytona 500 a b c d Falk Duane 2002 The Daytona 500 The Great American Race Metro Books pp 72 74 ISBN 1 58663 169 1 Ray s condition serious after three car wreck Gadsden AL The Gadsden Times February 16 1976 p 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 Daytona 500 amp oldid 1096713016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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