1976 World 600

1976 World 600
Race details^[1]
Race 13 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
Date	May 30, 1976 (1976-May-30)
Official name	World 600
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965 km)
Weather	Warm with temperatures approaching 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed	137.352 miles per hour (221.047 km/h)
Attendance	103,000^[2]
Pole position
Driver	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing
Most laps led
Driver	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing
Laps	230
Winner
No. 21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Ken Squier

The 1976 World 600, the 17th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 30, 1976, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.

Summary

Four hundred laps took place on a paved track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km).^[2] 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 live audience members.^[2] Pearson would earn the pole position with a speed of 159.132 miles per hour (256.098 km/h) while the race's average speed would be 137.352 miles per hour (221.047 km/h).^[2] Seven cautions were given out for 38 laps (including the 400th lap of the race).^[2] His next pole position run would be at the 1976 National 500; which took place in the fall of that year.^[3] Terry Ryan was the last-place finisher in the race due to a hub problem on lap 11 that occurred in his Chevrolet vehicle.^[2]

Bobby Isaac retired from the NASCAR Cup Series after this race. Janet Guthrie would make her debut here.^[4]

Individual race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $49,990 ($210,396.51 when adjusted for inflation) to the meager last-place finisher's earnings of $885 ($3,724.76 when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse sanctioned by NASCAR for this event was a then-incredible $225,025 ($947,078.90 when adjusted for inflation).^[5]

Qualifying

Grid	No.	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

Top twenty finishers

Pos	No.	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Reason for DNF
1	21	David Pearson	Mercury	400
2	43	Richard Petty	Dodge	400
3	11	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	399
4	2	Bobby Allison	Mercury	397
5	72	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	396
6	28	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	396
7	90	Dick Brooks	Ford	391	Crash
8	54	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	391
9	18	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	387
10	05	David Cisco	Chevrolet	386
11	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	384
12	41	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	383	Crash
13	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	383
14	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	379
15	68	Janet Guthrie	Ford	379
16	7	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	378
17	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	373
18	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	371
19	50	Darrell Bryant	Chevrolet	371
20	19	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	365

Standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points^[2]	Differential
1	Benny Parsons	1996	0
2	Cale Yarborough	1982	-14
3	Richard Petty	1898	-98
4	Bobby Allison	1816	-180
5	Lennie Pond	1730	-266
6	Dave Marcis	1693	-303
7	Richard Childress	1628	-368
8	Darrell Waltrip	1514	-482
9	Buddy Baker	1508	-488
10	Frank Warren	1480	-516

References

↑ "1976 World 600 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1976 World 600 race information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
↑ "David Pearson's pole position accomplishment". Scene Daily. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
↑ "Janet Guthrie's NASCAR debut". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
↑ "1976 World 600 prize winnings information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2012-12-02.

Preceded by 1976 Mason-Dixon 500	NASCAR Winston Cup Season 1976	Succeeded by 1976 Riverside 400

Preceded by 1975	World 600 races 1976	Succeeded by 1977

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