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404:. Speeds for this race were: 127.396 miles per hour (205.024 km/h) as the average and 161.652 miles per hour (260.154 km/h) for the pole position. Forty-six thousand fans attended this live race. Total winnings for this race were $ 132,625 ($ 710,125 when adjusted for inflation).
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Pearson looked like a winner on lap 301 as he drove by Marcis but after cooling his tires Marcus retook the lead for good from Pearson fourteen laps later. A late yellow set up a two-lap sprint and Marcis won it.
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Auto race held at
Atlanta International Raceway in 1976
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1408:NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
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277:Atlanta International Raceway
262:Atlanta International Raceway
103:328 laps, 499.2 mi (803.3 km)
80:Atlanta International Raceway
1268:. Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
1190:"1976 Dixie 500 information"
317:New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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1213:. NASCAR. Archived from
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396:for race-winner Marcis,
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301:Homestead Miami Speedway
289:Charlotte Motor Speedway
211:K&K Insurance Racing
178:K&K Insurance Racing
287:races; the others are
157:Bud Moore Engineering
32:Race 29 of 30 in the
1379:"Mister Versatility"
1211:"NASCAR Race Tracks"
354:by two car lengths.
321:Texas Motor Speedway
293:Chicagoland Speedway
453:Future NASCAR star
281:intermediate tracks
95:1.522 mi (2.449 km)
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1289:. Racing Reference
1192:. Racing Reference
668:Section reference:
554:Petty Enterprises
297:Darlington Raceway
258:Winston Cup Series
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1047:Buddy Baker
1026:Lennie Pond
1005:Dave Marcis
855:David Sisco
831:Dick Brooks
801:Lennie Pond
777:Grant Adcox
766:D.K. Ulrich
761:Jimmy Means
755:Gene Felton
720:Bobby Wawak
715:Sam Sommers
692:Buddy Baker
674:Dave Marcis
582:Sam Sommers
514:Dave Marcis
497:Buddy Baker
459:Gene Felton
448:Dick Brooks
348:Dave Marcis
338:Race report
204:Dave Marcis
173:Dave Marcis
147:Buddy Baker
1429:Categories
1385:2014-04-04
1381:. Hemmings
1364:2011-02-24
1339:2014-04-04
1318:2011-02-27
1293:2018-08-27
1272:2014-04-04
1196:2011-02-02
1144:2012-08-04
1124:References
843:Chuck Bown
726:Bruce Hill
650:Chuck Bown
503:Bud Moore
465:Qualifying
398:Jake Elder
394:Harry Hyde
386:Dale Inman
374:Tim Brewer
359:Chevrolets
344:oval track
272:Background
239:Ken Squier
235:Announcers
124:Attendance
653:Chevrolet
636:Chevrolet
602:Chevrolet
585:Chevrolet
568:Chevrolet
435:, son of
350:defeated
71:Dixie 500
849:Dick May
408:Canadian
283:to hold
100:Distance
76:Location
900:Points
897:Driver
619:Mercury
534:Mercury
480:Driver
332:degrees
224:Network
108:Weather
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1117:-1247
1096:-1172
1075:-1083
486:Owner
400:, and
328:banked
319:, and
285:NASCAR
255:NASCAR
253:was a
198:No. 71
192:Winner
169:Driver
139:Driver
127:46,000
90:Course
36:season
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1114:3298
1093:3373
1072:3462
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949:-183
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551:Dodge
517:Dodge
472:Grid
1252:2011
1223:2011
924:4545
894:Pos
500:Ford
388:for
368:for
249:The
184:Laps
53:Date
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476:No.
264:in
229:CBS
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