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1976 Pocono 500 in USAC at the Pocono circuit. Full information

1976 Pocono 500

1976 Pocono 500 is 300th USAC race. Passed at the Pocono circuit. Johnny Parsons jr won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Mike Mosley and Wally Dallenbach also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1976 Milwaukee Indycars
Next race: 1976 Michigan Indycars
Race Start: 27th June 1976

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1976 Pocono 500

28th victory for the Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing team
28th victory for the Al Unser
56th podium for the Al Unser
15th podium for the Mike Mosley
18th podium for the Wally Dallenbach

Parnelli VPJ6B #21 - 1976 Pocono 500 winner

1976 Pocono 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Parnelli VPJ6B, #21	1000	3h 28m 52.88s	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
2	Mike Mosley	Eagle ? 1976, #12	800	3h 28m 55.08s	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
3	Wally Dallenbach	Wildcat II, #40	700	200 laps	Patrick Racing
4	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M16E, #2	600	200 laps	Team McLaren
5	Mario Andretti	McLaren M16C, #6	500	198 laps Engine	Penske Racing
6	Roger McCluskey	McLaren M16A, #36	400	198 laps	James C Bidwell
7	Tom Sneva	McLaren M16C, #68	300	197 laps	Penske Racing
8	Steve Krisiloff	Eagle ? 1976, #92	250	196 laps	Vatis Enterprises
9	George Snider	Eagle ? 1976, #23	200	195 laps	Leader Card Racers
10	Dick Simon	Vollstedt 73, #17	150	195 laps	Vollstedt Enterprises
11	Larry Dickson	Eagle ? 1976, #44	100	188 laps	Dick Simon Racing
12	Bob Harkey	King ? 1976, #96	50	187 laps	JC Agajanian
13	Lee Kunzman	Eagle ? 1976, #65	0	186 laps	Pat Santello
14	Pancho Carter	Eagle ? 1976, #48	0	183 laps Suspension	All-American Racers
15	Al Loquasto	McLaren M16A, #86	0	183 laps	Loquasto Racing
16	Larry McCoy jr	Atlanta 72, #63	0	159 laps	James C Bidwell
17	Todd Gibson	Eagle ? 1976, #8	0	156 laps Oil leak	Routh Meat Packaging
18	Salt Walther	McLaren M16C, #77	0	151 laps	Dayton-Walther
19	Jan Opperman	Eagle ? 1976, #42	0	145 laps	Mergard Racing
20	Eldon Rasmussen	Rascar 73, #58	0	115 laps Brakes	Rasmussen Racing
21	John Martin	King ? 1976, #98	0	113 laps Engine	JC Agajanian
22	Johnny Parsons jr	Eagle 72 Finley, #93	0	110 laps Valve	Vatis Enterprises
23	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1976, #38	0	93 laps Gearbox	Bill Simpson
24	Janet Guthrie	Vollstedt 72, #27	0	89 laps Gearbox	Vollstedt Enterprises
25	Spike Gehlhausen	McLaren M16A, #19	0	74 laps Engine	Carl Gehlhausen
26	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1976, #5	0	60 laps Gearbox	Alex Foods Racing
27	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat II, #20	0	54 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
28	Sheldon Kinser	King ? 1976, #97	0	47 laps Overheating	JC Agajanian
29	Tom Bigelow	Eagle ? 1976, #24	0	43 laps Ignition	Leader Card Racers
30	Larry Cannon	Eagle ? 1976, #69	0	37 laps Piston	Hoffman Racing
31	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1976, #14	0	31 laps Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
32	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1976, #3	0	25 laps Piston	Fletcher Racing Team
33	Gary Bettenhausen	Eagle ? 1976, #45	0	16 laps Steering	Don Gerhardt

Qualifying Results for the 1976 Pocono 500 on the Pocono circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Johnny Parsons jr	Eagle 72 Finley, #93	Valve	Vatis Enterprises
2	Billy Vukovich	Eagle ? 1976, #5	Gearbox	Alex Foods Racing
3	Mario Andretti	McLaren M16C, #6	Engine	Penske Racing
4	Dick Simon	Vollstedt 73, #17		Vollstedt Enterprises
5	AJ Foyt jr	Coyote ? 1976, #14	Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
6	Mike Mosley	Eagle ? 1976, #12		Sugaripe Prune Racing Team
7	Pancho Carter	Eagle ? 1976, #48	Suspension	All-American Racers
8	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat II, #20	Engine	Patrick Racing
9	Al Loquasto	McLaren M16A, #86		Loquasto Racing
10	Bobby Unser	Eagle ? 1976, #3	Piston	Fletcher Racing Team
11	Steve Krisiloff	Eagle ? 1976, #92		Vatis Enterprises
12	Roger McCluskey	McLaren M16A, #36		James C Bidwell
13	Tom Sneva	McLaren M16C, #68		Penske Racing
14	Wally Dallenbach	Wildcat II, #40		Patrick Racing
15	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren M16E, #2		Team McLaren
16	Al Unser	Parnelli VPJ6B, #21		Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
17	John Martin	King ? 1976, #98	Engine	JC Agajanian
18	Spike Gehlhausen	McLaren M16A, #19	Engine	Carl Gehlhausen
19	Tom Bigelow	Eagle ? 1976, #24	Ignition	Leader Card Racers
20	Todd Gibson	Eagle ? 1976, #8	Oil leak	Routh Meat Packaging
21	Gary Bettenhausen	Eagle ? 1976, #45	Steering	Don Gerhardt
22	Janet Guthrie	Vollstedt 72, #27	Gearbox	Vollstedt Enterprises
23	Larry Cannon	Eagle ? 1976, #69	Piston	Hoffman Racing
24	Larry McCoy jr	Atlanta 72, #63		James C Bidwell
25	George Snider	Eagle ? 1976, #23		Leader Card Racers
26	Eldon Rasmussen	Rascar 73, #58	Brakes	Rasmussen Racing
27	Sheldon Kinser	King ? 1976, #97	Overheating	JC Agajanian
28	Lee Kunzman	Eagle ? 1976, #65		Pat Santello
29	Bill Simpson	Eagle ? 1976, #38	Gearbox	Bill Simpson
30	Salt Walther	McLaren M16C, #77		Dayton-Walther
31	Bob Harkey	King ? 1976, #96		JC Agajanian
32	Jan Opperman	Eagle ? 1976, #42		Mergard Racing
33	Larry Dickson	Eagle ? 1976, #44		Dick Simon Racing