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Compiled by Bill Vanselow

Series Stats : 1976
The following data is compiled from all races run with this series.

USAC National Sprint Cars (USAC) - 1976

Class: Wingless

Champion	Pancho Carter
Driver Count	109
Race Count	44
Average Car Count	37.1
Driver Count at every race	0
Driver Count running half of the races	37

44 Winning Time Trial Positions
Time Trial (Average: 5.5)	Count
	6
1st	6
2nd	5
3rd	4
4th	3
5th	4
6th	5
7th	2
8th	1
9th	3
10th	1
11th	2
12th	1
25th	1

Count: 44
Race Date	Track	Race	Car Count	Winner	Story
Sunday, March 28, 1976	Eldora,OH		49	Sheldon Kinser	Sheldon Kinser wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, April 4, 1976	Salem,IN		43	Jeff Bloom	Jeff Bloom wins USAC at Salem
Sunday, April 11, 1976	Eldora,OH		50	Larry Dickson	Larry Dickson wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, April 18, 1976	New Bremen,OH		48	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen wins USAC at New Bremen
Saturday, May 1, 1976	Terre Haute,IN	Tony Hulman Classic	57	Jan Opperman	OPPERMAN WINS HULMAN CLASSIC
Sunday, May 9, 1976	Dayton,OH		39	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Dayton
Sunday, May 16, 1976	IRP,IN		50	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at IRP
Sunday, May 23, 1976	Millstream,OH		35	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen wins USAC at Millstream
Friday, June 4, 1976	State Fairgrounds,IN	Twin 50s 1	54	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at State Fairgrounds
Saturday, June 5, 1976	State Fairgrounds,IN	Twin 50s 2	28	Larry Dickson	Larry Dickson wins USAC at State Fairgrounds
Sunday, June 6, 1976	Terre Haute,IN		44	Tom Bigelow	Tom Bigelow wins USAC at Terre Haute
Friday, June 11, 1976	Illiana,IN		34	Billy Cassella	Billy Cassella wins USAC at Illiana
Saturday, June 12, 1976	Winchester,IN		37	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Winchester
Saturday, June 19, 1976	Eldora,OH		39	Jackie Howerton	Jackie Howerton wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, June 20, 1976	Eldora,OH		35	Clark Templeman	Clark Templeman wins USAC at Eldora
Saturday, June 26, 1976	IRP,IN		38	Dana Carter	Dana Carter wins USAC at IRP
Saturday, July 3, 1976	Millstream,OH		40	Larry Dickson	Larry Dickson wins USAC at Millstream
Saturday, July 10, 1976	Eldora,OH		45	Jan Opperman	Jan Opperman wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, July 11, 1976	New Bremen,OH		52	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at New Bremen
Friday, July 16, 1976	Illiana,IN		36	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen wins USAC at Illiana
Saturday, July 17, 1976	Toledo,OH		39	Rollie Beale	Rollie Beale wins USAC at Toledo
Sunday, July 25, 1976	Winchester,IN		41	Greg Leffler	Greg Leffler wins USAC at Winchester
Saturday, July 31, 1976	State Fairgrounds,IN	Feature 2	22	Bruce Walkup	Bruce Walkup wins USAC at State Fairgrounds
Saturday, July 31, 1976	State Fairgrounds,IN	Feature 3	46	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at State Fairgrounds
Saturday, July 31, 1976	State Fairgrounds,IN	Feature 1	22	Sheldon Kinser	Sheldon Kinser wins USAC at State Fairgrounds
Sunday, August 1, 1976	Terre Haute,IN		32	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen wins USAC at Terre Haute
Friday, August 6, 1976	Illiana,IN		34	Dana Carter	Dana Carter wins USAC at Illiana
Saturday, August 7, 1976	Eldora,OH		40	Tom Bigelow	Tom Bigelow wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, August 22, 1976	Dayton,OH		41	Jan Opperman	Jan Opperman wins USAC at Dayton
Friday, August 27, 1976	Hamburg,NY		29	Tommy Astone	Tommy Astone wins USAC at Hamburg
Friday, September 3, 1976	Illiana,IN		34	Tom Bigelow	Tom Bigelow wins USAC at Illiana
Monday, September 6, 1976	Sandusky,OH		25	Billy Cassella	Billy Cassella wins USAC at Sandusky
Sunday, September 19, 1976	Eldora,OH		42	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, October 3, 1976	Salem,IN		35	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Salem
Saturday, October 9, 1976	Eldora,OH		45	Tom Bigelow	Tom Bigelow wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, October 10, 1976	Eldora,OH	Feature 1	38	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, October 10, 1976	Eldora,OH	Feature 2	20	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Eldora
Sunday, October 17, 1976	Winchester,IN	Feature 1	33	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Winchester
Sunday, October 17, 1976	Winchester,IN	Feature 2	20	Pancho Carter	Pancho Carter wins USAC at Winchester
Sunday, October 31, 1976	Terre Haute,IN		32	Chuck Gurney	Chuck Gurney wins USAC at Terre Haute
Saturday, November 13, 1976	Ascot Park,CA		33	Bob East	Bob East wins USAC at Ascot Park
Sunday, November 14, 1976	Cajon,CA		23	Billy Cassella	Billy Cassella wins USAC at Cajon
Saturday, November 20, 1976	Ascot Park,CA		33	Gary Patterson	Gary Patterson wins USAC at Ascot Park
Sunday, November 21, 1976	San Jose Fairgrounds,CA		22	Tom Bigelow	Tom Bigelow wins USAC at San Jose Fairgrounds

Drivers running at least half of the races (37)
	Driver	Races	Wins	Avg Finish	Top 5	Top 10	Avg TT
1	Pancho Carter	37	12	6.5	25	30	5.4
2	Tom Bigelow	31	5	7.3	18	23	6.7
3	Gary Bettenhausen	30	4	16.2	8	12	15.4
4	Billy Cassella	42	3	10.9	16	21	11.4
5	Larry Dickson	36	3	9.2	16	23	9.3
6	Jan Opperman	22	3	8.6	11	16	9.8
7	Sheldon Kinser	37	2	8.1	14	29	11.1
8	Dana Carter	36	2	15.6	5	11	14.5
9	Rollie Beale	42	1	10.4	14	23	15.0
10	Chuck Gurney	39	1	10.9	11	24	15.1
11	Greg Leffler	37	1	19.0	4	10	19.9
12	Bruce Walkup	36	1	11.8	12	19	10.9
13	Jackie Howerton	24	1	15.3	3	10	17.9
14	Clark Templeman	22	1	25.1	3	5	24.4
15	James McElreath	43	0	11.5	9	25	11.2
16	Larry Rice	39	0	19.8	0	6	19.8
17	Mark Alderson	39	0	22.0	1	6	25.4
18	Joe Saldana	36	0	15.3	6	15	19.0
19	Billy Engelhart	35	0	15.4	6	13	10.7
20	Rich Leavell	34	0	21.9	1	8	23.8
21	Lee Osborne	33	0	20.8	1	4	18.9
22	Jerry Weeks	33	0	24.5	0	3	27.5
23	Karl Busson	32	0	22.4	1	3	24.7
24	Roger Rager	31	0	22.8	2	6	22.9
25	Mack McClellan	31	0	27.0	0	0	27.9
26	Dave Peperak	30	0	33.9	0	0	34.9
27	Marvin Carman	29	0	22.9	4	7	21.0
28	Steve Chassey	28	0	18.2	0	5	17.6
29	Mike Schiesel	28	0	26.8	0	2	26.8
30	George Snider	27	0	17.2	4	8	17.2
31	Bubby Jones	27	0	18.6	5	10	18.6
32	Bob Frey	26	0	23.7	1	2	25.8
33	Gary Gray	25	0	29.6	0	2	30.1
34	Aaron Capps	23	0	26.6	0	1	24.2
35	John Lucas	23	0	33.8	0	0	34.6
36	Rich Vogler	22	0	21.4	2	7	22.1
37	Jim Hettinger	22	0	24.4	0	2	23.9

Drivers NOT running at least half of the races (72)
	Driver	Races	Wins	Avg Finish	Top 5	Top 10	Avg TT
1	Tommy Astone	20	1	14.2	4	7	16.2
2	Jeff Bloom	9	1	15.3	2	4	13.8
3	Bob East	4	1	15.5	1	2	17.0
4	Gary Patterson	4	1	16.2	1	1	12.8
5	Rick Montgomery	20	0	33.2	0	0	35.4
6	Ron Rea	19	0	26.3	0	2	24.8
7	Ed Lute	19	0	30.2	0	0	30.9
8	Dick St John	19	0	31.3	0	0	33.3
9	Steve Cannon	18	0	23.7	0	1	27.5
10	Roy Hicks	17	0	22.0	0	2	24.6
11	Duke Cook	17	0	24.2	1	1	21.1
12	Jack Hewitt	17	0	29.7	0	0	30.2
13	Larry Cannon	16	0	19.5	2	5	18.9
14	Steve Shultz	15	0	32.5	0	1	34.6
15	Jim McElreath	14	0	20.5	1	3	24.6
16	Bob Richards	14	0	24.1	0	0	21.4
17	Chuck Booth	13	0	22.5	0	1	23.4
18	Ken Nichols	11	0	34.4	0	0	33.5
19	Lee Kunzman	10	0	25.9	0	1	29.6
20	Andy Brown	10	0	31.1	0	0	29.4
21	Bill Roynon	10	0	31.1	0	0	31.8
22	Johnny Parsons	7	0	16.9	1	2	15.2
23	Bobby Marshall	7	0	19.3	1	2	15.7
24	Bill Puterbaugh	7	0	21.6	0	0	22.7
25	Butch Wilkerson	6	0	16.7	0	2	22.5
26	Sammy Sessions	6	0	22.5	0	0	18.7
27	Larry Kirkpatrick	6	0	22.8	0	0	16.7
28	Gordy Lee	6	0	30.0	0	0	33.4
29	Van Gurley Sr	6	0	38.0	0	0	38.0
30	Ron Eden	6	0	38.2	0	0	35.5
31	Gary Irvin	6	0	43.3	0	0	46.6
32	Jim Hurtubise	5	0	17.2	0	2	22.0
33	Bobby Olivero	5	0	18.4	1	1	14.8
34	Bob Harkey	5	0	21.4	0	1	24.2
35	Bill Davis	5	0	22.8	0	0	15.0
36	Sleepy Tripp	5	0	24.0	0	1	20.4
37	Jerry Nemire	5	0	35.8	0	0	35.8
38	Mike Sweeney	4	0	17.2	0	0	20.2
39	Dean Thompson	4	0	17.8	0	0	18.2
40	Lee James	4	0	18.2	0	0	18.5
41	Jerry Miller	4	0	29.8	0	0	31.5
42	Todd Gibson	4	0	31.5	0	0	31.8
43	Jesse Plummer	4	0	35.5	0	0	36.8
44	Wayne Rutherford	4	0	40.2	0	0	40.2
45	Rick Goudy	3	0	7.3	0	3	13.3
46	Jimmy Oskie	3	0	9.7	2	2	8.0
47	Mike Shaw	3	0	12.0	0	1	15.7
48	Steve Kinser	3	0	19.3	0	0	23.5
49	Jay East	3	0	23.0	0	0	27.7
50	Sonny Ates	3	0	29.7	0	0	26.0
51	Sam Isenhower	3	0	33.7	0	0	30.0
52	Max Sweeney	2	0	11.5	0	1	16.5
53	Don Hamilton	2	0	13.0	0	0	19.0
54	Larry Moore	2	0	23.5	0	0	21.0
55	David Fair	2	0	23.5	0	0	16.5
56	Bob Evans	2	0	25.0	0	0	22.0
57	Lee Robison	2	0	29.0	0	0	29.0
58	Danny Johnson	2	0	39.5	0	0	39.5
59	Bill Burks Jr	2	0	46.0	0	0	46.0
60	Kenny Weld	1	0	14.0	0	0	18.0
61	Tom Haylett	1	0	22.0	0	0	21.0
62	Jim Linder	1	0	26.0	0	0
63	Danny Landis	1	0	27.0	0	0	30.0
64	Jerry Sneva	1	0	30.0	0	0	30.0
65	Johnny Anderson	1	0	30.0	0	0	30.0
66	Jerry Carman	1	0	30.0	0	0	30.0
67	Bruce Field	1	0	34.0	0	0	26.0
68	Ray Stringer	1	0	34.0	0	0	34.0
69	Dean Shirley	1	0	42.0	0	0	42.0
70	Duffy McManus	1	0	47.0	0	0	47.0
71	Paul Barnes	1	0	49.0	0	0	49.0
72	Paul Van Arsdale	1	0	56.0	0	0	56.0