1976 Formula One season, Results and standings, Grands Prix
The 1976 World Championship of Drivers and the International Cup for Formula 1 Manufacturers were contested concurrently over a sixteen race series.


1976 Formula One season, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six finishers in each race. The best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the remaining eight races could be retained.


1976 Formula One season, Results and standings, International Cup for F1 Manufacturers standings
Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six finishers in each race, but only to the first car to finish for each manufacturer. The best seven results from the first eight races and the best seven results from the remaining eight races were retained.


1976 Formula One season, Results and standings, Non-championship races
Two non-championship races for Formula One cars were also held in 1976.


1976 French Grand Prix
The 1976 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, near Marseille in France, on 4 July 1976. It was the eighth race of the 1976 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1976 International Cup for F1 Constructors. It was the 54th French Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 54 laps of the 5.8-kilometre (3.6 mi) circuit for a race distance of 313 kilometres (194 mi).


1976 French Grand Prix
The race was won by eventual 1976 world champion James Hunt driving a McLaren M23. Hunt won by twelve seconds over the Tyrrell P34 of Patrick Depailler. It was Hunt's second win for the year and his third career Grand Prix victory, although at this stage his appeal against disqualification from the Spanish Grand Prix win had yet to be upheld. Eleven seconds further back in third was John Watson driving a Penske PC4. It was the first podium finish for both Watson and Penske, although the result only came after Ronnie Peterson's March 761 stopped with three laps to go and after Watson was disqualified for a rear wing irregularity and subsequently reinstated upon appeal.


1976 French Grand Prix
Fourth place was taken by young Brazilian driver Carlos Pace driving a Brabham BT45 ahead of Mario Andretti (Lotus 77) and the Tyrrell P34 of Jody Scheckter.


1976 French Grand Prix
Reigning champion Niki Lauda retired his Ferrari 312T2 with an engine failure while leading. While Hunt would eventually prove to be the challenger to Lauda for the 1976 championship Lauda's points lead at this time was over the Tyrrell pair of Patrick Depailler (26 points) and Scheckter (24 points).


1976 French Grand Prix, Classification, Qualifying
*Drivers with a red background failed to qualify. Ertl had failed to qualify, but he had started on the back of the grid.


1976 French Open
The 1976 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 31 May until 14 June. It was the 80th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1976.


1976 French Open, Final, Men's doubles
Frederick McNair /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez, 7–6(8-6), 6–3, 6–1


1976 French Open, Final, Women's doubles
Fiorella Bonicelli /  Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Lovera defeated  Kathleen Harter /  Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3


1976 French Open, Final, Mixed doubles
Ilana Kloss /  Kim Warwick defeated  Delina Boshoff /  Colin Dowdeswell, 5–7, 7–6, 6–2


1976 French Open – Men's Doubles
Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but lost in the final 7–6(8-6), 6–3, 6–1 against Fred McNair and Sherwood Stewart.


1976 French Open – Men's Singles
Adriano Panatta defeated Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1976 French Open. Panatta became the 1st man in the open era to win the French Open saving a match point en route against Pavel Huťka in the 1st round. First-seeded Björn Borg was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Panatta.


1976 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Adriano Panatta is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1976 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Thomaz Koch and Fiorella Bonicelli were the defending champions but only Fiorella Bonicelli competed that year with Jairo Velasco. Jairo Velasco and Fiorella Bonicelli lost in the quarterfinals to Kim Warwick and Ilana Kloss.


1976 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Kim Warwick and Ilana Kloss won in the final 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 against Colin Dowdeswell and Linky Boshoff.


1976 French Open – Women's Doubles
Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but both players chose not to participate.


1976 French Open – Women's Doubles
Fiorella Bonicelli and Gail Benedetti won in the final 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 against Kathleen Harter and Helga Masthoff.


1976 French Open – Women's Singles
First-seeded Sue Barker defeated Renáta Tomanová 6–2, 0–6, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1976 French Open. Two-time reigning champion Chris Evert did not defend her title. She elected to compete in World TeamTennis and did not return to Paris until 1979.


1976 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Sue Barker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1976 French cantonal elections
Cantonale elections to renew canton general councillors were held in France on 7 and 14 March 1976. The left won a convincing victory, the PS gained 194 seats and the PCF 75. 15 presidencies also swung to the left.


1976 French cantonal elections, Electoral system
The cantonales elections use the same system as the regional or legislative elections. There is a 10% threshold (10% of registered voters) needed to proceed to the second round.


1976 French cantonal elections, Sources
Alain Lancelot, Les élections sous la Ve République, PUF, Paris, 1988


1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1976 at the Circuit Bugatti Le Mans.


1976 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1976 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Jim Sweeney, in his first year, and they played their home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 3–1 PCAA).


1976 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
While Fresno State lost its opener on the road to the Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the game was subsequently forfeited due to the use of ineligible players. The won-loss record is not adjusted.


1976 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
An experienced head coach, Sweeney was hired in December 1975, shortly after his resignation from Washington State of the Pac-8 Conference. He had led the Cougars for eight seasons, preceded by five at Montana State in the Big Sky Conference.


1976 Friuli earthquake
The 1976 Friuli earthquake, also known in Italy as Terremoto del Friuli (Friulian earthquake), took place on May 6, 1976, with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred in the Friuli region in northeast Italy near the town of Gemona del Friuli. 990 people were killed, up to about 3,000 were injured, and more than 157,000 were left homeless.


1976 Friuli earthquake, Earthquake
The quake struck at 21:00:13 (20:00:13 UTC). Seventy-seven villages in the Friuli region were affected. Gemona del Friuli was greatly damaged and despite extensive emergency measures and international aid by the end of 1976 15,000 people were still living in camping trailers, 1000 in tents and 25000 in evacuation centres. The damage was estimated at $4.25 million. Much of the town has since been reconstructed. The tremor was felt in Venice as well as neighboring Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia (at the time SFR Yugoslavia) and Germany. In Slovenia, the upper Soča valley and the Brda area was particularly affected, with the village of Breginj nearly completely demolished. The earthquake damaged several buildings in Nova Gorica and was felt also in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.


1976 Friuli earthquake, Earthquake
The Italian Government nominated Chamber of Deputies member Giuseppe Zamberletti as coordinator of aid efforts on behalf of the regional administration. The national funds were assigned to the reconstruction of the damaged buildings by Zamberletti and the regional council of Friuli Venezia Giulia. From September to December 1976 all the earthquake victims were accommodated into prefabricated buildings, in order to better cope with the winter. Many local inhabitants lived in the Government supplied trailers for many years while homes were rebuilt.


1976 Friuli earthquake, Earthquake
After Zamberletti's mandate the regional government of Friuli Venezia Giulia was able to completely rebuild many towns, thanks to an accurate resource management, however some towns took over a decade to fully recover. Nowadays, many years after the tragedy, the State's intervention, the earthquake management and reconstruction in Friuli Venezia Giulia are seen as a great example of efficiency and reliability.


1976 Friuli earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
There were many aftershocks with the two sets of strong shocks on 11 September (16:31, 5.5 Msand 16:35, 5.4 Ms ) and again on 15 September (3:15, 6.0 Ms  and 9:21, 5.9 Ms ) 1976.


1976 Friuli earthquake, Aftermath
This event also spurred the foundation of the Protezione Civile (the Italian Civil Defense body that deals with nationwide prevention and management of emergencies and catastrophic events).


1976 Gator Bowl
The 1976 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions on December 27, 1976. Notre Dame won the game by a score of 20–9.


1976 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1976 Gent–Wevelgem was the 38th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 6 April 1976. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria team.


1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1976 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.


1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1976 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.


1976 German Formula Three Championship
The 1976 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1976 ONS Formel 3 Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 3 April at Nürburgring and ended at Ulm-Mengen on 13 September after eight rounds.


1976 German Formula Three Championship
Bertram Schäfer became a champion. He won all five races that he has participated (Nürburgring, Trier, AVUS, Hockenheim and at Ulm-Mengen. Marc Surer finished as runner-up, winning the race Kassel-Calden. Rudolf Dötsch completed the top-three in the drivers' standings with win at Nürburgring. Werner Klein was the only other driver who was able to win a race in the season.


1976 German Grand Prix
The 1976 German Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland)  was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on 1 August 1976. It was the scene of reigning world champion Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident, and the last Formula One race to be held on the Nordschleife section of the track. The 14-lap race was the tenth round of the 1976 Formula One season and was won by James Hunt.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
The old Nürburgring was considered to be the most challenging and demanding purpose-built circuit in the world. Measuring at 14.2 miles (22.8 km), it was by far the longest circuit on the calendar and because it was built in the Eifel mountains it had over 1,000 feet (300 m) of elevation change. Although it had been slightly remodeled in 1971, it still retained much of the character that led three-time world champion Jackie Stewart to nickname it "The Green Hell".


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
The circuit's extraordinary size meant that it needed at least five times the number of marshals and medical support as almost any other Grand Prix to properly maintain it, something the German organizers were unable to provide. Additionally, by its very nature it was impossible to upgrade it to the increased safety standards of the 1970s. It was narrow, had very few run-off areas, and numerous sections were nearly inaccessible to fire marshals. It was also very bumpy—indeed, at a number of points, including the Flugplatz and Pflanzgarten, the cars could actually become airborne.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
The sheer size of the circuit also meant that weather and track conditions around it could vary wildly with some sections dry and others wet, making a safe choice of tyres difficult or impossible. Two weeks previously, a fatal crash at Flugplatz had occurred during practice for a Formula Super-Vee race which, according to Autosport, was the 131st fatality at the Nürburgring over its 49-year history. It was also unsuitable for television; its sheer size made it all but impossible to adequately cover a race there. For these reasons, it had been decided even before the 1976 race that after nearly half a century, it would be the last German Grand Prix held on the old Nürburgring and the last on the Nordschleife section.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
Defending world champion Niki Lauda, who was also the current season's points leader, was not impressed with safety conditions on the leviathan German circuit, especially since the forecast called for rain. He attempted to arrange a boycott of the race, but the other drivers voted against it by just one vote, and the race went ahead.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
The race weekend began with some changes to the drivers' lineup: Jacky Ickx was fired from the Walter Wolf Racing team and was replaced by Arturo Merzario, and a new team was present, Scuderia Rondini, which bought an old Tyrrell 007 for Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi. RAM was going to run Rolf Stommelen in one of its ex-works Brabham BT44s, but in the middle of the practice session the local police impounded the cars (because of a legal action by former driver Loris Kessel) and, as a result, Stommelen transferred to the works Brabham team to drive a spare Alfa-Romeo-powered BT45. Lella Lombardi was also affected by the impound action as part of the RAM squad, but could not find a replacement drive.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
In 1975, Lauda had been the first and only driver to break the seven-minute mark. Fans were looking forward to whether he or others could repeat this after the technical rules had been changed, with the disappearance of the high air boxes being the most visible difference.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report
Due to wet conditions on Saturday, the grid was already determined in Friday qualifying, with 7:06-plus lap times similar to those of 1972. James Hunt took the pole with Niki Lauda second, while Patrick Depailler lined up third in the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34. Hans-Joachim Stuck was fourth in his March ahead of Clay Regazzoni, Jacques Laffite, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, Jochen Mass, and Carlos Reutemann.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
The weather turned to wet before the race, so most drivers started the race on wet tyres, except Jochen Mass, who, having much experience at the Nürburgring and expecting a change for better weather, decided to use dry weather tyres. At the start, Regazzoni took the lead while both Hunt and Lauda fell back. Hunt took second,  third was a fast-starting Mass, fourth was Laffite who took advantage from the fact that Stuck's car had been pushed off the grid with a clutch problem (although the German started at the back of the field).


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
In the course of the first lap, Regazzoni spun and dropped to fourth. At the end of the lap, the weather changed back to dry and most drivers pitted for dry tyres, leaving Mass with the second place behind Peterson, who decided to go on wet tyres for another lap. At the end of lap two, Mass was in front, with Gunnar Nilsson (who had not stopped) in second place and Hunt third.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
Lauda had also changed his tyres after lap one and was trying hard to make up for the lost time. Just after the fast left kink before the Bergwerk right hand curve, his Ferrari 312T2 snapped to the right and spun through the fencing into an earth bank. The car bounced back onto the track, enveloped in flames. Guy Edwards managed to avoid the Ferrari, but Harald Ertl and Brett Lunger both hit it.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
All three drivers stopped and tried to get Lauda out of the flames and they were joined by Merzario, who stopped his Wolf Williams after seeing the wreck. Lauda had suffered serious burns and was rushed by helicopter to the Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz; from there he was flown to the Trauma Clinic in Ludwigshafen, home to Germany's most advanced burn ward at the time, where he fought for his life for the next few days.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
Most cars had assembled at the crash site, being unable to pass by on the narrow track. The race had been stopped after the accident, and at the restart only 20 of the 24 starters remained, although Chris Amon decided not to start the race again. The rain had gone and Hunt passed Regazzoni, Scheckter, Depailler, and Pace to take the lead for good. At the Flugplatz, Peterson lost control of his March and crashed heavily, while Regazzoni had another spin and Depailler went off, avoiding the Ferrari. Pace overtook Scheckter and ended the first lap in second place.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
On the second lap, Scheckter passed Pace and the Brazilian fell behind Regazzoni on the third lap, during which sixth-placed Vittorio Brambilla crashed at Adenau Bridge because of a brake failure on his March. Mass took advantage of it and overtook Gunnar Nilsson on the fifth lap and Pace on lap 10. On the 12th lap, Regazzoni spun again and Mass moved to third with Pace fourth, Nilsson fifth, and Stommelen sixth.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
Lauda's accident proved why the old Nürburgring had become too dangerous and too difficult to manage satisfactorily for Formula One. The organizers just did not have the resources to manage such a long circuit, even though the "ONS-Staffel" was equipped with a Porsche 911 rescue car. Had it not been for the efforts of his fellow drivers, Lauda would have likely died before rescue crews arrived. After the new Nürburgring was rebuilt with the Nordschleife being bypassed, Formula One would return to the new 2.8-mile circuit for multiple European Grands Prix beginning in 1984, the German Grand Prix from 1985 and in 2020, the inaugural Eifel Grand Prix.


1976 German Grand Prix, Race report, Race
Chris Amon decided to end his career immediately after Lauda's accident, but returned for the 1976 Canadian Grand Prix, driving a Williams-Ford for Walter Wolf Racing.


1976 German Open (tennis)
The 1976 Grand Prix German Open, also known by its sponsored name Holsten-Bier German Open. was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 68th edition of the event and was part of the 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, West Germany, from 17 May through 23 May 1976. Eddie Dibbs and Sue Barker won the singles titles.


1976 German Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Singles
Eddie Dibbs defeated  Manuel Orantes 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–1


1976 German Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Fred McNair/  Sherwood Stewart defeated  Dick Crealy /  Kim Warwick 7–6, 7–6, 7–6


1976 German Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Linky Boshoff /  Ilana Kloss  defeated  Laura DuPont /  Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 7–5, 6–1


1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 August 1976 at the Nürburgring circuit. The 500cc race was known for being the distinguished Giacomo Agostini's 122nd and final victory in Grand Prix motorcycle competition, a record that still stands today.


1976 Gibraltar general election
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 29 September 1976   . The result was a victory for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, which won eight of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly.


1976 Gibraltar general election, Electoral system
The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.


1976 Gillette Cup
The 1976 Gillette Cup was the fourteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 26 June and 4 September 1976. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1976 Gillette Cup, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 4 September 1976.


1976 Giro d'Italia
The 1976 Giro d'Italia was the 59th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Catania, on 21 May, with a set of split stages and concluded in Milan, on 12 June, with another split stage, consisting of an individual time trial and a mass-start stage. A total of 120 riders from twelve teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Felice Gimondi of the Bianchi-Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Belgian Johan De Muynck and Italian Fausto Bertoglio, respectively.


1976 Giro d'Italia
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Sanson's Francesco Moser won the points classification, Andrés Oliva of KAS won the mountains classification, and Magniflex's Alfio Vandi completed the Giro as the best neo-professional in the general classification, finishing seventh overall. Brooklyn finishing as the winners of the team points classification.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of twelve teams were invited to participate in the 1976 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 120 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 86 made it to the finish in Milan.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the race was revealed on 30 January 1976, while a final draft of the race was released on 13 April 1976.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
During the stage 1A on 21 May, Juan Manuel Santisteban crashed and hit his head, ultimately dying from his injuries.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Patrick Sercu would win both stage 1A and 1B, Roger de Vlaeminck would win stage 2 and the two of them would alternate between wearing the leader's jersey depending on the tie-breakers following the first few stages. De Muynck took over the lead after winning stage 6 by 0:21 over the main field following a crash which left him alone at the front as a group of eight riders were now tied for 2nd in the overall standings :05 behind.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The time trial in Stage 7 was won by Francesco Moser with Gimondi placing 2nd seven seconds behind putting Moser into the Maglia Rosa as the overall leader and Gimondi in 2nd seven seconds behind Stage 8 was won by de Vlaeminck as Eddy Merckx crossed the line in 2nd which would be his highest stage placing in this final Giro of his remarkable career. Gimondi crossed in 3rd and while he was by no means a favorite for overall victory, because Moser lost nearly a minute Gimondi would wear the Pink Jersey for the first time since the 1969 Giro.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Over the next ten stages Gimondi maintained his overall lead but on stage 19 Johan de Muynck was able to get away from him and he took over the lead by 0:16. Stage 21 was the final day in the mountains where Merckx took 2nd and Gimondi won the stage. De Muynck finished 9th, but finished in the same time so the overall situation remained the same. Stage 22a was the final ITT and it was here that Gimondi won the Giro. He finished in 6th place 0:43 behind stage winner Joseph Bruyere but 0:44 ahead of de Muynck effectively making him the winner by 0:19.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were four main individual classifications contested in the 1976 Giro d'Italia, as well as a team competition. Four of them awarded jerseys to their leaders. The general classification was the most important and was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Giro. The rider leading the classification wore a pink jersey to signify the classification's leadership.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing in the top positions in a stage finish, with first place getting the most points, and lower placings getting successively fewer points. The rider leading this classification wore a purple (or cyclamen) jersey. The mountains classification was the third classification and its leader was denoted by the green jersey. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Most stages of the race included one or more categorized climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Sella Pass, which was crossed first by Spanish rider Andrés Gandarias during stage 19. The fourth classification, the young rider classification, was a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but only considered neo-professional cyclists (in their first three years of professional racing).


1976 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The final classification, the team classification, awarded no jersey to its leaders. This was calculated by adding together points earned by each rider on the team during each stage through the intermediate sprints, the categorized climbs, stage finishes, etc. The team with the most points led the classification.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
There were other minor classifications within the race, including the Campionato delle Regioni classification. The leader wore a blue jersey with colored vertical stripes ("maglia azzurra con banda tricolore verticale"). New to the race for the 1976 edition was the Fiat 131 classification, which was created in honor Juan Manuel Santisteban who died in stage 1A of this edition. In all stages longer than 131 km (81 mi), there would be a banner at that point in the stage to designate a special sprint. The winner of the sprint in each stage received a Fiat 131.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b
The 1976 Giro d'Italia was the 59th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Catania on 21 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 1 June with a mountainous stage from Gabicce Mare. The race finished in Milan on 12 June.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 12
1 June 1976 — Gabicce Mare to Porretta Terme, 215 km (134 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 13
2 June 1976 — Porretta Terme to Il Ciocco, 146 km (91 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 14
3 June 1976 — Il Ciocco to Varazze, 227 km (141 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 15
5 June 1976 — Varazze to Ozegna, 216 km (134 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 16
6 June 1976 — Castellamonte to Arosio, 258 km (160 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 17
7 June 1976 — Arosio to Verona, 196 km (122 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 18
8 June 1976 — Verona to Longarone, 174 km (108 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 19
9 June 1976 — Longarone to Vajolet Towers, 132 km (82 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 20
10 June 1976 — Vigo di Fassa to Terme di Comano, 170 km (110 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 21
11 June 1976 — Terme di Comano to Bergamo, 238 km (148 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 22a
12 June 1976 — Arcore to Arcore, 28 km (17 mi) (ITT)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 22b
12 June 1976 — Milan to Milan, 106 km (66 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11
The 1976 Giro d'Italia was the 59th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Catania on 21 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 31 May with a flat stage to Gabicce Mare. The race finished in Milan on 12 June.


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 1a
21 May 1976 — Catania to Catania, 64 km (40 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 1b
21 May 1976 — Catania to Siracusa, 78 km (48 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 2
22 May 1976 — Siracusa to Caltanissetta, 210 km (130 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 3
23 May 1976 — Caltanissetta to Palermo, 163 km (101 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 4
24 May 1976 — Cefalù to Messina, 192 km (119 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 5
25 May 1976 — Reggio Calabria to Cosenza, 220 km (140 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 6
26 May 1976 — Cosenza to Matera, 207 km (129 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 7
27 May 1976 — Ostuni to Ostuni, 37 km (23 mi) (ITT)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 8
28 May 1976 — Selva di Fasano to Lago Laceno, 256 km (159 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 9
29 May 1976 — Bagnoli Irpino to Roccaraso, 204 km (127 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 10
30 May 1976 — Roccaraso to Terni, 203 km (126 mi)


1976 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 11
31 May 1976 — Terni to Gabicce Mare, 222 km (138 mi)


1976 Giro di Lombardia
The 1976 Giro di Lombardia was the 70th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 9 October 1976. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Roger De Vlaeminck of the Brooklyn team.


1976 Gloucester City Council election
The 1976 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 1976 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.


1976 Golden Helmet (Poland)
The Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) is an annual motorcycle speedway event, and has been organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1961. Currently the race is held in PC Team 3rd from last season (previously Wrocław), with the top twelve riders in the Extraleague and the top four riders in the First League.


1976 Golden Helmet (Poland)
1976 Golden Helmet season was the 16th since its establishment.


1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge
The 1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge was an Australian motor racing series open to Group C Touring Cars of up to 3000cc capacity. It was contested over four rounds, each being staged with a round of the 1976 Rothmans International Series. Cars were required to use street radial tyres provided by the series sponsor, BF Goodrich Australia.


1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge
The series was won by Bill Evans driving a Datsun 1200 Coupe.


1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge, Series schedule
The 1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge was contested over four rounds.


1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge, Series schedule
The meeting at Surfers Paradise International Raceway was postponed for one week due to heavy rain and the rescheduled meeting was cancelled after Saturday practice due to further rain.


1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge, Points system
Points were awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions in each class at each round.


1976 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1976 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1976 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 1976 Grambling Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. In its 34th season under head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling State compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 313 to 202.


1976 Grand National
Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1976 National


1976 Grand National
The 1976 Grand National (officially known as the  News of the World Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 130th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 1976. The race was won by Rag Trade, who was the fourth winner trained by Fred Rimell and the second winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone. Red Rum finished second for the second year in a row. Rimell's fourth winner gave him the outright record for training most National winners which he had previously shared with six other trainers. His record was equalled by Ginger McCain in 2004.


1976 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
For the 17th consecutive year the BBC broadcast the Grand National in a Grandstand special, presented by David Coleman. In an interview eleven years after the race, Red Rum's trainer, Ginger McCain, expressed that he felt jockey Tommy Stack had made a tactical error in waiting until the penultimate flight before attempting to race to the finish as is, McCain noted, the textbook way to ride a National. He instead felt that if Stack had allowed Red Rum to "kick on from the fifth last flight he would have stretched his rivals and outpaced them".


1976 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
McCain was also quick to point out how much easier it is to ride the Grand National in your head from the stands and praised his rider for a "marvelous effort" The tactics described by McCain turned out to be those employed by Stack in 1977 when the horse won a record breaking third Grand National.


1976 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The Commercial Union Assurance Masters is included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix ranking.


1976 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1976 Grand Prix circuit consisted of 48 tournaments held in 21 different countries.


1976 Grand Prix (tennis), Points system
The tournaments listed above were divided into six groups. Group TC consisted of the Triple Crown—the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open—while the other tournaments were given star ratings ranging from five stars to one star, based on prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these ratings and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first-round losers, and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:


1976 Grand Prix (tennis), Standings
The 1976 Grand Prix tournaments were divided in six separate point categories, ranging from the Triple Crown tournaments (150 points for the winner) to the smallest One Star tournaments (40 points for the winner). At the end of the year the 35 top-ranked players received a bonus from the bonus pool. To qualify for a bonus a player must have played a minimum amount of One and Two Star tournaments. The top eight points ranked singles players and top four doubles teams were entitled to participate in  the season-ending Masters tournament.


1976 Grand Prix (tennis), ATP Rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players at the end of the 1975 season  and at the end of the 1976 season, with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1976, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.


1976 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:


1976 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
The following players won their first Grand Prix title in 1976:


1976 Grand Prix d'Automne
The 1976 Grand Prix d'Automne was the 70th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 26 September 1976. The race started in Tours and finished in Versailles. The race was won by Ronald De Witte.


1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 28th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
1976 marked the beginning of the era of Suzuki domination with the Japanese firm taking 11 of the first 12 places in the premier class. Angel Nieto would take his fifth world title in the 50cc division, this time aboard a Bultaco. In the 125cc class, it was more of the same with Morbidelli taking another crown with Pier Paolo Bianchi claiming the championship. Walter Villa would claim double world championships in the 250cc and 350cc classes for Harley-Davidson fighting off a strong challenge from defending champion, Johnny Cecotto in the larger class.


1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Barry Sheene came to the fore with a dominating championship season in the 500cc division, finishing ahead of his Suzuki teammate Teuvo Länsivuori. Newcomer Marco Lucchinelli impressed as well on a Suzuki but injuries curtailed his performance. Pat Hennen became the first American rider to win a 500cc Grand Prix, when he triumphed at the Finnish Grand Prix.


1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
1976 marked the end of an era as it would be the last time the Isle of Man TT would appear on the Grand Prix calendar. Once the most prestigious race of the year, the event had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders. The TT finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events. The season also marked the end of another era with 15 time world champion Giacomo Agostini winning his last Grand Prix at the season-ending round at the Nürburgring. As Agostini had chosen the MV Agusta for this challenging track, this win was also the last for a 500cc four-stroke engine.


1976 Grantland Rice Bowl
The 1976 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA Division II game following the 1976 season, between the Montana State Bobcats and the North Dakota State Bison. This was the first time that the game was hosted by one of the participants – in prior years the game had been played at a fixed location; first Murfreesboro, Tennessee and later Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


1976 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
Montana State guard Lee Washburn was the last player selected in the 1978 NFL Draft, and tackle Jon Borchardt was selected in the 1979 NFL Draft. Quarterback Paul Dennehy and head coach Sonny Holland are inductees of the university's hall of fame.


1976 Grantland Rice Bowl, Notable participants
North Dakota State defensive back Chuck Rodgers was selected in the 1977 NFL Draft. Wide receiver / kicker Mike McTague was selected in the 1979 CFL Draft. McTague and linebacker Rick Budde are inductees of the university's athletic hall of fame.


1976 Grantland Rice Bowl, Further reading
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1976 Green Bay Packers season
The 1976 Green Bay Packers season was their 58th season overall and their 56th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 5–9 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fourth-place finish in the NFC Central division. The Packers struggled, and finished in last place in the NFC Central with a 5-9 record, as the Quarterback position began to resemble a revolving door, as Lynn Dickey became the latest young Quarterback to struggle with Interceptions.


1976 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1976 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the sixth edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Nuuk. It was won by Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub for the third time in its history.


1976 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship
The 1976 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship (also known as the Danish: GM i håndbold or Greenlandic: håndboldimik píssartángomiúneri) was the third edition of the Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship. It was held in Nuuk. It was won by GSS who defeated B-67 in the final.


1976 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship, Modus
The six teams were split in to two groups. And they played a round robin.


1976 Greenlandic Men's Handball Championship, Modus
The third placed teams played a fifth place game, the second best the small final and the group winners the final.


1976 Grenadian general election
General elections were held in Grenada on 7 December 1976. The result was a victory for the Grenada United Labour Party of Eric Gairy, which won nine of the 15 seats, whilst the opposition People's Alliance (a coalition of the New Jewel Movement, the Grenada National Party and the United People's Party won the remainder. However, the elections were marred by fraud (and branded fraudulent by international observers), as Gairy's secret police, known as the Mongoose Gang, had been threatening the opposition. Voter turnout was 65.2%.


1976 Grenadian general election
Three years later Gairy was overthrown by the New Jewel Movement, a move which was supported by the majority of the population.


1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy
The 1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy was a non-championship Formula Three race, held at the Mallory Park circuit, in Leicestershire, England, on 26 September. The race saw Stephen South score his first International race victory.


1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy, Report, Entry
A total of 26 F3 cars were entered for the event, however of those, only seventeen took part in qualifying and race. Of the nine, who were entered, but did not arrive included the BARC BP Super Visco British F3 Champion, Rupert Keegan.


1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy, Report, Qualifying
Stephen South took pole position, ahead of Brazilian Paulo Gomes. Another Brazilian, Aryon Cornelsen-Filho took third with Geoff Lees completing the second row of the grid.


1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy, Report, Race
After 18 laps of the Mallory Park circuit, South took the chequered flag, in a time of 13:35.4 mins., averaging a speed of 107.28 mph. Second place went to Lees, who was just 1.4secs behind. Gomes was a little further adrift in third, completed the podium.


1976 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1976 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 12th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 19 September 1976. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Frans Verbeeck.


1976 Guamanian status referendum
A referendum on the territory's status was held in Guam on 4 September 1976. Voters were presented with a range of options, with "improved status quo" receiving the support of 58%.


1976 Guatemala earthquake
The 1976 Guatemala earthquake struck on February 4 at 03:01:43 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.5. The shock was centered on the Motagua Fault, about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City at a depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) near the town of Los Amates in the department of Izabal.


1976 Guatemala earthquake
Cities throughout the country suffered damage, and most adobe type houses in the outlying areas of Guatemala City were destroyed. The earthquake struck during the early morning (at 3:01 am, local time) when most people were asleep. This contributed to the high death toll of 23,000. Approximately 76,000 were injured, and many thousands left homeless. Some of the areas affected went without electricity and communications for days.


1976 Guatemala earthquake
The main shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of the larger ones causing additional damage and loss of life.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Seismic data
The quake's epicentre was located near the town of Los Amates, in the eastern part of the Motagua Fault, a left-lateral strike-slip fault that forms part of the tectonic boundary between the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. Ground shaking was felt during approximately 39 seconds, and caused visible rupturing over 230 km along the Motagua fault, while the inferred length of faulting—based on aftershock registration—was estimated at 300 km. Average horizontal displacement along the Motagua fault was 100 cm, with a maximum displacement of 326 cm.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Seismic data
Maximum seismic intensity (MM IX) was located in the Mixco area, some sections of Guatemala City and in Gualán. A seismic intensity of MM VI covered an area of 33,000 km2. Soil liquefaction and sand boils were observed in several locations with high seismic intensity. The main quake activated secondary fault zones, including the Mixco fault, located in a densely populated area just north-west of Guatemala City.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Victims and damage
The most heavily affected area covered some 30,000 km2, with a population of 2.5 million. Some 23,000 people were reported dead and 77,000 wounded. Approximately 258,000 houses were destroyed, leaving about 1.2 million people homeless. 40% of the national hospital infrastructure was destroyed, while other health facilities also suffered substantial damage.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, International reaction
Immediately after the earthquake, the then president Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García invited most of the foreign ambassadors to tour the affected regions by helicopter, which prompted them to quickly ask for help in their home countries. For example, the United States of America rebuilt most of the roads, and Canada and Belgium each rebuilt a village.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Aftershocks
Several aftershocks, ranging from 5.2 to 5.8 Mw caused additional casualties and hampered relief efforts.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, In popular culture
Scenes of the earthquake's aftermath, filmed on February 6, 1976, were featured in the Italian Mondo film Savana violenta, directed by Antonio Climati and Mario Morra.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Image gallery
Jesuit church façade, stabilized in the 21st century. Note the damage to the structure after the 1976 earthquake.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Image gallery
Iglesia de La Recolección in 1875. The only surviving arch was a symbol of Antigua Guatemala ruins for many years.


1976 Guatemala earthquake, Image gallery
La Recolección in 2005. The 1917 and 1976 earthquakes destroyed what was left of the iconic arch.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
The second Guildford Borough Council full-council elections were held on 6 May 1976. The Conservatives retained control of the council with an increased majority, winning 35 of the 45 seats.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
When Guildford Borough Council was created under the Local Government Act 1972 the electoral wards used were largely based on the wards and parish boundaries which had existed under the two previous councils - Guildford Municipal Borough Council (the town council) and Guildford Rural District Council, which together had been merged to form the new Guildford Borough Council.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
There had been a slight degree of rewarding in the run up to the 1973 council election. For example, the pre 1973 Friary ward and pre 1973 St Nicolas ward were merged into a new Friary & St Nicolas ward.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Complete rewarding though would only be completed in time for the 1976 elections. The main changes to the electoral wards in the run up to the 1976 elections were as follows -


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Ash ward (5 councillors) was split into two wards Ash (3 councillors) plus Ash Vale (2 councillors);


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
A new Christchurch ward (2 councillors) was created from part of the Stoke ward and part of the Merrow & Burpham ward;


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
As a result of this Merrow & Burpham ward reduced from 5 councillors to 3. However the geographically reduced Stoke ward still retained its 3 councillors;


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Artington, Compton, Puttenham, Seale and Tongham, Shackleford and Wanborough ward (2 councillors) was split into two wards Tongham (1 councillor), plus Pilgrims (2 councillors). This represented a gain of one councillor for this area;


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Stoughton saw the number of councillors represent it increase from 2 to 3;


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Worplesdon also saw the number of councillors represent it increase from 2 to 3;


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Albury, Shere and St Martha's ward (2 councillors) was renamed Tillingbourne (2 councillors);


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
East Clandon, West Clandon, East Horsley and West Horsley ward (3 councillors) was renamed Clandon and Horsley (3 councillors); and


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Ripley, Wisley and Ockham ward (1 councillor) was renamed Lovelace (1 councillor).


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
In the 1976 election the Liberals lost three seats reducing their representation from 5 to 2. They lost one councillor in Clandon & Horsley (previously called East Clandon, West Clandon, East Horsley and West Horsley). They lost 2 of their 3 councillors in Friary & St Nicolas.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
Labour retained all 6 councillors in its two strongholds Stoke and Westborough.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 29 to 35, a figure which up to and including 2011 still remained a record for any party in a full Guildford Borough Council election.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
The Conservatives 6 gains included 3 gains from the Liberals - 2 in Friary & St Nicolas and 1 in Clandon & Horsley. The Conservatives gained 1 seat from an Independent in Tillingbourne (previously known as Aldbury, Shere and St Martha's) and made 2 gains as a result of an increase in the number of councillors representing the Stoughton and Worplesdon wards.


1976 Guildford Borough Council election
A total of 2 independents were elected. Independents lost one councillor in Tillingbourne, but gained one in the new Tongham ward where the elected candidate was described as an Independent Conservative. That Independent Conservative then went on to stand at the next full council election, in 1979, as the official Conservative candidate for the Tongham ward.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400
The 1976 Gwyn Staley 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 4, 1976, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in  North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps, it was the seventh race of the 30-event 1976 season. Cale Yarborough of Junior Johnson Motorsports took his second win of the season, while Richard Petty finished second and Bobby Allison third. Benny Parsons left the event with the season points lead.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
Three drivers entered the 1970 Wilkes 400 in a very close points race. Bobby Isaac was just ahead of James Hylton, and Bobby Allison was close behind. But Richard Petty, who was out of the points because of a shoulder injury suffered at Darlington in May, was considered the favorite to win the race. Isaac started from the pole for a record-tying fourth consecutive time, matching Fred Lorenzen and Herb Thomas with a qualifying lap time of 21.346 seconds / 105.406 mph.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
Fans were given quite a show as Isaac and Petty exchanged the lead a total of 11 times throughout the race. Isaac, in the Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance Dodge, led 179 laps and took the win by six car lengths over Petty. Petty, who had started the race in the third-place position, would lead the most laps in the race with 216. Bobby Allison started fourth and finished fourth behind his brother, Donnie Allison. And Hylton finished fifth at the end of the day. Isaac advanced to become the 1970 Winston Cup Champion at season's end, with Allison being the runner-up in points.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
Bad weather in 1971 caused the Wilkes 400 to be postponed to November 21. Due to the Grand National Series' struggling car counts, cars from NASCAR's Grand American Series were allowed to run in this race. Charlie Glotzbach broke the track record in qualifying at 20.919 seconds / 107.558 mph. It was the first lap ever run under 21 seconds at  North Wilkesboro, ending Bobby Isaac's run of five consecutive poles at the track. Tiny Lund, driving a 1970 Camaro, qualified sixth and led just seven laps on his way to the victory.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
Lund also won another race driving the Camaro that season at Hickory. Glotzbach finished second, six seconds behind Lund, after leading 76 laps in the race. Richard Petty started from the outside pole and led 306 laps to finish third. Dave Marcis finished fourth, two laps down, and Benny Parsons rounded out the top five. Bobby Allison was the only other driver to lead, running 11 laps out front before losing an engine prior to the half.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
The Wilkes 400 in 1972 was one of the wildest finishes in NASCAR Cup Series history. Buddy Baker won the pole in the No. 71 K&K Insurance Dodge owned by Nord Krauskopf, but he only led the first lap of the race. Richard Petty and Bobby Allison swapped the lead for the rest of the race, beating and banging each other for the win. At times was more of a demolition derby than a race. Both cars were destroyed by the end, with Allison's car noticeably smoking. This was the peak of the Petty-Allison rivalry. Petty was declared the winner, but in Victory Lane, a fan tried to attack him. But he was defended by his helmet-wielding brother, Maurice Petty. This was Richard Petty's last of 137 wins in a Plymouth.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
In the Gwyn Staley 400 of 1973, Bobby Allison landed on the pole with a qualifying lap of 21.077 seconds / 106.750 MPH. Richard Petty qualified on the outside pole, and in dominating fashion he led 386 laps, winning by over four laps. It was Petty's tenth career win at North Wilkesboro and his 151st career NASCAR victory. Benny Parsons led six laps and finished second. Buddy Baker finished third in the No. 71 K&K Insurance Dodge owned by Nord Krauskopf. Allison would end up leading seven laps and finished fourth in the race. Cecil Gordon rounded out the top five finishers. Yvon DuHamel, a top AMA road racer from Quebec, drove a Mercury prepared by Junie Donlavey and finished in tenth place in his only career Cup race. Twenty of the 30 cars that entered the race were running at the finish.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
In the Wilkes 400 of 1973 Bobby Allison, driving for his own No. 12 Coca-Cola team won the pole position. He and Richard Petty led most of the race, Allison with 161 and Petty with 222. As Petty led the race late, Allison pitted and got fresh tires on a late pit stop, running down Petty and passing him on the final lap. It was considered as one of the most exciting races ever at North Wilkesboro Speedway.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Background
In 1975 the NASCAR Baby Grand Series, later known as Goody's Dash Series, ran its first race at North Wilkesboro, with a win by Dean Combs. Thirty-seven races were run at the track from 1975-1984,1986-1987, and 1995-1996. Dean Combs had the most wins at the track with 15 victories.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
There were 28 American-born drivers who participated in this race; Jeff Handy finished in last place due to an engine problem on the third lap of this 400-lap race. David Sisco would be knocked out of the race on lap 12 due to a missing rear end while Buddy Baker would be forced to leave the race on lap 38 due to an overheating car. Problems with the vehicle's brakes would relegate Neil Castles to the sidelines on lap 125 while Richard D. Brown would take his vehicle to the garage on lap 172 due to a missing rear end. Problems with the vehicle's rear end would also end Baxter Price's racing weekend on lap 278. Darrell Waltrip's temperamental transmission would force his vehicle to exit the race on lap 291 as the final DNF of the race.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
Jabe Thomas was the lowest-finishing driver to finish the race. He was 51 laps behind the leaders.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
Cale Yarborough defeated Richard Petty after two and a half hours of racing in front of 18000 people; it was the first time any driver other than Petty had won the event since 1969. Yarborough won the race by a margin of one lap "and about 100 feet" over Petty; Petty had been ten seconds behind Yarborough before being trapped a lap down during a pit stop under caution, when Yarborough managed to beat the pace car out of the pits while the slower Petty had to wait.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
Benny Parsons, Yarborough, and Petty had been exchanging the lead amongst each other up to that point. The other drivers who finished in the top ten were Bobby Allison, Parsons, J.D. McDuffie, Lennie Pond, Dick Brooks, Dave Marcis, Richard Childress and Walter Ballard. Yarborough set an average speed of 96.858 miles per hour (155.878 km/h) for the event; he described the race as a turnaround for his team, which had struggled, by his standards, up to that point in the 1976 season.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
Marcis, who was described as having his "best season ever" to that point in the year, earned the pole position for the event, setting a speed of 108.585 miles per hour (174.751 km/h) in his Dodge during solo qualifying runs; Marcis' time set a new track record speed, with Parsons and Darrell Waltrip also breaking the old track record. Only two caution periods slowed the race, one for an accident by James Hylton, another for a crash  by Junior Miller, who was making his first appearance in professional stock car racing.


1976 Gwyn Staley 400, Race report
Bill Champion would retire from NASCAR competition following the event, along with last-place finisher Jeff Handy.


1976 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1976 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 19th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 27th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–8 record but lost the Eastern Final to the Ottawa Rough Riders.


1976 Hang Ten 400
The 1976 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976 over 130 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, a total of 403.8 km. The event was Round 8 of the 1976 Australian Touring Car Championship and Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Championship of Makes. It was the eleventh running of the endurance race which would later become known as the Sandown 500.


1976 Hang Ten 400
The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Torana.


1976 Hang Ten 400, Results
Note: 53 cars are listed on the grid list published with the Hang Ten 400 race report in Racing Car News magazine.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 17th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 3 October 1976 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to cars complying with CAMS Group C Touring Car regulations.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The race was dramatically won by the Ron Hodgson Motors entered Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 of Bob Morris and British driver John Fitzpatrick. Second on the same lap was the Holden Dealer Team Torana L34 of Colin Bond and John Harvey. Brothers Peter and Phil Brock in the Team Brock entered Torana L34 completed a second consecutive podium clean sweep for the Torana L34. In fact, Torana L34s filled the top seven places.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The competitors in the over three-litre class included ex-Formula 1 drivers Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss, in a Torana L34 entered by Esmonds Motors of Queanbeyan. Brabham was driving competitively for the first time since 1971, and Moss had not competed in a circuit race since his Goodwood crash in 1962. The two former Grand Prix stars attracted much publicity and ultimately qualified tenth.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
However, their race effectively ended when Brabham lined up to take the start; the Torana's gears became jammed on the grid and a Triumph Dolomite Sprint rammed it hard from behind (in his attempt to find a gear, Jack had failed to put his arm out the window to warn other drivers). Although the Torana was hastily repaired, and reappeared several hours later simply for appearances, it eventually blew its motor with Moss at the wheel. Unfortunately Moss attracted criticism from other drivers after the Torana's engine blew as he continued to drive the car on the racing line for ¾ of a lap, with smoke billowing from the exhaust and dropping oil on the track.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 2001 to 3000cc class saw Ford Capri drivers Barry Seton and Don Smith take a one lap victory over the Mazda RX-3 of Don Holland and Lynn Brown. Another Capri, the car of Graham Moore and emerging Queensland driver Dick Johnson was a further lap down in third.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 1301 to 2000cc class also saw one lap margins between the top three cars with the Ford Escort of Eric Boord and Tom Tymons beating the Alfa Romeo GTV of Phil McDonnell and Jim Hunter. The Bob Holden run Ford Escort of Lyndon Arnel and Peter Hopwood was third.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The John Roxburgh Motors entered Datsun 1200 of Bill Evans and Bruce Stewart took a two lap victory in the Up to 1300cc class over the Honda Civics of Brian Reed and Ian Chilman, and Roger Bonhomme and Doug Whiteford.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 1976 race continues to be a source of controversy, as it has been claimed that a lap scoring error caused the Hold Dealer Team Torana of Bond and Harvey not to be counted for a lap, thus robbing them of the victory. However HDT, the team backed by Holden, did not appeal the results; some have claimed this is because Holden did not want to appear to be doing a disservice to the Morris/Fitzpatrick team which was run by Ron Hodgson Motors, which at the time was Sydney's largest Holden dealership.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The lap counting error has been denied by the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC), and by some teams (including the race winners and television broadcaster Channel 7) who carried out their own lap scoring. An appeal of the results was not lodged prior to the expiration date meaning the results as published are final. In 2003 Holden offered Harvey an apology for not appealing the results. This occurred at a testimonial dinner for Harvey who after retiring from racing had gone on to become a senior executive with Holden Special Vehicles. Since that time though, Harvey has caused controversy by publicly stating that he was the winner of the race, though the official results continue to show him finishing second. For his part, Colin Bond has remained in dignified silence.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure
The field was divided into four classes based on engine capacity.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class: Up to 1300cc
The class comprised Alfa Romeo 1300, Datsun 1200, Fiat 128 3P, Ford Escort, Honda Civic, Mazda 1300, Morris Clubman GT, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Passat.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class: 1301cc - 2000cc
The class saw a mix of Alfa Romeo Alfetta and 2000 GTV, BMW 2002, Fiat 124 Sport, Ford Escort RS2000, Mazda RX-3, Triumph Dolomite and Volkswagen Golf.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class: 2001cc - 3000cc
The class featured BMW 3.0Si, Ford Capri and Mazda RX-3.


1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Class: 3001cc - 6000cc
The class consisted only of Holden Torana and Ford Falcon entries.


1976 Hardy Cup
The 1976 Hardy Cup was the 1976 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship.


1976 Harlow District Council election
The 1976 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.


1976 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1976 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.


1976 Harvard Crimson football team
In their sixth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 176 to 115. William D. Emper was the team captain.


1976 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 4–3  conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 115 to 88.


1976 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1976 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1976 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Larry Price, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 3–8 record.


1976 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1976 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 52nd season in the Victorian Football League and 75th overall. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the third consecutive season. Hawthorn qualified for the Grand Final for the second consecutive season. In the Grand Final, Hawthorn faced North Melbourne for the second consecutive season. Hawthorn won their third VFL premiership defeating North Melbourne 100–70. This was their first premiership since 1971.


1976 Hazfi Cup
The 1976 Hazfi Cup was the first staging of Iran's football knockout competition.


1976 High Peak Borough Council election
Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England were held in 1976. All of the council was up for election and the control of the council changed from no overall control to Conservative control.


1976 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1976 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Neil Wheelwright joined the team for his first year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 3–8.


1976 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
All home games were played at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1976 Honduran Segunda División
The 1976 Honduran Segunda División was the tenth season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Roberto Ortega, C.D. Victoria won the tournament after defeating C.D. Curacao in the final series and obtained promotion to the 1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1976 Horsham District Council election
The 1976 Horsham District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of 9 on the council, gaining from Independent. In a number of seats, candidates who stood as an Independent in 1973, when these seats were last contested, stood again as a Conservative Party candidate. Residents' association won their first seat to the council, winning a seat in Henfield. The Liberal Party lost both of their seats from the previous election three years ago.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Billingshurst
Griffin C. stood as a Conservative candidate and Longhurst K. stood as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Nuthurst
Mackenzie J. was elected as an Independent unopposed when this seat was last contested.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Roffey
Bosanquet D. was elected as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Rusper
Phelps A. Ms. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Warnham
Hodgson A. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.


1976 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, West Chiltington
Gardner J. was elected unopposed as an Independent in 1973, when this seat was last contested.


1976 Houston Astros season
The Houston Astros 1976 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 80–82, 22 games behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds.


1976 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1976 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1976 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1976 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1976 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1976 Houston Cougars football team
The 1976 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. It was the 31st year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fifteenth-year head football coach, Bill Yeoman. The team played its home games at the Astrodome, a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston. It was Houston's first year of season play as a full member of the Southwest Conference eligible as champions.


1976 Houston Cougars football team
Upon winning the conference as co-champions, the Cougars competed against the Maryland Terrapins in the Cotton Bowl Classic, and finished the post-season at an all-time highest national ranking in the history of the program. Senior defensive tackle Wilson Whitley received the Lombardi Award following the season. Future UH and Baylor head coach Art Briles played on this team.


1976 Houston Cougars football team, Previous season
The 1975 season was the fifth and final year of provisional play for Houston as a member of the Southwest Conference in football. The Cougars earned an abysmal 2–8 record with wins over only Lamar and Tulsa. It was head coach Bill Yeoman's fourteenth year, and the worst Cougars record in terms of wins since the 1964 season. At the conclusion of the season, Cougars guard Everett Little was drafted to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round, and 124th overall in the 1976 NFL Draft. Defensive back Donnie McGraw was drafted to the Denver Broncos in the thirteenth round, and 362nd overall.


1976 Houston Oilers season
The 1976 Houston Oilers season was the 17th season overall and seventh with the National Football League (NFL). The team started the season 4–1 with their only loss coming by a single point to the eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders. They won only one more game, finishing the year 5–9, while failing to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.


1976 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1976 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1976 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1976 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Bud Van Deren in his 11th season. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 4–1 FWC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 154–261 for the season.


1976 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1977 NFL Draft.


1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election
The 1976 Hyndburn Borough Council election for the Hyndburn Borough Council was held in May 1976.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on 28 February 1976. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 306 athletes from 21 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 1996. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 81 athletes from 15 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on 28 February 1976. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 156 athletes from 19 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Chepstow, Wales, at the Chepstow Racecourse on February 28, 1976. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 69 athletes from 12 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1976 IIHF European U19 Championship
The 1976 IIHF European U19 Championship was the ninth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.


1976 IIHF European U19 Championship, Group A
Played in Koprivnice and Opava, Czechoslovakia from March 21–29, 1976.


1976 IIHF European U19 Championship, Group B
Played in Bucharest and Ploiești, Romania from March 13–21, 1976


1976 IMSA GT Championship
The 1976 Camel GT Challenge season was the 6th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. The series was for GTO and GTU class Grand tourer racing cars. It began on January 31, 1976, and ended on November 28, 1976, after fifteen rounds.


1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot II held in Berndorf, Salzburg, Austria was the second IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Jan Foss of Norway in front of Ray Chapman of United States by a small margin. Foss had been unknown before the championship and did not participate internationally afterwards.


1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Equipment
Jan Foss used a 9x19 mm single stack SIG P210 in minor power factor with an 8 round capacity, while Ray Chapman used a 7 round capacity 1911 in major caliber .45 ACP. The Rhodesian teammates Dave Westerhout, Peter Maunder and Dave Arnold were handicapped in that they only had been able to bring two pistols to share, but the night before the championship the sight broke off one of the pistol so all three had to share a single pistol throughout the championship.


1976 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions
The team competition became a sensational competition between Rhodesia and Norway, and in the end only 29 points separated the two. The USA team had been favorites before the championship, but had to settle for third place 185 points behind Rhodesia and 156 points behind Norway.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1976 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 54th European Championships in ice hockey. The tournament took place in Poland from 8 to 25 April, and the games were played in Katowice. Eight teams took part in the main tournament, with each team first playing each other once. The four best teams then took part in a medal play off, and the teams placed 5–8 took part in a relegation play-off. The teams took the results from the first round through to the second round with them.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships
In response to charges of the rules regarding amateurism being unfair a change was implemented for this year. The 1976 IHWC tournament was first to feature major league professionals from the NHL and WHA, although in the end only the United States made use of the new rule, recalling eight pros from the Minnesota North Stars and Minnesota Fighting Saints. It is important to note, that such nations as the Soviet Union, had been using pros all along, while circumventing their status by listing them in the military. The Americans promptly made the medal play off for the first time since 1962 after beating Sweden and tying Finland in the first round.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships
The Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team won nine games and were unbeaten, becoming world champions for the fourth time. The defending champions from the USSR finished 2nd after sensationally losing the opening game 4–6 to hosts Poland. Sweden won the bronze after beating the Americans 7-3 in the medal round. In the European standings Sweden moved up one position leaving the Soviets with the bronze for the first time ever.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group A (Poland), Consolation Round 5–8 place
East Germany was relegated to Group B.  Poland was also relegated to make room for the return of team Canada.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Switzerland)
Romania was promoted to Group A, and both Italy and Bulgaria were relegated to Group C.


1976 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:


1976 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections were scheduled to be held in Iceland in 1976. However, incumbent President Kristján Eldjárn was the only candidate, and the election was uncontested.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1976 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Vandals were led by third-year head coach Ed Troxel and were members of the Big Sky Conference, then in Division II. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
With quarterbacks Rocky Tuttle and Craig Juntunen running the veer offense, the Vandals were 7–4 overall and 5–1 in the Big Sky. The only conference loss was to Montana State in Bozeman; the Bobcats went undefeated in the Big Sky and won the Division II national championship.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
The season opened with a road win over Boise State, the three-time defending conference champions, in the debut of Jim Criner as head coach of the Broncos. Originally scheduled for November 27, it was moved to the opener at BSU's request, so as not to interfere with the Division II playoffs. In the Battle of the Palouse, the Vandals suffered a ninth straight loss to neighbor Washington State of the Pac-8, falling 45–6 at Martin Stadium in Pullman on October 2. The Cougars were led by quarterback Jack Thompson and fullback Dan Doornink.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Outside of the 1971 season (8–3), the Vandals' 7–4 record in 1976 was the best since 1938 (6–3–1). It was Troxel's only winning season as head coach; Idaho slipped to 3–8 in 1977 and he was fired in late December.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players
Center John Yarno of Spokane was selected to the AP All-American team, which included a prime-time appearance on Bob Hope's Christmas show on NBC on Monday, December 13. The All-America team was headlined by Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh. Yarno was also selected to play in the East–West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl. His number 56 was retired the following year. Selected in the fourth round of the 1977 NFL Draft, he played six seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, the last five as a starter.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players
Future actor Bill Fagerbakke of Rupert was a sophomore defensive lineman and was ticketed to redshirt, but was called into action in the fourth game. Head coach Troxel planned on moving him to the offensive line in 1977, but a knee injury in spring drills ended Fagerbakke's athletic career, which turned his focus to theater.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, Division I
Through 1977, the Big Sky was a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA in 1978. Idaho maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non-conference opponents (and was ineligible for the Division II postseason).


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Senior center John Yarno was the Big Sky offensive player of the year and one of six Vandals selected to the all-conference team. The other three on offense were running back Robert Brooks, guard Clarence Hough, and tackle Wil Overgaard. The two defensive players were linebacker Kjel Kiilsgaard and end Chris Tormey, a future Vandal head coach (1995–99). Second team selections were tackle Greg Kittrell, noseguard Tim Sanford, and linebacker John Kirtland.


1976 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
One Vandal was selected in the 1977 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (335 selections).


1976 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1976 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Bob Blackman, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a four-way tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference.


1976 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kurt Steger with 1,243 passing yards, running back James Coleman with 687 rushing yards, and wide receiver Eric Rouse with 326 receiving yards. Offensive tackle Jerry Finis and linebacker Scott Studwell were selected as the team's most valuable players.


1976 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1976.


1976 Illinois elections
In order to, per Constitution of Illinois, allow for all statewide executive offices to be up for election in the 1978 midterms, all statewide executive offices up for election in 1976 were only elected to two-year terms.


1976 Illinois elections, Election information
In order to, per Constitution of Illinois, allow for all statewide  executive offices to be up for election in the 1978 midterms, all statewide executive offices up for election in 1976 were only elected to two-year terms.


1976 Illinois elections, Election information
This is would be the last time that any election for a nstatewide executive office would be held in Illinois during a presidential election year, until 2016, when a special election was held for comptroller.


1976 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the primary election was 21.55%, with a total of 1,239,487 ballots cast. 669,210 Democratic and 570,277 Republican primary ballots were cast.


1976 Illinois elections, Election information, Turnout
Turnout during the general election was 77.38%, with 4,838,182 ballots cast.


1976 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States President
Illinois voted for the Republican ticket of Gerald Ford and Bob Dole.


1976 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
All 24 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1976.


1976 Illinois elections, Federal elections, United States House
Republicans flipped one seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation consist of 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Governor Dan Walker, a Democrat, had been defeated by Michael J. Howlett in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Lieutenant Governor Neil Hartigan was renominated in the Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary. The Republican ticket of James R. Thompson and David C. O'Neal won the election.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Attorney General William J. Scott, a Republican, was elected to a third term.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Attorney General, Democratic primary
President of the Illinois Senate Cecil Partee narrowly defeated Superintendent of the Illinois Department of Registration and Education Ronald E. Stackler in the Democratic primary.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Attorney General, Republican primary
Incumbent William J. Scott won the Republican primary, running unopposed.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Secretary of State Michael Howlett, a Democrat, did not seek a second term, instead opting to run for governor. Democrat Alan J. Dixon was elected to succeed him in office.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Secretary of State, Democratic primary
Illinois Treasurer Alan J. Dixon won the Democratic primary, defeating Illinois State Senator Vince Demuzio.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Secretary of State, Republican primary
Illinois State Senator William C. Harris won the Republican primary, running unopposed.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Comptroller
Incumbent Comptroller George W. Lindberg, a Republican running for a second term, was defeated by Democrat Michael Bakalis.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Comptroller, Democratic primary
Former Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Bakalis won the Democratic primary, defeating Director of the Illinois State Department of General Services Roland Burris.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Comptroller, Republican primary
Incumbent George W. Lindberg won the Republican primary, running unopposed.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, State Senate
Seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1976. Democrats retained control of the chamber.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1976. Democrats retained control of the chamber.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, State House of Representatives
Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1974. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system.


1976 Illinois elections, State elections, Trustees of University of Illinois
The election saw the reelection of first-term Democrats William D. Forsyth Jr., George W. Howard III, and Earl L. Neal.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Governor Dan Walker lost renomination in favor of Secretary of State Michael J. Howlett, who was a Daley ally. Howlett then lost the general election to Republican James R. Thompson. This election was the first of seven consecutive Republican gubernatorial victories in Illinois, a streak not broken until the election of Democrat Rod Blagojevich in 2002.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information
This election was for a two-year term which would synchronize future gubernatorial elections with midterm election years, rather than presidential election years, as the 1970 Constitution of Illinois required gubernatorial elections to be held in midterm election years starting in 1978. The previous election had been in 1972.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information
The primaries (held on March 16) and general election  coincided with those for federal offices (United States President and House) and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1976 Illinois elections.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information, Turnout
Turnout in the primaries saw 38.79% in the gubernatorial primaries, with a total of 2,231,910 votes cast, and 33.89% in the lieutenant gubernatorial primary, with 1,949,469 votes cast.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Election information, Turnout
Turnout during the general election was 74.18%, with 4,639,010 votes cast.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Governor
The incumbent Governor, Dan Walker, had a contentious relationship with the Daley Machine, which backed Secretary of State Michael J. Howlett. Walker carried most of the state's counties, but Howlett carried Cook county by a wide margin and was ultimately nominated.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Neil Hartigan was renominated, defeating Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago commissioner Joanne H. Alter.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor
Thompson won the Republican Primary in a landslide, carrying every county.


1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Lieutenant Governor
Dave O'Neal won the Republican primary, defeating Joan G. Anderson.


1976 Independence Bowl
The 1976 Independence Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the McNeese State Cowboys on December 13, 1976, at State Fair Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. McNeese State upset a heavily favored Tulsa 20–16. This was the first-ever edition of the Independence Bowl, which drew its name from the ongoing celebrations of the United States Bicentennial.


1976 Independence Bowl, Background
Between 1976–1980 the Independence Bowl featured the Southland Conference champion against an at-large opponent, with the Southland team playing host. McNeese State clinched the championship and spot in the bowl game after defeating Southwestern Louisiana 20–19 on November 20. For the at-large opponent the bowl organizers initially pursued Rutgers, which was then 10–0 and would finish the season undefeated. Rutgers declined the invitation, feeling snubbed by more prestigious bowls. Rebuffed, the organizers considered Tulsa, Cincinnati, Memphis State, Boston College, and Ball State before selecting Tulsa, co-champion of the Missouri Valley Conference.


1976 Independence Bowl, Background
Prior to the game, coverage favored Tulsa over McNeese State due in large part to sixteen of McNeese State's players being unable to play in the bowl. Ten players were declared ineligible because they had redshirted in their freshman year and were thus fifth-year seniors. At the time, NCAA rules prohibited such players from participating in postseason play. Six more players were suspended from the team for violating team and school rules. The players were accused of having a girl in their dormitory room, which McNeese State then prohibited. Some newspaper accounts alleged that "sexual molestation" had occurred. Even before the game was played F. A. Dry, Tulsa's head coach, had accepted the head coaching job at TCU, though he stayed on at Tulsa for the bowl game.


1976 Indian Open
The 1976 Indian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bangalore, India. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 22 November through 28 November 1976. The tournament was part of the 1 Star tier of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Kim Warwick won the singles title.


1976 Indian Open, Finals, Singles
Kim Warwick defeated  Sashi Menon 6–1, 6–2 or 6–1, 6–1


1976 Indian Open, Finals, Doubles
Bob Carmichael /  Ray Ruffels defeated  Chiradip Mukerjea /  Bhanu Nunna 6–2, 7–6


1976 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1976, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.


1976 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections
Elections were held in 1976 to elect members from various state. The list is incomplete.


1976 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1976. They are members for the term 1976-1982 and retire in year 1982 after completion of six-year term, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.


1976 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1976. State - Member - Party


1976 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1976 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Lee Corso, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.


1976 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 1976 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican Governor Otis Bowen defeated Democratic nominee Larry A. Conrad with 56.85% of the vote.


1976 Indianapolis 500
The 60th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1976. Polesitter Johnny Rutherford took the lead on lap 80, and was leading when rain halted the race on lap 103. Two hours later, the race was about to be resumed, but rain fell again. USAC officials called the race at that point, reverted the scoring back to the completion of lap 102, and Johnny Rutherford was declared the winner. Rutherford famously walked to Victory Lane, his second career Indy 500 triumph, having completed only 255 miles (410 km), the shortest official race on record.


1976 Indianapolis 500
Janet Guthrie became the first female driver to enter the Indianapolis 500. However, her team was underfunded, and she experienced numerous mechanical and engine problems during the month. While she managed to pass her rookie test, and ran numerous practice laps in multiple cars, she was unable to make an attempt to qualify. She would return with a successful effort a year later in 1977.


1976 Indianapolis 500
Hours after the race, IMS Vice President Elmer George was shot and killed during a confrontation. He had been in charge of the IMS Radio Network and was the son-in-law of IMS owner Tony Hulman. The confrontation was unrelated to the running of the race. In addition, 1976 would be the final Indy 500 for longtime radio anchor Sid Collins. After a surgery to repair a disk in his neck, Collins was still suffering muscular and neurological ailments, which made his work at the 1976 race physically difficult. He was later diagnosed with ALS, and committed suicide on May 3, 1977.


1976 Indianapolis 500
Rutherford's victory would be the final win at Indy for the venerable Offenhauser engine. It was the beginning of the end of an era which had seen 27 Indy 500 victories for the Offy powerplant.


1976 Indianapolis 500
The month of May 1976 was highlighted by the grand opening of the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Located in the track infield, the new museum replaced a much smaller facility on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road. It was also the 30th anniversary of the first 500 under Tony Hulman's ownership, the 50th year since the incorporation of the Town of Speedway, and coincided with the year-long United States Bicentennial celebration.


1976 Indianapolis 500, Race schedule
On May 2, six days before the race cars took to the track, former Governor of California Ronald Reagan visited the Speedway. Reagan was in town campaigning for the 1976 Indiana Republican primary to be held on May 4. Reagan met with Tony Hulman, toured the Speedway, and drove around the track in one of the Buick pace cars.