Jimmy Carter, who had at one time had been a ticket taker at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and was later the Governor of Georgia and who would be elected President in November, visited this race as part of his ultimately successful presidential campaign.

[2] Darlington has something of a legendary quality among drivers and older fans; this is probably due to its long track length relative to other NASCAR speedways of its era and hence the first venue where many of them became cognizant of the truly high speeds that stock cars could achieve on a long track.

Drivers hitting the wall are considered to have received their "Darlington Stripe" thanks to the missing paint on the right side of the car.

The race took four hours and nine minutes for David Pearson to defeat Richard Petty by nearly three seconds.

Aside from Manning having his foot trapped in the car until rescuers could get him out, he was relatively ok.[3] Buddy Baker did the same thing on lap 181.

[3] Bruce Hill's engine stopped working on lap 321; making him the final DNF of the race and forcing him to a 22nd-place finish.

[3] This would give Pearson a win in three of the four "crown jewel" events of 1976; the Daytona 500, the 1976 Winston 500, the World 600, and this race.

[8] Notable crew chiefs in the race were Billy Hagan, Junie Donlavey, Jake Elder, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Bud Moore, Tim Brewer, and Travis Carter.