85 cars
Heat 1
1st	113 Russ Humphrey
2nd	85 Ray Tyldesley
3rd	51 Mo Smith
4th	203 Dan Clarke
5th	265 Rob Bradsell
6th	132 Peter Morton
7th	327 Howard Davis
8th	215 Geoff Nickolls
9th	412 Dave Tapping
10th	503 Geoff Parker
Heat 2
1st	55 Bert Finnikin
2nd	42 Alan Jackson
3rd	401 Mark Wareham
4th	312 Pete Lancaster
5th	499 Les Mitchell
6th	73 Rob Cowley
7th	234 Mark Duxberry
8th	441 John Lawn
9th	237 Bob Timperley
10th	247 Andy Webb
World Final
1st	53 John Lund
2nd	286 John Toulson
3rd	501 Chris Elwell
4th	29 Ian Higgins
5th	33 Peter Falding
6th	36 Rod Falding
7th	422 Nigel Whorton
8th	156 Graham Blundell
9th	H10 Piet Keijzer
10th	77 Ian Platts
11th	213 Des Chandler
12th	354 Richard Ainsworth
13th	H73 Koos Peeters
14th	H7 Mat de la Roy
15th	2 Willie Harrison
16th	NZ38 Graeme Barr
17th	162 Richard Pratt
18th	H30 Wim Schut
19th	NZ50 Dave Evans
20th	169 Andy Clarke
Consolation 1
1st	309 Jayne Bean
2nd	471 Bobby Burns
3rd	260 Dave Berresford
4th	212 Frankie Wainman
5th	NZ38 Graeme Barr
6th	NZ50 Dave Evans
7th	98 Les Spencer
8th	218 Derek Fairhurst
9th	NZ75 Dave Tennant
10th	497 Roger Warnes
Consolation 2
1st	H27 Sjaak Valk
2nd	H77 Chris Bimmell
3rd	H73 Koos Peeters
4th	247 Andy Webb
5th	162 Richard Pratt
6th	G31 Sabine Rode
7th	452 Joe Jopling
8th	H7 Mat de la Roy
9th	USA1 Rick Standridge
10th	503 Geoff Parker
Final
1st	260 Dave Berresford
2nd	501 Chris Elwell
3rd	H27 Sjaak Valk
4th	213 Des Chandler
5th	162 Richard Pratt
6th	212 Frankie Wainman
7th	156 Graham Blundell
8th	401 Mark Wareham
9th	85 Ray Tyldesley
10th	73 Rob Cowley
Match Race
1st	309 Jayne Bean
2nd	G31 Sabine Rode
Grand National
1st	422 Nigel Whorton
2nd	471 Bobby Burns
3rd	156 Graham Blundell
4th	265 Rob Bradsell
5th	497 Roger Warnes
6th	260 Dave Berresford
7th	85 Ray Tyldesley
8th	218 Derek Fairhurst
9th	51 Mo Smith
10th	H73 Koos Peeters
Dash For Cash
1st	162 Richard Pratt
2nd	33 Peter Falding
3rd	77 Ian Platts

Defending champion John Lund started on row 2, after an uncharacteristic hesitation in the closing stages of the Crewe Semi-Final, which Ian Higgins had capitalised on and taken the win. But he nearly had to forfeit his front row start after blowing his engine up in practice. In a parallel with the 1976 event, the underdog on the front row was loaned a top spec car by one of the sport's top drivers, as Ian lined up in Lund's spare car.

Starting on pole for the second year in a row was Frankie Wainman (212), by now the second most experienced driver on the grid after Willie Harrison, but when the green dropped Frankie seemingly wasn't ready, and the outside line got away first. Higgins led, from Peter Falding, Dave Berresford, John Lund, Chris Elwell, and then Frankie in sixth place after the first lap.

After a few laps, Falding put Higgins wide to take the lead, with Berresford and Lund also moving up. After a few more laps, Berresford made his move and hit Falding wide to go to the front of the pack. If anything, this served only to wind Falding up, and within a couple of laps, he caught Lund and shunted him aside and then launched Berresford into a parked car and out of contention.

Lund stalked Falding for a few laps and then when he felt the time was right, waded in with one of the best stock car moves ever seen. Lund was some distance in arrears as Falding entered turn 3, and the 53 car was still at full speed well past the braking point of the turn. The bumpers connected and the 33 car was launched straight on into the fence, bouncing off in a shower of sparks. In a masterclass of car control, Lund braked hard on impact to avoid going in the fence himself, and then looking like he had all the time in the world, turned the bend and simply drove off into the sunset to victory.

(taken from the 2021 World Final programme)