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1976 Champion Spark Plug 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 30
Sunday, August 22, 1976 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:51:20
Average Speed: 140.078 mph
Pole Speed: 160.875 mph

Cautions: 4 for 20 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.2 sec
Attendance: 55,000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	200	16,700	running	27	180
2	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	13,705	running	125	180
3	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	200	10,985	running	22	170
4	6	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	200	7,375	running	6	165
5	7	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	199	6,565	running	11	160
6	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	195	2,455	running	1	155
7	12	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	194	4,545	running	0	146
8	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	194	4,335	running	0	142
9	8	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	194	5,125	running	2	143
10	17	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	193	1,855	running	0	134
11	24	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	193	1,755	running	0	130
12	29	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	192	3,615	running	0	127
13	28	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	192	3,255	running	0	124
14	14	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	192	2,430	running	0	121
15	33	10	Terry Bivins	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	192	2,875	running	0	118
16	36	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	187	2,635	running	0	115
17	22	9	David Hobbs	Coca-Cola (George Elliott)	Ford	187	1,130	running	0
18	19	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	Chevrolet	184	1,105	running	0	109
19	11	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	183	2,300	engine	3	111
20	31	91	Harold Miller	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	183	1,055	running	0	103
21	20	48	James Hylton	Kockums (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	183	2,030	running	0	100
22	32	61	Joe Mihalic	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	175	1,005	running	0	97
23	30	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	174	955	running	0	94
24	13	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	168	955	running	0	91
25	4	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	166	1,555	running	0	88
26	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	154	1,400	engine	0	85
27	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	134	3,875	engine	0	82
28	21	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	118	850	running	1	84
29	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	114	1,335	engine	0	76
30	26	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	108	1,315	engine	0	73
31	2	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	86	4,100	engine	2	75
32	16	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	70	1,290	suspension	0	67
33	25	51	John Haver	Jim's Furniture (George Harrivel)	Chevrolet	49	780	engine	0	64
34	34	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	37	770	engine	0	61
35	23	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	15	760	steering	0	58
36	35	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	6	1,250	overheating	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	9	9
Bruce Hill	10	12	3
Dave Marcis	13	19	7
Cale Yarborough	20	26	7
Richard Petty	27	27	1
Neil Bonnett	28	28	1
Joe Frasson	29	29	1
Dave Marcis	30	30	1
Bobby Allison	31	31	1
Richard Petty	32	32	1
Cale Yarborough	33	50	18
Dave Marcis	51	53	3
Richard Petty	54	59	6
Cale Yarborough	60	61	2
Bobby Allison	62	62	1
Buddy Baker	63	63	1
Bobby Allison	64	64	1
Buddy Baker	65	65	1
Cale Yarborough	66	66	1
Bobby Allison	67	67	1
Cale Yarborough	68	69	2
Bobby Allison	70	70	1
Cale Yarborough	71	87	17
Richard Petty	88	92	5
Cale Yarborough	93	93	1
Richard Petty	94	96	3
Cale Yarborough	97	106	10
Benny Parsons	107	108	2
Richard Petty	109	113	5
Cale Yarborough	114	154	41
Bobby Allison	155	155	1
Cale Yarborough	156	164	9
Richard Petty	165	165	1
Cale Yarborough	166	182	17
David Pearson	183	200	18

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3026
2	Benny Parsons	2952	-74
3	Richard Petty	2936	-90
4	Bobby Allison	2832	-194
5	Dave Marcis	2652	-374
6	Lennie Pond	2599	-427
7	Richard Childress	2477	-549
8	Buddy Baker	2420	-606
9	David Pearson	2352	-674
10	J.D. McDuffie	2263	-763
11	Frank Warren	2261	-765
12	James Hylton	2194	-832
13	Cecil Gordon	2190	-836
14	D.K. Ulrich	2181	-845
15	Darrell Waltrip	2170	-856
16	Dick Brooks	2038	-988
17	David Sisco	2021	-1005
18	Skip Manning	1909	-1117
19	Ed Negre	1860	-1166
20	Buddy Arrington	1661	-1365

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