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1976 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 30 Sunday, April 4, 1976 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:34:52 Average speed: 96.858 mph Pole speed: 108.585 mph Cautions: 2 for 8 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp, 1 sc Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 11125 running 364 185 2 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 399 8125 running 13 175 3 8 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 397 5575 running 0 165 4 2 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 397 4370 running 23 165 5 12 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 393 2100 running 0 155 6 9 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 391 1590 running 0 150 7 4 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 388 1305 running 0 146 8 1 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 385 3470 running 0 142 9 10 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 385 1160 running 0 138 10 13 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 378 1100 running 0 134 11 11 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 375 825 running 0 130 12 21 24   Cecil Gordon Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 374 975 running 0 127 13 19 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 370 950 running 0 124 14 14 95   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 370 675 running 0 121 15 24 64   Elmo Langley Stamey's Bar-B-Q   (Elmo Langley) Ford 368 875 running 0 118 16 22 10   Bill Champion Sunny King   (Bill Champion) Ford 359 875 running 0 115 17 25 8   Ed Negre 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Ed Negre) Dodge 359 825 running 0 112 18 16 67   Buddy Arrington J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Buddy Arrington) Plymouth 359 800 running 0 109 19 20 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 358 800 running 0 106 20 15 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 354 750 running 0 103 21 18 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson Chevrolet 349 750 running 0 100 22 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 291 2475 transmission 0 97 23 27 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 278 430 rear end 0 94 24 26 44   Richard D. Brown Bush Olds   (Jerry Brown) Pontiac 172 410 rear end 0 91 25 23 5   Neil Castles Doc Faustina Dodge 125 425 brakes 0 88 26 6 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 38 2415 overheating 0 85 27 17 05   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 12 655 rear end 0 82 28 28 33   Jeff Handy Jeff Handy Chevrolet 3 370 engine 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 265 265     266 270 5   #48 spun   271 383 113     384 386 3   #95 hit wall   387 400 14       Percent of race run under caution: 2.0%             Average green flag run: 130.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 12 12   Cale Yarborough 13 80 68   Benny Parsons 81 91 11   Cale Yarborough 92 218 127   Richard Petty 217 228 12   Cale Yarborough 229 332 104   Richard Petty 333 333 1   Cale Yarborough 334 400 67 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 1128     2   Cale Yarborough 1092   -36   3   Richard Petty 969   -159   4   Lennie Pond 899   -229   4   Richard Childress 899   -229   6   Bobby Allison 897   -231   7   Dave Marcis 883   -245   8   J.D. McDuffie 857   -271   9   Darrell Waltrip 855   -273   10   James Hylton 801   -327   11   Frank Warren 791   -337   12   Ed Negre 764   -364   13   D.K. Ulrich 742   -386   14   Cecil Gordon 736   -392   15   Dick Brooks 727   -401   16   Buddy Baker 667   -461   17   Buddy Arrington 650   -478   18   David Sisco 640   -488   19   David Pearson 626   -502   20   Terry Bivins 602   -526   21   Skip Manning 573   -555