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1976 Los Angeles Times 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 30 of 30
November 21, 1976 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:38:49
Average Speed: 137.101 mph
Pole Speed: 153.964 mph

Cautions: 2 for 19 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 44,702
Lead changes: 4

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	27,715	running	121	185
2	11	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	199	14,690	running	0	170
3	9	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	198	11,670	running	0	165
4	12	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	198	7,810	running	0	160
5	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	196	6,250	running	0	155
6	27	36	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	196	3,840	running	0	150
7	15	50	Terry Bivins	Stock Car Products (Michael Brockman)	Chevrolet	194	3,540	running	0	146
8	26	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	192	4,040	running	0	142
9	14	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	192	2,940	running	0	138
10	21	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	192	4,080	running	0	134
11	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	191	3,670	running	0	130
12	20	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	190	3,385	running	0	127
13	24	55	Larry Phillips	Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford)	Ford	188	1,990	running	0
14	10	67	Sonny Easley	Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford)	Ford	188	2,950	running	0	121
15	40	13	Don Puskarich	Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	187	1,765	running	0	118
16	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	187	2,690	running	0	115
17	32	64	Tommy Gale	Elmo Langley	Ford	182	2,455	running	0	112
18	31	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	Dodge	181	2,195	running	0	109
19	13	01	Chuck Bown	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	178	1,515	engine	0	106
20	23	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	177	1,464	hub	0
21	19	38	Jimmy Insolo	Martin's Union 76 (Roger Paquette)	Chevrolet	171	1,415	battery	0
22	28	94	Mike Hiss	Black Gold Oil	Chevrolet	169	1,365	running	0
23	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	168	7,785	clutch	68	99
24	2	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	153	4,865	engine	0	91
25	16	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	147	1,715	engine	0	88
26	36	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	141	1,165	engine	0	85
27	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	127	6,165	engine	11	87
28	35	33	Glenn Francis	Auto Anti-Theft (Trent Francis)	Chevrolet	125	1,065	engine	0	79
29	29	5	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box & Crate	Chevrolet	124	1,015	engine	0	76
30	37	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	118	1,465	engine	0	73
31	39	26	Carl Joiner	Marquardt Racing (Carl Joiner)	Chevrolet	111	915	crash	0	70
32	33	1	Hershel McGriff	Hershel McGriff	Chevrolet	108	865	engine	0	0
33	5	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	102	3,815	engine	0	64
34	8	28	Donnie Allison	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	102	760	engine	0	61
35	38	98	John Kieper	Wholesale Truck Parts (John Kieper)	Chevrolet	62	710	engine	0	58
36	22	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	54	1,200	overheating	0	55
37	34	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	48	690	transmission	0	52
38	25	29	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley	Chevrolet	23	680	engine	0	49
39	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	12	3,670	transmission	0	46
40	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	10	3,660	engine	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	23	23
Richard Petty	24	34	11
Cale Yarborough	35	79	45
David Pearson	80	200	121

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4644
2	Richard Petty	4449	-195
3	Benny Parsons	4304	-340
4	Bobby Allison	4097	-547
5	Lennie Pond	3930	-714
6	Dave Marcis	3875	-769
7	Buddy Baker	3745	-899
8	Darrell Waltrip	3505	-1139
9	David Pearson	3483	-1161
10	Dick Brooks	3447	-1197
11	Richard Childress	3428	-1216
12	J.D. McDuffie	3400	-1244
13	James Hylton	3380	-1264
14	D.K. Ulrich	3280	-1364
15	Cecil Gordon	3247	-1397
16	Frank Warren	3240	-1404
17	David Sisco	2994	-1650
18	Skip Manning	2931	-1713
19	Ed Negre	2709	-1935
20	Buddy Arrington	2573	-2071

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