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1976 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30 Sunday, January 18, 1976 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 5:02:44 Average speed: 99.18 mph Pole speed: 112.416 mph Cautions: 5 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 35.9 sec Attendance: 54700 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 191 17295 running 124 185 2 6 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 191 14920 running 5 175 3 26 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) Chevrolet 191 8620 running 0 165 4 9 96   Ray Elder Elder Racing   (Fred Elder) Dodge 190 6745 running 0 160 5 3 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 189 4445 running 14 160 6 12 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 183 3115 running 0 150 7 16 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 181 2885 running 0 146 8 5 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 180 5705 running 9 147 9 22 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 179 2525 running 0 138 10 32 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Chevrolet 177 2195 running 0 134 11 23 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) Dodge 174 2165 running 0 130 12 30 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 174 1845 running 0 127 13 19 7   Larry Esau McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 169 1745 running 0 124 14 24 20   Ron Esau Grossmont Auto Parts   (Ron Esau) Chevrolet 154 1645 running 0 121 15 1 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Matador 149 5705 engine 18 123 16 11 03   Chuck Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Gerald Craker) Dodge 141 1445 differential 3 120 17 34 8   Gary Matthews 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Ed Negre) Dodge 138 1395 running 0 112 18 29 04   Eddie Bradshaw Bullhead City Sports   (Chester Papienski) Chevrolet 135 1345 running 0 109 19 31 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 135 1445 running 0 106 20 28 26   Carl Joiner Joiner Racing   (Carl Joiner) Chevrolet 116 1240 engine 0 103 21 7 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 92 4305 piston 0 100 22 15 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 92 1140 valve 3 102 23 14 24   Cecil Gordon Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 85 1270 clutch 1 99 24 13 76   Hugh Pearson Wayne's Pump Service   (Hugh Pearson) Chevrolet 83 1090 engine 0 91 25 27 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 83 5660 valve 14 93 26 35 12   Bill Polich Bridal Veil Lumber   (Hershel McGriff) Chevrolet 81 990 axle 0 85 27 20 13   Don Puskarich Oil Field Construction   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 75 940 engine 0 82 28 4 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 73 3990 piston 0 79 29 21 44   Gary Johnson Noble Auto Parts   (Al Clark) Dodge 72 840 overheating 0 76 30 8 50   Hershel McGriff Stock Car Products   (Hershel McGriff) Chevrolet 71 790 oil line 0 73 31 33 10   Johnny Ray Sunny King   (Bill Champion) Ford 34 735 engine 0 70 32 10 68   Sonny Easley San Fernando Lumber / Speedway Eng.   (Jerry Lankford) Ford 32 685 cracked block 0 67 33 18 95   Dick Brooks Miller Racing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 18 635 engine 0 64 34 25 55   Sam Beler Haddick's Towing   (Frank Coletto) Ford 15 585 crash 0 61 35 17 90   Harry Jefferson Jefferson Racing   (George Jefferson) Ford 14 535 oil leak 0 58

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 15 15     16 23 8   #55 accident turn 9   24 29 6   oil on track   30 35 6     36 40 5   #10 engine   41 46 6     47 50 4   #12 accident turn 2   51 121 71     122 127 6   oil turn 9   128 191 64       Percent of race run under caution: 15.2%             Average green flag run: 32.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 18 18   Dave Marcis 19 19 1   Richard Petty 20 23 4   Benny Parsons 24 37 14   Cecil Gordon 38 38 1   Chuck Wahl 39 40 2   Dave Marcis 41 46 6   Cale Yarborough 47 50 4   David Pearson 51 65 15   Richard Petty 66 74 9   David Pearson 75 77 3   Chuck Bown 78 80 3   Cale Yarborough 81 81 1   David Pearson 82 110 29   Dave Marcis 111 112 2   David Pearson 113 124 12   Dave Marcis 125 125 1   David Pearson 126 158 33   Cale Yarborough 159 159 1   David Pearson 160 191 32 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   David Pearson 185     2   Cale Yarborough 175   -10   3   Jimmy Insolo 165   -20   4   Ray Elder 160   -25   4   Benny Parsons 160   -25   6   Lennie Pond 150   -35   7   Dave Marcis 147   -38   8   Richard Childress 146   -39   9   James Hylton 138   -47   10   Bill Schmitt 134   -51   11   Frank Warren 130   -55   12   D.K. Ulrich 127   -58   13   Larry Esau 124   -61   14   Bobby Allison 123   -62   15   Ron Esau 121   -64   16   Chuck Bown 120   -65   17   Gary Matthews 112   -73   18   Eddie Bradshaw 109   -76   19   J.D. McDuffie 106   -79   20   Carl Joiner 103   -82   21   Chuck Wahl 102   -83