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1976 Riverside 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 30 Sunday, June 13, 1976 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:20:31 Average speed: 106.279 mph Pole speed: 111.437 mph Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: 1.6 sec Attendance: 29500 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 95 15150 running 40 180 2 2 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 95 10695 running 7 175 3 3 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 94 7550 running 0 165 4 9 96   Ray Elder Racing Farmers   (Fred Elder) Dodge 94 4970 running 0 160 5 4 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 94 5540 running 0 155 6 10 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 93 4820 running 0 150 7 6 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 93 4310 running 48 156 8 5 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) Chevrolet 92 2070 running 0 142 9 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 92 5500 running 0 138 10 16 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 92 3990 running 0 134 11 12 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 91 2125 running 0 130 12 13 24   Cecil Gordon Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 90 2015 running 0 127 13 27 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer / Performance Products   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 90 1565 running 0 124 14 18 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 89 1715 running 0 121 15 22 09   Eddie Bradshaw C & M Racing   (Chester Papienski) Chevrolet 89 1340 running 0 118 16 25 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 87 1440 running 0 115 17 35 69   Bill Polich D. Nienberg Hay Chevrolet 86 1165 running 0 112 18 31 89   Don Reynolds Riley Plastering   (Tom Reynolds) Chevrolet 83 1140 running 0 109 19 19 01   Chuck Bown Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Chevrolet 82 1115 running 0 106 20 23 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 81 1340 engine 0 103 21 28 13   Don Puskarich Oil Field Construction   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 81 1065 running 0 100 22 34 18   John Dineen Starks   (George Stark) Ford 73 1040 running 0 97 23 17 44   Gary Matthews Noble Auto Parts   (Charles Noble) Chevrolet 71 1015 rear end 0 94 24 29 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 71 1240 running 0 91 25 14 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 70 1215 oil pump 0 88 26 26 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 57 1190 engine 0 85 27 24 29   Roy Smith Mercury Marine   (Dick Midgley) Chevrolet 54 915 oil pressure 0 82 28 30 9   J.C. Danielsen Chico's Auto Parts   (John Irvan) Dodge 39 890 engine 0 79 29 15 12   Neil Bonnett Ill Eagle   (Neil Bonnett) Chevrolet 36 865 brakes 0 76 30 11 76   Hugh Pearson Buzby   (Hugh Pearson) Chevrolet 32 840 engine 0 73 31 8 50   Rusty Sanders Stock Car Products   (Michael Brockman) Chevrolet 29 815 crash 0 70 32 20 22   John Hamson Ed Cholakian   (Greg Hamson) Chevrolet 26 790 engine 0 67 33 32 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 21 765 transmission 0 64 34 21 5   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Chevrolet 9 715 engine 0 61 35 33 20   Ron Esau Peralta   (Ron Esau) Ford 6 665 clutch 0 58

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 4 4   Bobby Allison 5 6 2   Cale Yarborough 7 7 1   Bobby Allison 8 8 1   Cale Yarborough 9 30 22   Bobby Allison 31 34 4   Cale Yarborough 35 59 25   David Pearson 60 95 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 2161     2   Cale Yarborough 2138   -23   3   Richard Petty 2036   -125   4   Bobby Allison 1991   -170   5   Dave Marcis 1827   -334   6   Lennie Pond 1818   -343   7   Richard Childress 1758   -403   8   Darrell Waltrip 1664   -497   9   Buddy Baker 1663   -498   10   Frank Warren 1583   -578   11   David Pearson 1563   -598   12   Cecil Gordon 1561   -600   13   J.D. McDuffie 1545   -616   14   James Hylton 1539   -622   15   D.K. Ulrich 1532   -629   16   Dick Brooks 1359   -802   17   David Sisco 1350   -811   18   Ed Negre 1323   -838   19   Skip Manning 1212   -949   20   Buddy Arrington 1193   -968   21   Walter Ballard 1032   -1129