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1976 Capital City 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 30
Sunday, September 12, 1976 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 2:46:47
Average speed: 77.993 mph
Pole speed: 92.46 mph

Cautions: 2 for 37 laps
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	400	10300	running	216	185
2	8	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	400	7250	running	77	175
3	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	399	7180	running	3	170
4	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	399	4770	running	93	165
5	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	398	4225	running	0	155
6	10	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	394	2790	running	0	150
7	3	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	389	3505	running	0	146
8	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	388	2420	running	0	142
9	18	30	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	386	2160	running	0	138
10	13	36	Bobby Wawak	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	381	1075	running	0	134
11	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	379	1925	running	0	130
12	21	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	378	900	running	0	127
13	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	376	1650	running	0	124
14	15	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	375	825	running	0	121
15	19	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	Ford	374	1500	running	0	118
16	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	371	1400	running	0	115
17	25	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	365	1200	running	0	112
18	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	361	1075	running	0	109
19	26	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	356	950	running	0	106
20	24	33	Earl Brooks	Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	353	575	running	0
21	29	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	350	550	running	0	100
22	28	45	Walter Ballard	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	343	525	running	0	97
23	27	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	326	750	running	0	94
24	11	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	299	545	running	0	91
25	5	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	271	750	engine	0	88
26	23	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	249	700	overheating	0	85
27	12	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	248	715	brakes	0	82
28	30	46	Travis Tiller	Little B / C & K Coal (Travis Tiller)	Dodge	129	400	running	0	79
29	1	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	103	2875	crash	11	81
30	20	23	Larry LaMay	Schlitz (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	87	350	driver ill	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	92	92
Benny Parsons	93	103	11
Cale Yarborough	104	104	1
Bobby Allison	105	107	3
Cale Yarborough	108	216	109
Bobby Allison	217	247	31
Cale Yarborough	248	264	17
Bobby Allison	265	296	32
Darrell Waltrip	297	297	1
Richard Petty	298	300	3
Bobby Allison	301	311	11
Cale Yarborough	312	400	89

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3495
2	Richard Petty	3451	-44
3	Benny Parsons	3344	-151
4	Bobby Allison	3300	-195
5	Dave Marcis	3060	-435
6	Lennie Pond	3051	-444
7	Buddy Baker	2805	-690
8	Richard Childress	2754	-741
9	Darrell Waltrip	2675	-820
10	J.D. McDuffie	2575	-920
11	Frank Warren	2555	-940
12	Cecil Gordon	2541	-954
13	D.K. Ulrich	2538	-957
14	David Pearson	2537	-958
15	James Hylton	2536	-959
16	Dick Brooks	2476	-1019
17	David Sisco	2282	-1213
18	Ed Negre	2103	-1392
19	Skip Manning	2085	-1410
20	Buddy Arrington	1940	-1555
21	Bruce Hill	1484	-2011