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1976 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 30
Sunday, July 4, 1976 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:29:06
Average speed: 160.966 mph
Pole speed: 183.09 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 8 sec
Attendance: 50000
Lead changes: 41

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	160	22215	running	71	185
2	7	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	160	13615	running	1	175
3	4	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	160	13245	running	64	170
4	1	28	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	159	7440	running	6
5	6	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	157	7810	running	0	155
6	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	157	6300	running	0	150
7	5	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	156	6630	running	0	146
8	30	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	156	5170	running	0	142
9	15	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	153	4660	running	1	143
10	22	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	152	2590	running	0	134
11	29	52	Jimmy Means	Howard's Machine Shop (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	149	2390	running	0	130
12	34	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	148	4150	running	0	127
13	20	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	148	3940	running	0	124
14	28	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	148	2115	running	0	121
15	33	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Services (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	147	1570	running	0
16	36	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	144	3530	running	0	115
17	31	78	Dick Skillen	Goffco (Tom Goff)	Chevrolet	143	1790	running	0	112
18	39	91	Harold Miller	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	142	1690	running	0	109
19	38	10	Bill Elliott	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	141	3070	running	0	106
20	21	77	Johnny Rutherford	Hy Gain (Johnny Ray)	Chevrolet	139	1740	rear end	0
21	25	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Sellers Automotive (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	132	1290	running	0	100
22	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	126	5960	engine	1	102
23	32	61	Joe Mihalic	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	125	1140	running	0	94
24	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	122	2390	engine	0	91
25	13	47	Bruce Hill	Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	110	1990	driveshaft	0	88
26	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	102	1815	engine	2	90
27	40	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	81	1540	rear end	0	82
28	26	82	Ferrel Harris	Rossmeyer (Ferrel Harris)	Dodge	75	1015	rear end	0	79
29	18	19	Tommy Gale	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	70	990	electrical	0	76
30	9	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	67	965	engine	0	73
31	35	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	60	940	electrical	0	70
32	14	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	48	1415	engine	0	67
33	11	12	Neil Bonnett	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	Chevrolet	39	890	wheel bearing	0	64
34	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Burger King (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	33	1360	crash	0	61
35	12	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	32	3835	engine	14	63
36	24	18	Buck Baker	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	32	830	crash	0	55
37	37	7	Ed Negre	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	16	825	electrical	0	52
38	19	60	Jackie Rogers	Red Dog's (Lou Viglione)	Chevrolet	13	820	overheating	0	49
39	17	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	9	3815	engine	0	46
40	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Sub-Tropic (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	0	1310	ignition	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson Racing	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet
	Jerry Mabie	34	J-2 Racing	Jerry Mabie	Chevrolet

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	3	1
A.J. Foyt	4	4	1
Cale Yarborough	5	8	4
Buddy Baker	9	11	3
Cale Yarborough	12	12	1
Bobby Allison	13	13	1
Buddy Baker	14	15	2
Bobby Allison	16	16	1
Buddy Baker	17	18	2
Cale Yarborough	19	19	1
Buddy Baker	20	23	4
Bobby Allison	24	24	1
Buddy Baker	25	25	1
Bobby Allison	26	26	1
Buddy Baker	27	27	1
Bobby Allison	28	29	2
Buddy Baker	30	30	1
Bobby Allison	31	33	3
Richard Petty	34	34	1
James Hylton	35	36	2
David Sisco	37	37	1
Bobby Allison	38	43	6
A.J. Foyt	44	46	3
Cale Yarborough	47	48	2
Bobby Allison	49	54	6
Cale Yarborough	55	57	3
Bobby Allison	58	66	9
Cale Yarborough	67	71	5
Bobby Allison	72	83	12
Cale Yarborough	84	86	3
Bobby Allison	87	92	6
Cale Yarborough	93	94	2
Bobby Allison	95	98	4
Cale Yarborough	99	102	4
Bobby Allison	103	111	9
Cale Yarborough	112	121	10
Bobby Allison	122	122	1
Cale Yarborough	123	132	10
Bobby Allison	133	134	2
David Pearson	135	135	1
Cale Yarborough	136	160	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2503
2	Benny Parsons	2413	-90
3	Bobby Allison	2331	-172
4	Richard Petty	2303	-200
5	Dave Marcis	2060	-443
6	Lennie Pond	2031	-472
7	Richard Childress	1994	-509
8	David Pearson	1918	-585
9	Buddy Baker	1886	-617
10	Frank Warren	1798	-705
11	Darrell Waltrip	1786	-717
12	D.K. Ulrich	1774	-729
13	Cecil Gordon	1756	-747
14	J.D. McDuffie	1751	-752
15	James Hylton	1687	-816
16	Dick Brooks	1651	-852
17	David Sisco	1635	-868
18	Ed Negre	1487	-1016
19	Skip Manning	1385	-1118
20	Buddy Arrington	1366	-1137
21	Walter Ballard	1102	-1401