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1976 Gwyn Staley 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 30
Sunday, April 4, 1976 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:34:52
Average speed: 96.858 mph
Pole speed: 108.585 mph

Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lp, 1 sc
Attendance: 18000
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	400	11125	running	364	185
2	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	399	8125	running	13	175
3	8	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	397	5575	running	0	165
4	2	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	397	4370	running	23	165
5	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	393	2100	running	0	155
6	9	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	391	1590	running	0	150
7	4	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	388	1305	running	0	146
8	1	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	385	3470	running	0	142
9	10	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	385	1160	running	0	138
10	13	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	378	1100	running	0	134
11	11	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	375	825	running	0	130
12	21	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	374	975	running	0	127
13	19	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	370	950	running	0	124
14	14	95	Junior Miller	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	370	675	running	0	121
15	24	64	Elmo Langley	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley)	Ford	368	875	running	0	118
16	22	10	Bill Champion	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	359	875	running	0	115
17	25	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	359	825	running	0	112
18	16	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	Plymouth	359	800	running	0	109
19	20	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	358	800	running	0	106
20	15	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	354	750	running	0	103
21	18	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	349	750	running	0	100
22	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	291	2475	transmission	0	97
23	27	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	278	430	rear end	0	94
24	26	44	Richard D. Brown	Bush Olds (Jerry Brown)	Pontiac	172	410	rear end	0	91
25	23	5	Neil Castles	Doc Faustina	Dodge	125	425	brakes	0	88
26	6	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	38	2415	overheating	0	85
27	17	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	12	655	rear end	0	82
28	28	33	Jeff Handy	Jeff Handy	Chevrolet	3	370	engine	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	265	265
	266	270	5	#48 spun
	271	383	113
	384	386	3	#95 hit wall
	387	400	14
Percent of race run under caution: 2.0% Average green flag run: 130.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Benny Parsons	1	12	12
Cale Yarborough	13	80	68
Benny Parsons	81	91	11
Cale Yarborough	92	218	127
Richard Petty	217	228	12
Cale Yarborough	229	332	104
Richard Petty	333	333	1
Cale Yarborough	334	400	67

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1128
2	Cale Yarborough	1092	-36
3	Richard Petty	969	-159
4	Lennie Pond	899	-229
4	Richard Childress	899	-229
6	Bobby Allison	897	-231
7	Dave Marcis	883	-245
8	J.D. McDuffie	857	-271
9	Darrell Waltrip	855	-273
10	James Hylton	801	-327
11	Frank Warren	791	-337
12	Ed Negre	764	-364
13	D.K. Ulrich	742	-386
14	Cecil Gordon	736	-392
15	Dick Brooks	727	-401
16	Buddy Baker	667	-461
17	Buddy Arrington	650	-478
18	David Sisco	640	-488
19	David Pearson	626	-502
20	Terry Bivins	602	-526
21	Skip Manning	573	-555