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1976 Nashville 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 30
Saturday, July 17, 1976 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles)

Time of race: 2:52:49
Average speed: 86.908 mph
Pole speed: 103.049 mph
(Pole won by Neil Bonnett )

Cautions: 3 for 21 laps
Margin of victory: 15 sec
Attendance: 17000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	420	8315	running	94	180
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	420	7140	running	79	175
3	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	420	4395	running	0	165
4	9	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	419	2685	running	22	165
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	418	3615	running	5	160
6	5	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	418	3430	running	0	150
7	1	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	415	3495	running	0	146
8	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	406	2185	running	0	142
9	20	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	402	1565	running	0	138
10	24	36	Bobby Wawak	J & B Corvette (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	398	865	running	0	134
11	23	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	395	1675	running	0	130
12	21	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	388	1565	running	0	127
13	15	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	388	1390	running	0	124
14	18	10	Bill Elliott	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	386	1315	running	0	121
15	14	7	Cecil Gordon	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	385	565	running	0	118
16	13	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	385	1095	running	0	115
17	12	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	382	945	running	0	112
18	29	87	Walter Wallace	Green's Automotive (Donald Green)	Chevrolet	378	450	running	0	109
19	30	95	Gary Myers	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	371	410	running	0	106
20	28	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	369	400	running	0	103
21	27	25	Dick May	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	368	745	running	0	100
22	8	30	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	365	635	engine	0	97
23	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	331	2475	engine	220	104
24	25	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	323	365	running	0	91
25	17	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	290	605	clutch	0	88
26	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	226	595	engine	0	85
27	11	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	111	585	rear end	0	82
28	10	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	77	575	engine	0	79
29	22	64	Dick Brooks	Elmo Langley	Ford	45	565	fuel pump	0	76
30	26	18	Joe Frasson	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	Chevrolet	1	305	engine	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	5	5
Richard Petty	6	83	78
Lennie Pond	84	84	1
Richard Petty	85	85	1
Buddy Baker	86	224	139
Benny Parsons	225	228	4
Lennie Pond	229	249	21
Buddy Baker	250	330	81
Benny Parsons	331	420	90

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2663
2	Benny Parsons	2593	-70
3	Richard Petty	2478	-185
4	Bobby Allison	2477	-186
5	Dave Marcis	2210	-453
6	Lennie Pond	2196	-467
7	Richard Childress	2073	-590
8	Buddy Baker	1990	-673
9	Darrell Waltrip	1951	-712
10	Frank Warren	1925	-738
11	David Pearson	1918	-745
12	D.K. Ulrich	1886	-777
13	J.D. McDuffie	1875	-788
14	Cecil Gordon	1874	-789
15	James Hylton	1817	-846
16	David Sisco	1750	-913
17	Dick Brooks	1727	-936
18	Ed Negre	1575	-1088
19	Skip Manning	1523	-1140
20	Buddy Arrington	1451	-1212
21	Bruce Hill	1133	-1530