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1976 Richmond 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 30
Sunday, March 7, 1976 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 2:58:44
Average speed: 72.792 mph
Pole speed: 92.715 mph

Cautions: 7 for 66 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	400	9300	running	151	185
2	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	400	8025	running	122	175
3	1	2	Bobby Allison	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Mercury	399	6230	running	2	170
4	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	388	4745	crash	81	165
5	10	63	Terry Bivins	Billy Moyer	Chevrolet	386	2050	running	0	155
6	12	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	385	1990	running	0	150
7	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	384	1740	running	0	146
8	30	05	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	384	1630	running	0	142
9	11	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	381	3330	running	0	138
10	20	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	Ford	381	1435	running	0	134
11	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Plymouth	379	1300	running	0	130
12	28	61	Joe Mihalic	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	374	900	running	0	127
13	25	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	374	1100	running	0	124
14	15	30	Walter Ballard	Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	374	1050	running	0	121
15	22	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	372	1000	crash	0	118
16	21	95	Ernie Shaw	Shaw Racing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	372	700	running	0
17	26	46	Travis Tiller	Little B Coal (Travis Tiller)	Dodge	370	650	running	0	112
18	27	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	368	625	running	0	109
19	17	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	Dodge	365	850	running	0	106
20	13	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	357	575	running	0	103
21	9	70	J.D. McDuffie	Butler's (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	355	800	engine	0	100
22	24	44	Richard D. Brown	Bush Olds (Jerry Brown)	Pontiac	354	525	running	0	97
23	6	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	349	750	crash	44	99
24	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	250	2510	crash	0	91
25	23	5	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Doc Faustina)	Chevrolet	203	475	engine	0
26	7	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	173	700	crash	0	85
27	18	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	145	675	engine	0	82
28	16	10	Bill Champion	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	Ford	111	650	axle	0	79
29	8	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	86	2375	water leak	0	76
30	14	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	84	375	overheating	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dave Marcis	1	85	85
Richard Petty	86	98	13
Dave Marcis	99	120	22
Cale Yarborough	121	123	3
Richard Petty	124	169	46
Lennie Pond	170	177	8
Richard Petty	178	179	2
Bobby Allison	180	180	1
Lennie Pond	181	181	1
Bobby Allison	182	182	1
Richard Petty	183	201	19
Cale Yarborough	202	254	53
Richard Petty	255	255	1
Lennie Pond	256	257	2
Dave Marcis	258	290	33
Cale Yarborough	291	315	25
Lennie Pond	316	348	33
Richard Petty	349	389	41
Dave Marcis	390	400	11

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Richard Petty	628
2	Benny Parsons	623	-5
3	Cale Yarborough	547	-81
4	Richard Childress	528	-100
5	Dave Marcis	504	-124
6	Bobby Allison	491	-137
7	J.D. McDuffie	486	-142
8	Lennie Pond	482	-146
9	James Hylton	456	-172
10	Frank Warren	449	-179
11	D.K. Ulrich	448	-180
12	David Pearson	446	-182
13	Darrell Waltrip	428	-200
14	Terry Bivins	426	-202
15	Cecil Gordon	415	-213
16	Ed Negre	386	-242
17	Buddy Baker	384	-244
18	Buddy Arrington	330	-298
19	David Sisco	321	-307
20	Dick Brooks	280	-348
21	Jackie Rogers	250	-378