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1976 Riverside 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 2 of 13 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, June 13, 1976 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:20:31 Average speed: 106.279 mph Pole speed: 111.437 mph Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: 1.6 sec Attendance: 29500 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 21   David Pearson   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 95 15150 running 40 0 2 2 2   Bobby Allison   (Cup) CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 95 10695 running 7 0 3 3 72   Benny Parsons   (Cup) King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 94 7550 running 0 0 4 9 96   Ray Elder Racing Farmers   (Fred Elder) Dodge 94 4970 running 0 160 5 4 15   Buddy Baker   (Cup) Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 94 5540 running 0 0 6 10 88   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Chevrolet 93 4820 running 0 0 7 6 11   Cale Yarborough   (Cup) Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 93 4310 running 48 0 8 5 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) Chevrolet 92 2070 running 0 142 9 7 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 92 5500 running 0 0 10 16 71   Dave Marcis   (Cup) K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 92 3990 running 0 0 11 12 3   Richard Childress   (Cup) Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 91 2125 running 0 0 12 13 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 90 2015 running 0 0 13 27 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer / Performance Products   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 90 1565 running 0 124 14 18 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 89 1715 running 0 0 15 22 09   Eddie Bradshaw C & M Racing   (Chester Papienski) Chevrolet 89 1340 running 0 118 16 25 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 87 1440 running 0 0 17 35 69   Bill Polich D. Nienberg Hay Chevrolet 86 1165 running 0 112 18 31 89   Don Reynolds Riley Plastering   (Tom Reynolds) Chevrolet 83 1140 running 0 109 19 19 01   Chuck Bown Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Chevrolet 82 1115 running 0 106 20 23 79   Frank Warren   (Cup) Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 81 1340 engine 0 0 21 28 13   Don Puskarich Oil Field Construction   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 81 1065 running 0 100 22 34 18   John Dineen Starks   (George Stark) Ford 73 1040 running 0 97 23 17 44   Gary Matthews Noble Auto Parts   (Charles Noble) Chevrolet 71 1015 rear end 0 94 24 29 8   Ed Negre   (Cup) Ed Negre Dodge 71 1240 running 0 0 25 14 54   Lennie Pond   (Cup) Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 70 1215 oil pump 0 0 26 26 40   D.K. Ulrich   (Cup) Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 57 1190 engine 0 0 27 24 29   Roy Smith Mercury Marine   (Dick Midgley) Chevrolet 54 915 oil pressure 0 82 28 30 9   J.C. Danielsen Chico's Auto Parts   (John Irvan) Dodge 39 890 engine 0 79 29 15 12   Neil Bonnett   (Cup) Ill Eagle   (Neil Bonnett) Chevrolet 36 865 brakes 0 0 30 11 76   Hugh Pearson Buzby   (Hugh Pearson) Chevrolet 32 840 engine 0 73 31 8 50   Rusty Sanders Stock Car Products   (Michael Brockman) Chevrolet 29 815 crash 0 70 32 20 22   John Hamson Ed Cholakian   (Greg Hamson) Chevrolet 26 790 engine 0 67 33 32 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 21 765 transmission 0 64 34 21 5   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Chevrolet 9 715 engine 0 61 35 33 20   Ron Esau Peralta   (Ron Esau) Ford 6 665 clutch 0 58

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 4 4   Bobby Allison 5 6 2   Cale Yarborough 7 7 1   Bobby Allison 8 8 1   Cale Yarborough 9 30 22   Bobby Allison 31 34 4   Cale Yarborough 35 59 25   David Pearson 60 95 36 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Ray Elder 320     2   Jimmy Insolo 307   -13   3   Eddie Bradshaw 227   -93   4   Chuck Wahl 226   -94   4   Chuck Bown 226   -94   6   Gary Matthews 206   -114   7   Bill Polich 197   -123   8   Don Puskarich 182   -138   9   Ron Esau 179   -141   10   Hugh Pearson 164   -156   11   Bill Schmitt 134   -186   12   Larry Esau 124   -196   13   Don Reynolds 109   -211   14   Carl Joiner 103   -217   15   John Dineen 97   -223   16   Roy Smith 82   -238   17   J.C. Danielsen 79   -241   18   Gary Johnson 76   -244   19   Hershel McGriff 73   -247   20   Rusty Sanders 70   -250   20   Johnny Ray 70   -250