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1976 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 1 of 13 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, January 18, 1976 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 5:02:44 Average speed: 99.18 mph Pole speed: 112.416 mph Cautions: 5 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 35.9 sec Attendance: 54700 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1976 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 21   David Pearson   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 191 17295 running 124 0 2 6 11   Cale Yarborough   (Cup) Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 191 14920 running 5 0 3 26 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) Chevrolet 191 8620 running 0 165 4 9 96   Ray Elder Fred Elder Dodge 190 6745 running 0 160 5 3 72   Benny Parsons   (Cup) King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 189 4445 running 14 0 6 12 54   Lennie Pond   (Cup) Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 183 3115 running 0 0 7 16 3   Richard Childress   (Cup) Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 181 2885 running 0 0 8 5 71   Dave Marcis   (Cup) K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 180 5705 running 9 0 9 22 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Nitro 9   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 179 2525 running 0 0 10 32 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Chevrolet 177 2195 running 0 134 11 23 79   Frank Warren   (Cup) Frank Warren Dodge 174 2165 running 0 0 12 30 40   D.K. Ulrich   (Cup) Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 174 1845 running 0 0 13 19 7   Larry Esau J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 169 1745 running 0 124 14 24 20   Ron Esau Grossmont Auto Parts   (Ron Esau) Chevrolet 154 1645 running 0 121 15 1 2   Bobby Allison   (Cup) CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Matador 149 5705 engine 18 0 16 11 03   Chuck Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Gerald Craker) Dodge 141 1445 differential 3 120 17 34 8   Gary Matthews 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Ed Negre) Dodge 138 1395 running 0 112 18 29 04   Eddie Bradshaw Bullhead City Sports   (Chester Papienski) Chevrolet 135 1345 running 0 109 19 31 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 135 1445 running 0 0 20 28 26   Carl Joiner Joiner Racing   (Carl Joiner) Chevrolet 116 1240 engine 0 103 21 7 88   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Chevrolet 92 4305 piston 0 0 22 15 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 92 1140 valve 3 102 23 14 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Pruette   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 85 1270 clutch 1 0 24 13 76   Hugh Pearson Wayne's Pump Service   (Hugh Pearson) Chevrolet 83 1090 engine 0 91 25 27 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 83 5660 valve 14 0 26 35 12   Bill Polich Bridal Veil Lumber   (Hershel McGriff) Chevrolet 81 990 axle 0 85 27 20 13   Don Puskarich Oil Field Construction   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 75 940 engine 0 82 28 4 15   Buddy Baker   (Cup) Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 73 3990 piston 0 0 29 21 44   Gary Johnson Noble Auto Parts   (Al Clark) Dodge 72 840 overheating 0 76 30 8 50   Hershel McGriff Stock Car Products   (Hershel McGriff) Chevrolet 71 790 oil line 0 73 31 33 10   Johnny Ray Sunny King   (Bill Champion) Ford 34 735 engine 0 70 32 10 68   Sonny Easley San Fernando Lumber / Speedway Eng.   (Jerry Lankford) Ford 32 685 cracked block 0 67 33 18 95   Dick Brooks   (Cup) Miller Racing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 18 635 engine 0 0 34 25 55   Sam Beler Haddick's Towing   (Frank Coletto) Ford 15 585 crash 0 61 35 17 90   Harry Jefferson Jefferson Racing   (George Jefferson) Ford 14 535 oil leak 0 58

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 15 15     16 23 8   #55 accident turn 9   24 29 6   oil on track   30 35 6     36 40 5   #10 engine   41 46 6     47 50 4   #12 accident turn 2   51 121 71     122 127 6   oil turn 9   128 191 64       Percent of race run under caution: 15.2%             Average green flag run: 32.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 18 18   Dave Marcis 19 19 1   Richard Petty 20 23 4   Benny Parsons 24 37 14   Cecil Gordon 38 38 1   Chuck Wahl 39 40 2   Dave Marcis 41 46 6   Cale Yarborough 47 50 4   David Pearson 51 65 15   Richard Petty 66 74 9   David Pearson 75 77 3   Chuck Bown 78 80 3   Cale Yarborough 81 81 1   David Pearson 82 110 29   Dave Marcis 111 112 2   David Pearson 113 124 12   Dave Marcis 125 125 1   David Pearson 126 158 33   Cale Yarborough 159 159 1   David Pearson 160 191 32 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jimmy Insolo 165     2   Ray Elder 160   -5   3   Bill Schmitt 134   -31   4   Larry Esau 124   -41   5   Ron Esau 121   -44   6   Chuck Bown 120   -45   7   Gary Matthews 112   -53   8   Eddie Bradshaw 109   -56   9   Carl Joiner 103   -62   10   Chuck Wahl 102   -63   11   Hugh Pearson 91   -74   12   Bill Polich 85   -80   13   Don Puskarich 82   -83   14   Gary Johnson 76   -89   15   Hershel McGriff 73   -92   16   Johnny Ray 70   -95   17   Sonny Easley 67   -98   18   Sam Beler 61   -104   19   Harry Jefferson 58   -107