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1976 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30
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 Cup results / 1976 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	191	17295	running	124	185
2	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	191	14920	running	5	175
3	26	38	Jimmy Insolo	Martin's Union 76 (Roger Paquette)	Chevrolet	191	8620	running	0	165
4	9	96	Ray Elder	Elder Racing (Fred Elder)	Dodge	190	6745	running	0	160
5	3	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	189	4445	running	14	160
6	12	54	Lennie Pond	Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	183	3115	running	0	150
7	16	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	181	2885	running	0	146
8	5	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	180	5705	running	9	147
9	22	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	179	2525	running	0	138
10	32	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	177	2195	running	0	134
11	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	Dodge	174	2165	running	0	130
12	30	40	D.K. Ulrich	Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	174	1845	running	0	127
13	19	7	Larry Esau	McDuffie Racing (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	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Matador	149	5705	engine	18	123
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	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	135	1445	running	0	106
20	28	26	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing (Carl Joiner)	Chevrolet	116	1240	engine	0	103
21	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	92	4305	piston	0	100
22	15	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl)	Chevrolet	92	1140	valve	3	102
23	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Pruette (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	85	1270	clutch	1	99
24	13	76	Hugh Pearson	Wayne's Pump Service (Hugh Pearson)	Chevrolet	83	1090	engine	0	91
25	27	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	83	5660	valve	14	93
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	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	73	3990	piston	0	79
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	Miller Racing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	18	635	engine	0	64
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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	David Pearson	185
2	Cale Yarborough	175	-10
3	Jimmy Insolo	165	-20
4	Ray Elder	160	-25
4	Benny Parsons	160	-25
6	Lennie Pond	150	-35
7	Dave Marcis	147	-38
8	Richard Childress	146	-39
9	James Hylton	138	-47
10	Bill Schmitt	134	-51
11	Frank Warren	130	-55
12	D.K. Ulrich	127	-58
13	Larry Esau	124	-61
14	Bobby Allison	123	-62
15	Ron Esau	121	-64
16	Chuck Bown	120	-65
17	Gary Matthews	112	-73
18	Eddie Bradshaw	109	-76
19	J.D. McDuffie	106	-79
20	Carl Joiner	103	-82
21	Chuck Wahl	102	-83