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1976 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 7 1 2   Bobby Allison CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Mercury 415 3495 running 0 146 2 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 420 7140 running 79 175 5 3 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 418 3615 running 5 160 23 4 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 331 2475 engine 220 104 6 5 71   Dave Marcis K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 418 3430 running 0 150 1 6 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 420 8315 running 94 180 3 7 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 420 4395 running 0 165 22 8 30   Terry Bivins Ballard Racing   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 365 635 engine 0 97 4 9 54   Lennie Pond Pepsi-Cola   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 419 2685 running 22 165 28 10 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 77 575 engine 0 79 27 11 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 111 585 rear end 0 82 17 12 40   D.K. Ulrich Garden State Auto   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 382 945 running 0 112 16 13 05   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 385 1095 running 0 115 15 14 7   Cecil Gordon Dean Dalton Chevrolet 385 565 running 0 118 13 15 70   J.D. McDuffie Butler's   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 388 1390 running 0 124 26 16 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 226 595 engine 0 85 25 17 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 290 605 clutch 0 88 14 18 10   Bill Elliott Sunny King   (Bill Champion) Ford 386 1315 running 0 121 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 12 21 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 388 1565 running 0 127 29 22 64   Dick Brooks Elmo Langley Ford 45 565 fuel pump 0 76 11 23 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 395 1675 running 0 130 10 24 36   Bobby Wawak J & B Corvette   (John Gwinn) Chevrolet 398 865 running 0 134 24 25 52   Jimmy Means WIXC   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 323 365 running 0 91 30 26 18   Joe Frasson Excuse Lounge   (Joe Frasson) Chevrolet 1 305 engine 0 73 21 27 25   Dick May Don Robertson Chevrolet 368 745 running 0 100 20 28 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 369 400 running 0 103 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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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