1976 Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway · 1976 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	35	17	3	9	124	191	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	191	124	running	185
2	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	191	5	running	175
3	26	38	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)	Chevrolet	191		running	165
4	9	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	190		running	160
5	3	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	189	14	running	160
6	12	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	183		running	150
7	16	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	181		running	146
8	5	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	180	9	running	147
9	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	179		running	138
10	32	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	177		running	134
11	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	174		running	130
12	30	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		running	127
13	19	7	Larry Esau	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	169		running	124
14	24	20	Ron Esau	Ron Esau (Owner)	Chevrolet	154		running	121
15	1	2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	149	18	engine	123
16	11	03	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)	Dodge	141	3	rear end	120
17	34	8	Gary Matthews	Negre Racing	Dodge	138		running	112
18	29	04	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing	Chevrolet	135		running	109
19	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	135		running	106
20	28	26	Carl Joiner	Marquardt Racing	Chevrolet	116		engine	103
21	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	92		cylinder head	100
22	15	37	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)	Chevrolet	92	3	broken valve	102
23	14	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	85	1	clutch	99
24	13	76	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)	Chevrolet	83		timing chain	91
25	27	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	83	14	engine	93
26	35	12	Bill Polich		Chevrolet	81		accident	85
27	20	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing	Chevrolet	75		engine	82
28	4	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	73		piston	79
29	21	44	Gary Johnson	Al Clark (Owner)	Dodge	72		engine	76
30	8	50	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Chevrolet	71		oil line	73
31	33	10	John Ray	Champion Racing	Ford	34		engine	70
32	10	68	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)	Ford	32		broken valve	67
33	18	95	Dick Brooks	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	18		engine	64
34	25	55	Sam Beler	Frank Coletto (Owner)	Ford	15		accident	61
35	17	90	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing	Ford	14		engine	58

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	124	64.9%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	18	9.4%	P15
3	Benny Parsons	14	7.3%	P5
4	Richard Petty	14	7.3%	P25
5	Dave Marcis	9	4.7%	P8
6	Cale Yarborough	5	2.6%	P2
7	Chuck Bown	3	1.6%	P16
8	Chuck Wahl	3	1.6%	P22
9	Cecil Gordon	1	0.5%	P23

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