1976 Riverside 400

Riverside International Raceway · 1976 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	1	35	22	2	3	40	95	248.9

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	95	40	running	180
2	2	2	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	95	7	running	175
3	3	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	94		running	165
4	9	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	94		running	160
5	4	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	94		running	155
6	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	93		running	150
7	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	93	48	running	156
8	5	38	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)	Chevrolet	92		running	142
9	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	92		running	138
10	16	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	92		running	134
11	12	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	91		running	130
12	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	90		running	127
13	27	37	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)	Chevrolet	90		running	124
14	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	89		running	121
15	22	09	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing	Chevrolet	89		running	118
16	25	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	87		running	115
17	35	69	Bill Polich	D. Nienberg Hay (Owner)	Chevrolet	86		running	112
18	31	89	Don Reynolds	Reynolds Racing	Chevrolet	83		running	109
19	19	01	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)	Chevrolet	82		running	106
20	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	81		engine	103
21	28	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing	Chevrolet	81		running	100
22	34	18	John Dineen	George Stark (Owner)	Ford	73		running	97
23	17	44	Gary Johnson	Noble Auto	Chevrolet	71		rear end	94
24	29	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	71		running	91
25	14	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	70		oil pump	88
26	26	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)	Chevrolet	57		engine	85
27	24	29	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports	Chevrolet	54		oil pressure	82
28	30	9	Jim (J.C.) Danielson	John Irvan (Owner)	Dodge	39		broken valve	79
29	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)	Chevrolet	36		brakes	76
30	11	76	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)	Chevrolet	32		broken valve	73
31	8	50	Rusty Sanders	Michael Brockman (Owner)	Chevrolet	29		accident	70
32	20	22	John Hamson	Greg Hamson (Owner)	Chevrolet	26		engine	67
33	32	41	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)	Chevrolet	21		transmission	64
34	21	5	Jim Thirkettle		Chevrolet	9		camshaft	61
35	33	20	Ron Esau	Ron Esau (Owner)	Ford	6		clutch	58

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	48	50.5%	P7
2	David Pearson	40	42.1%	P1
3	Bobby Allison	7	7.4%	P2

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1976 Riverside 400

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