1976 Music City USA 420

Race 11 of 30

Nashville
420 laps
Time of race: 2:57:43
Average speed of winner: 84.512 mph
Margin of victory: 1.3 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons pole, Yarborough 1-38, Pond 39, Marcis 40-46, Yarborough 47-149, Parsons 150, Petty 151, Yarborough 152-160, Allison 161, Yarborough 162-179, Waltrip 180-184, Yarborough 185-302, Parsons 303-304, Yarborough 305-347, Parsons 348-349, Waltrip 350-351, Yarborough 352-420

Race notes: Debut for Sterling Marlin.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		420	7	398	running	7365	185
2	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		420	1	1	running	6465	175
3	1	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder	104.328	420	3	5	running	4445	170
4	5	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		419	0	0	running	3585	160
5	4	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		417	1	1	running	3465	160
6	8	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			414	1	1	running	1605	155
7	3	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		411	1	7	running	3345	151
8	14	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			401	0	0	running	1385	142
9	10	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			398	0	0	running	1275	138
10	15	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			394	0	0	running	1215	134
11	12	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	Chevrolet	DeLotto			394	0	0	running	965	130
12	6	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		393	2	7	rear end	2665	132
13	25	Elmo Langley	64	Stamey's Bar-B-Q	Ford	Langley			393	0	0	running	890	124
14	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			391	0	0	running	865	121
15	22	Jimmy Means	52	Gray	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			383	0	0	running	555	118
16	26	Buck Baker	33	Handy's Auto Transmission	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			382	0	0	running	545	0
17	9	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		354	0	0	transmission	745	112
18	27	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			256	0	0	rod	700	109
19	20	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			227	0	0	overheating	660	106
20	13	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	Chevrolet	McDuffie			176	0	0	transmission	650	103
21	28	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			171	0	0	engine	645	100
22	11	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			167	0	0	engine	385	97
23	16	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			142	0	0	handling	625	94
24	18	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			131	0	0	engine	365	91
25	23	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			73	0	0	sway bar	355	88
26	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			72	0	0	overheating	595	85
27	21	Gary Myers	95	Junior Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			60	0	0	vibration	335	82
28	24	Walter Wallace	87	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			59	0	0	rear end	325	79
29	30	Sterling Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			55	0	0	oil pump	565	76
30	29	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	Ford	Newsom			22	0	0	ignition	305	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	1720	11	0	3	9	9
2	Benny Parsons	1656	11	1	0	8	9
3	Richard Petty	1573	11	0	1	7	7
4	Bobby Allison	1491	11	2	0	5	6
5	Lennie Pond	1446	11	0	0	3	6
6	Dave Marcis	1442	11	5	1	3	7
7	Richard Childress	1382	11	0	0	0	6
8	Darrell Waltrip	1311	11	0	1	4	4
9	Cecil Gordon	1276	11	0	0	0	3
10	Buddy Baker	1274	11	1	1	4	4
11	Frank Warren	1247	11	0	0	0	3
12	J.D. McDuffie	1218	11	0	0	1	4
13	D.K. Ulrich	1205	11	0	0	0	0
14	James Hylton	1188	11	0	0	0	2
15	David Sisco	1119	10	0	0	0	3
16	Ed Negre	1089	10	0	0	0	2
17	Dick Brooks	1067	10	0	0	1	4
18	David Pearson	1023	7	1	4	5	5
19	Skip Manning	1018	10	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	1002	10	0	0	0	1
21	Walter Ballard	820	7	0	0	0	3
22	Bruce Hill	777	7	0	0	0	3
23	Elmo Langley	618	5	0	0	0	1
24	Terry Bivins	602	5	0	0	1	2
25	Jabe Thomas	527	5	0	0	0	0