1976 Capital City 400

Race 23 of 30

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:46:47
Average speed of winner: 77.993 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 12 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons pole, Waltrip 1-92, Parsons 93-103, Yarborough 104, Allison 105-107, Yarborough 108-216, Allison 217-247, Yarborough 248-264, Allison 265-296, Waltrip 297, Petty 298-300, Allison 301-311, Yarborough 312-400

Race notes: Debut for Larry LeMay.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	4	216	running	9250	185
2	8	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		400	4	77	running	6750	175
3	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		399	1	3	running	6980	170
4	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		399	2	93	running	4770	165
5	4	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		398	0	0	running	4225	155
6	10	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			394	0	0	running	2790	150
7	3	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		389	0	0	running	3505	146
8	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			388	0	0	running	2420	142
9	18	Terry Bivins	30	Ballard	Chevrolet	Ballard			386	0	0	running	2160	138
10	13	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn	Chevrolet	Gwinn			381	0	0	running	1075	134
11	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			379	0	0	running	1925	130
12	21	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			378	0	0	running	900	127
13	16	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			376	0	0	running	1650	124
14	15	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			375	0	0	running	825	121
15	19	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			374	0	0	running	1500	118
16	17	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			371	0	0	running	1400	115
17	25	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	Chevrolet	DeLotto			365	0	0	running	1200	112
18	22	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			361	0	0	running	1075	109
19	26	Dick May	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			356	0	0	running	950	106
20	24	Earl Brooks	33	Handy Transmission	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			353	0	0	running	575	0
21	29	Gary Myers	95	Junior Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			350	0	0	running	550	100
22	28	Walter Ballard	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			343	0	0	running	525	97
23	27	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			326	0	0	running	750	94
24	11	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			299	0	0	running	545	91
25	5	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		271	0	0	engine	750	88
26	23	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			249	0	0	overheating	700	85
27	12	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			248	0	0	brakes	715	82
28	30	Travis Tiller	46	Little B/C&K Coal	Dodge	Tiller			129	0	0	running	400	79
29	1	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder	92.460	103	1	11	accident	2875	81
30	20	Larry LeMay	23	Schlitz	Chevrolet				87	0	0	driver ill	350	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3495	23	1	6	16	17
2	Richard Petty	3451	23	1	2	15	17
3	Benny Parsons	3344	23	2	2	14	18
4	Bobby Allison	3300	23	2	0	12	16
5	Dave Marcis	3060	23	7	2	8	15
6	Lennie Pond	3051	23	0	0	7	15
7	Buddy Baker	2805	23	1	1	11	11
8	Richard Childress	2754	23	0	0	0	10
9	Darrell Waltrip	2675	23	1	1	8	9
10	J.D. McDuffie	2575	23	0	0	1	6
11	Frank Warren	2555	23	0	0	0	3
12	Cecil Gordon	2541	23	0	0	0	5
13	D.K. Ulrich	2538	23	0	0	0	1
14	David Pearson	2537	16	5	9	13	13
15	James Hylton	2536	23	0	0	1	3
16	Dick Brooks	2476	21	0	0	2	12
17	David Sisco	2282	21	0	0	0	7
18	Ed Negre	2103	22	0	0	0	2
19	Skip Manning	2085	20	0	0	0	2
20	Buddy Arrington	1940	20	0	0	0	2
21	Bruce Hill	1484	16	0	0	0	3
22	Walter Ballard	1439	14	0	0	0	3
23	Terry Bivins	1309	11	0	0	1	3
24	Jimmy Means	1279	14	0	0	0	0
25	Bobby Wawak	1253	12	0	0	0	5