1976 Wilkes 400

Race 26 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:35:38
Average speed of winner: 96.380 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 5 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1, Baker 2-30, Parsons 31, Brooks 32-46, Parsons 47-108, Yarborough 109-400

Race notes: Finale for Richard D. Brown.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	1	292	running	10395	185
2	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		399	2	63	running	6475	175
3	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		399	0	0	running	6505	165
4	2	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		399	1	29	running	4370	165
5	6	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			395	0	0	running	2925	155
6	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			389	1	15	running	2490	155
7	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	Sanford Auto Parts	Chevrolet	McDuffie			386	0	0	running	1955	146
8	14	Bobby Wawak	36	Gwinn-Wawak	Chevrolet	Gwinn			386	0	0	running	850	142
9	28	Terry Bivins	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			384	0	0	running	1770	138
10	27	Sonny Easley	92	Rogers-Astin	Ford				383	0	0	running	1300	134
11	13	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton			379	0	0	running	1635	130
12	16	Buddy Arrington	67	Hickory Garage	Plymouth	Arrington			379	0	0	running	1500	127
13	12	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			378	0	0	running	1225	124
14	26	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			376	0	0	running	1100	121
15	23	Junior Miller	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			374	0	0	running	650	118
16	18	Larry LeMay	23	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet				373	0	0	running	625	115
17	5	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		372	0	0	running	2600	112
18	24	Gary Myers	04	Hick's Pharmacy	Chevrolet				370	0	0	running	575	109
19	15	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			368	0	0	running	550	106
20	30	Dick May	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			366	0	0	running	850	103
21	19	Skip Manning	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			360	0	0	running	750	100
22	22	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			359	0	0	running	700	97
23	11	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		355	0	0	running	680	94
24	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi	107.449	347	1	1	engine	2910	96
25	17	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			278	0	0	engine	675	88
26	21	D.K. Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight	Chevrolet	DeLotto			270	0	0	engine	640	85
27	29	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			241	0	0	engine	380	82
28	10	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Bonnett			186	0	0	engine	370	79
29	8	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		76	0	0	overheating	2385	76
30	25	Richard D. Brown	44	Bush Olds Pontiac	Pontiac	Jerry Brown			65	0	0	too slow	375	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4050	26	2	9	19	20
2	Richard Petty	3951	26	1	2	18	20
3	Benny Parsons	3759	26	2	2	16	20
4	Bobby Allison	3618	26	2	0	13	17
5	Dave Marcis	3425	26	7	2	8	15
6	Lennie Pond	3348	26	0	0	8	16
7	Buddy Baker	3290	26	1	1	14	14
8	Richard Childress	3085	26	0	0	0	11
9	Darrell Waltrip	3021	26	3	1	9	10
10	J.D. McDuffie	2967	26	0	0	1	8
11	Dick Brooks	2931	24	0	0	2	15
12	James Hylton	2913	26	0	0	1	4
13	D.K. Ulrich	2889	26	0	0	0	2
14	Frank Warren	2867	26	0	0	0	3
15	Cecil Gordon	2841	26	0	0	0	5
16	David Pearson	2813	18	5	9	14	14
17	David Sisco	2648	24	0	0	0	7
18	Ed Negre	2406	25	0	0	0	2
19	Skip Manning	2406	23	0	0	0	2
20	Buddy Arrington	2331	23	0	0	0	3
21	Terry Bivins	1656	14	0	0	1	5
22	Bruce Hill	1612	18	0	0	0	3
23	Bobby Wawak	1580	15	0	0	0	6
24	Walter Ballard	1554	15	0	0	0	3
25	Jimmy Means	1546	17	0	0	0	0