1976 Richmond 400

Race 4 of 30

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:58:44
Average speed of winner: 72.792 mph
Margin of victory: 3 car lengths
Lead changes: 19 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Allison pole, Marcis 1-85, Petty 86-98, Marcis 99-120, Yarborough 121-123, Petty 124-169, Pond 170-177, Petty 178-179, Allison 180, Pond 181, aAllison 182, Petty 183-201, Yarborough 202-254, Petty 255, Pond 256-257, Marcis 258-290, Yarborough 291-315, Pond 316-348, Petty 349-389, Marcis 390-400

Race notes: Richard Petty took the points lead from Benny Parsons.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		400	4	151	running	9300	185
2	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		400	6	122	running	8025	175
3	1	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter	92.715	399	2	2	running	6230	170
4	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		388	3	81	accident	4745	165
5	10	Terry Bivins	63	Moyer	Chevrolet	Moyer			386	0	0	running	2050	155
6	12	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		385	0	0	running	1990	150
7	29	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			384	0	0	running	1740	146
8	30	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			384	0	0	running	1630	142
9	11	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		381	0	0	running	3330	138
10	20	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			381	0	0	running	1435	134
11	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Plymouth	Arrington			379	0	0	running	1300	130
12	28	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			374	0	0	running	900	127
13	25	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM	Dodge	Negre			374	0	0	running	1100	124
14	15	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			374	0	0	running	1050	121
15	22	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	Chevrolet	Hylton			372	0	0	spun out	1000	118
16	21	Ernie Shaw	95	Shaw Racing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			372	0	0	running	700	0
17	26	Travis Tiller	46	Little B Coal	Dodge	Tiller			370	0	0	running	650	112
18	27	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			368	0	0	running	625	109
19	17	Frank Warren	79	Warren	Dodge	Frank Warren			365	0	0	running	850	106
20	13	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	Chevrolet	DeLotto			357	0	0	running	575	103
21	9	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	Chevrolet	McDuffie			355	0	0	engine	800	100
22	24	Richard D. Brown	44	Bush Olds Pontiac	Pontiac	Jerry Brown			354	0	0	running	525	97
23	6	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			349	4	44	accident	750	99
24	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		250	0	0	accident	2510	91
25	23	Neil Bonnett	5	Howard Furniture	Chevrolet	Bonnett			203	0	0	oil pressure	475	0
26	7	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			173	0	0	accident	700	85
27	18	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			145	0	0	engine	675	82
28	16	Bill Champion	10	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Bill Champion			111	0	0	axle	650	79
29	8	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		86	0	0	water leak	2375	76
30	14	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			84	0	0	overheating	375	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	628	4	0	1	3	3
2	Benny Parsons	623	4	0	0	3	4
3	Cale Yarborough	547	4	0	0	3	3
4	Richard Childress	528	4	0	0	0	3
5	Dave Marcis	504	4	1	1	1	2
6	Bobby Allison	491	4	2	0	1	1
7	J.D. McDuffie	486	4	0	0	0	2
8	Lennie Pond	482	4	0	0	1	2
9	James Hylton	456	4	0	0	0	1
10	Frank Warren	449	4	0	0	0	1
11	D.K. Ulrich	448	4	0	0	0	0
12	David Pearson	446	3	0	2	2	2
13	Darrell Waltrip	428	4	0	0	1	1
14	Terry Bivins	426	3	0	0	1	2
15	Cecil Gordon	415	4	0	0	0	1
16	Ed Negre	386	3	0	0	0	1
17	Buddy Baker	384	4	0	0	1	1
18	Buddy Arrington	330	3	0	0	0	0
19	David Sisco	321	3	0	0	0	1
20	Dick Brooks	280	4	0	0	0	0
21	Jackie Rogers	250	2	0	0	0	0
22	Coo Coo Marlin	242	2	0	0	0	1
23	Joe Mihalic	239	2	0	0	0	0
24	Travis Tiller	221	2	0	0	0	0
25	Walter Ballard	209	2	0	0	0	0