1976 Southeastern 400

Race 5 of 30

Bristol
400 laps
Time of race: 2:25:24
Average speed of winner: 87.377 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 16 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 79 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-36, Yarborough 37, Allison 38-42, Marcis 43-45, Baker 46-51, Yarborough 52-67, Waltrip 68, Brooks 69, Waltrip 70, Yarborough 71-120, Waltrip 121-124, Pond 125-126, Baker 127-129, Pond 130-142, Baker 143-159, Waltrip 160-182, Yarborough 183-400

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

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	4	285	running	18070	185
2	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		399	4	29	running	7910	175
3	5	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		398	0	0	running	5330	165
4	6	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		398	1	3	running	4280	165
5	8	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		395	1	5	running	3950	160
6	11	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			394	1	1	running	1960	155
7	21	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	Chevrolet	Hylton			380	0	0	running	1530	146
8	27	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM	Dodge	Negre			374	0	0	running	1420	142
9	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Stanley Trucking	Plymouth	Arrington			373	0	0	running	1310	138
10	16	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	Chevrolet	McDuffie			372	0	0	running	1250	134
11	15	Jerry Sisco	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			371	0	0	running	950	130
12	17	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			371	0	0	running	750	127
13	28	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			366	0	0	running	970	124
14	20	Frank Warren	79	Warren	Dodge	Frank Warren			360	0	0	running	950	121
15	25	Elmo Langley	64	Stamey's Bar-B-Q	Ford	Langley			358	0	0	running	940	118
16	30	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			353	0	0	running	640	115
17	29	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			348	0	0	running	620	112
18	26	Travis Tiller	46	Little B Coal	Dodge	Tiller			295	0	0	engine	600	109
19	24	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Ballard			249	0	0	oil pressure	830	106
20	22	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		229	0	0	running	810	103
21	1	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore	110.720	225	4	62	clutch	4880	105
22	7	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			213	2	15	engine	1070	102
23	12	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			147	0	0	engine	950	94
24	9	Terry Bivins	63	Moyer	Chevrolet	Moyer			141	0	0	engine	490	91
25	13	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	Chevrolet	DeLotto			116	0	0	engine	520	88
26	10	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Viglione			108	0	0	engine	450	85
27	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		64	0	0	accident	4180	82
28	23	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			62	0	0	accident	670	79
29	19	Bill Champion	10	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Bill Champion			60	0	0	accident	660	76
30	14	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			40	0	0	brakes	450	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	788	5	0	0	4	5
2	Cale Yarborough	732	5	0	1	4	4
3	Richard Petty	710	5	0	1	3	3
4	Dave Marcis	669	5	1	1	2	3
5	Bobby Allison	651	5	2	0	2	2
6	Richard Childress	631	5	0	0	0	3
7	J.D. McDuffie	620	5	0	0	0	3
8	Darrell Waltrip	603	5	0	0	2	2
9	James Hylton	602	5	0	0	0	2
10	Lennie Pond	584	5	0	0	1	2
11	Frank Warren	570	5	0	0	0	1
12	D.K. Ulrich	536	5	0	0	0	0
13	Ed Negre	528	4	0	0	0	2
14	Terry Bivins	517	4	0	0	1	2
15	Cecil Gordon	494	5	0	0	0	1
16	Buddy Baker	489	5	1	0	1	1
17	Buddy Arrington	468	4	0	0	0	1
18	David Pearson	446	3	0	2	2	2
19	Dick Brooks	435	5	0	0	0	1
20	David Sisco	415	4	0	0	0	1
21	Skip Manning	331	4	0	0	0	0
22	Travis Tiller	330	3	0	0	0	0
23	Joe Mihalic	324	3	0	0	0	0
24	Walter Ballard	315	3	0	0	0	0
25	Elmo Langley	252	2	0	0	0	1