1976 Volunteer 400

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1976 Volunteer 400
Race details [1] [2]
Race 21 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Bristol Motor Speedway map.png
Layout of Bristol Motor Speedway
Date August 29, 1976 (1976-August-29)
Official name Volunteer 400
Location Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.857 km)
Distance 400 laps, 166.5 mi (328.8 km)
Weather Temperatures of 84.9 °F (29.4 °C); wind speeds of 10.9 miles per hour (17.5 km/h)
Average speed 99.175 miles per hour (159.607 km/h)
Attendance 12,000 [3]
Pole position
Driver
 DiGard Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates
Laps 373
Winner
No. 11Cale YarboroughJunior Johnson & Associates
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1976 Volunteer 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 29, 1976, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Contents

The five drivers that dominated the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season were David Pearson (average finish of 7th place), Cale Yarborough (average finish of 8th place), Richard Petty (average finish of 9th place), Benny Parsons (average finish of 10th place), and Bobby Allison (average finish 12th place).

Race report

This race took two hours and eighteen minutes to complete in front of twelve thousand fans. [3] Two cautions slowed the race for thirteen laps. [3] Cale Yarborough defeated Richard Petty by more than two laps. [3] [2] Other notable drivers included Darrell Waltrip, Benny Parsons, Richard Childress, J.D. McDuffie, and Elmo Langley. [3] [2]

Joe Frasson ran out of tires on lap 5 while Ed Negre would lose the rear end of his vehicle on lap 12. Dean Dalton's transmission would stop working on lap 15. Gary Myers would blow his engine on lap 35 while Walter Ballard would do the identical thing on lap 55. Elmo Langley would ruin his vehicle's engine on lap 106. Clyde Lynn would wreck the transmission of his car on lap 123. J.D. McDuffie's engine only could make it to lap 154 while Dave Marcis' engine lasted until 248. Cecil Gordon's engine would last until lap 270; when he had to leave the race. [3] [2] Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to complete the entire race without any mechanical problems. [3] [2]

Clyde Lynn would retire after this event. [3]

Notable speeds at the race were: 99.175 miles per hour (159.607 km/h) as the average speed and 110.300 miles per hour (177.511 km/h) as the pole position speed achieved by Darrell Waltrip in qualifying. [3]

The points leader after this event would be Cale Yarborough. [2] He would go on to become the NASCAR Cup Series champion at the end of the season. [4]

The drivers competed for the purse which was $61,105 ($314,244.08 when adjusted for inflation). [5] Yarborough earned the largest share with $10,025 ($51,555.47 when adjusted for inflation) while last-place finisher Joe Frasson walked away with $400 ($2,057.08 when adjusted for inflation). [5]

Qualifying

GridNo.DriverManufacturerSpeed [6] Owner
188Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 110.307 DiGard
211Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 110.123 Junior Johnson
315Buddy Baker Ford 109.401 Bud Moore
472Benny Parsons Chevrolet 109.314 L.G. DeWitt
590Dick Brooks Ford 109.308 Junie Donlavey
654Lennie Pond Chevrolet 109.305 Ronnie Elder
771Dave Marcis Dodge 108.991 Nord Krauskopf
82Bobby Allison Mercury 108.757 Roger Penske
943Richard Petty Dodge 108.217 Petty Enterprises
1030Terry Bivins Chevrolet 107.749 Walter Ballard

Finishing order

Section reference: [3]

  1. Cale Yarborough† (No. 11)
  2. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  3. Darrell Waltrip (No. 88)
  4. Benny Parsons† (No. 72)
  5. Buddy Baker† (No. 15)
  6. Bobby Allison (No. 2)
  7. Dick Brooks† (No. 90)
  8. Lennie Pond (No. 54)
  9. Bobby Wawak† (No. 36)
  10. Richard Childress (No. 3)
  11. D.K. Ulrich (No. 40)
  12. Terry Bivins (No. 30)
  13. James Hylton† (No. 48)
  14. David Sisco (No. 05)
  15. Henley Gray (No. 19)
  16. Dick May† (No. 25)
  17. Buddy Arrington (No. 67)
  18. Skip Manning (No. 92)
  19. Jimmy Means (No. 52)
  20. Frank Warren (No. 79)
  21. Cecil Gordon*† (No. 24)
  22. Dave Marcis* (No. 71)
  23. J.D. McDuffie*† (No. 70)
  24. Clyde Lynn*† (No. 10)
  25. Elmo Langley*† (No. 64)
  26. Walter Ballard* (No. 45)
  27. Gary Myers* (No. 04)
  28. Dean Dalton* (No. 7)
  29. Ed Negre* (No. 8)
  30. Joe Frasson*† (No. 18)

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints [3] Differential
1 1rightarrow.png Cale Yarborough 32110
2 1rightarrow.png Benny Parsons 3112-99
3 1rightarrow.png Richard Petty 3106-105
4 1rightarrow.png Bobby Allison 2982-229
5 1rightarrow.png Dave Marcis 2749-462
6 1rightarrow.png Lennie Pond 2741-470
7 1rightarrow.png Richard Childress 2611-600
8 1rightarrow.png Buddy Baker 2575-636
9 Increase2.svg Frank Warren 2364-847
10 1rightarrow.png J.D. McDuffie 2357-854

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References

  1. ↑ "1976 Volunteer 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1976 Volunteer 400 racing results (second reference)". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "1976 Volunteer 400 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  4. ↑ "1976 NASCAR Cup Series Championship points results". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  5. 1 2 "1976 Volunteer 400 racing information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  6. ↑ "1976 Volunteer 400 qualifying results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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