1976 - Winston Cup Series - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results

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1976 - Champion Spark Plug 400 Race Results

Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 400
Date - 8/22/1976
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 160.875 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 20
Average Race Speed - 140.07 mph
Lead Changes - 34
Total Race Purse - $120,025
Race Number - 20

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	Mercury	27	$16,700
2	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	200	Chevrolet	125	$13,705
3	5	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	Dodge	22	$10,985
4	6	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	200	Mercury	6	$7,375
5	7	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	199	Dodge	11	$6,565
6	15	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	195	Chevrolet	1	$2,455
7	12	DK Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto (JR DeLotto)	194	Chevrolet	0	$4,545
8	27	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	194	Chevrolet	0	$4,335
9	8	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt)	194	Chevrolet	2	$5,125
10	17	Bobby Wawak	36	J B Corvette (John Gwinn)	193	Chevrolet	0	$1,855
11	24	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	193	Chevrolet	0	$1,755
12	29	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	192	Chevrolet	0	$3,615
13	28	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	192	Chevrolet	0	$3,255
14	14	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	192	Chevrolet	0	$2,430
15	33	Terry Bivins	10	Sunny King (Bill Champion)	192	Ford	0	$2,875
16	36	Dick May	25	Don Robertson	187	Chevrolet	0	$2,635
17	22	David Hobbs	9	CocaCola (George Elliott)	187	Ford	0	$1,130
18	19	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	184	Chevrolet	0	$1,105
19	11	Bruce Hill	47	Bruce Hill	183	Chevrolet	3	$2,300
20	31	Harold Miller	91	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	183	Chevrolet	0	$1,055
21	20	James Hylton	48	Kockums (James Hylton)	183	Chevrolet	0	$2,030
22	32	Joe Mihalic	61	Lou Viglione	175	Chevrolet	0	$1,005
23	30	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	174	Dodge	0	$955
24	13	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC (Bill Gray)	168	Chevrolet	0	$955
25	4	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	166	Chevrolet	0	$1,555
26	18	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	154	Chevrolet	0	$1,400
27	10	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	134	Chevrolet	0	$3,875
28	21	Joe Frasson	18	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	118	Chevrolet	1	$850
29	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	114	Ford	0	$1,335
30	26	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	108	Dodge	0	$1,315
31	2	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	86	Ford	2	$4,100
32	16	David Sisco	5	David Sisco	70	Chevrolet	0	$1,290
33	25	John Haver	51	Jims Furniture (George Harrivel)	49	Chevrolet	0	$780
34	34	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	37	Dodge	0	$770
35	23	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dogs (Lou Viglione)	15	Chevrolet	0	$760
36	35	Tighe Scott	30	Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard)	6	Chevrolet	0	$1,250