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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1976 - Winston Western 500 Race Results
Race Name - Winston Western 500Date - 1/18/1976Race Track - Riverside International RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 2.62 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 112.416 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 20Average Race Speed - 99.18 mphLead Changes - 17Total Race Purse - $112,615Race Number - 1 | More Races from 1976 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | David Pearson | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 191 | Mercury | 124 | $17,295 |
2 | 6 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | 191 | Chevrolet | 5 | $14,920 |
3 | 26 | Jimmy Insolo | 38 | Martins Union 76 (Roger Paquette) | 191 | Chevrolet | 0 | $8,620 |
4 | 9 | Ray Elder | 96 | Elder Racing (Fred Elder) | 190 | Dodge | 0 | $6,745 |
5 | 3 | Benny Parsons | 72 | Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt) | 189 | Chevrolet | 14 | $4,445 |
6 | 12 | Lennie Pond | 54 | PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder) | 183 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,115 |
7 | 16 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 181 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,885 |
8 | 5 | Dave Marcis | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 180 | Dodge | 9 | $5,705 |
9 | 22 | James Hylton | 48 | Nitro 9 (James Hylton) | 179 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,525 |
10 | 32 | Bill Schmitt | 73 | Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) | 177 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,195 |
11 | 23 | Frank Warren | 79 | Warren Racing (Frank Warren) | 174 | Dodge | 0 | $2,165 |
12 | 30 | DK Ulrich | 40 | Garden State Auto (JR DeLotto) | 174 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,845 |
13 | 19 | Larry Esau | 7 | McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) | 169 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,745 |
14 | 24 | Ron Esau | 20 | Esau Racing (Ron Esau) | 154 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,645 |
15 | 1 | Bobby Allison | 2 | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | 149 | Matador | 18 | $5,705 |
16 | 11 | Chuck Bown | 3 | Rose Auto Wrecking (Gerald Craker) | 141 | Dodge | 3 | $1,445 |
17 | 34 | Gary Matthews | 8 | 10000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre) | 138 | Dodge | 0 | $1,395 |
18 | 29 | Eddie Bradshaw | 4 | Bullhead City Sports (Chester Papienski) | 135 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,345 |
19 | 31 | JD McDuffie | 70 | McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) | 135 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,445 |
20 | 28 | Carl Joiner | 26 | Joiner Racing (Carl Joiner) | 116 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,240 |
21 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 92 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,305 |
22 | 15 | Chuck Wahl | 37 | Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl) | 92 | Chevrolet | 3 | $1,140 |
23 | 14 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Pruette (Cecil Gordon) | 85 | Chevrolet | 1 | $1,270 |
24 | 13 | Hugh Pearson | 76 | Waynes Pump Service (Hugh Pearson) | 83 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,090 |
25 | 27 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 83 | Dodge | 14 | $5,660 |
26 | 35 | Bill Polich | 12 | Bridal Veil Lumber | 81 | Chevrolet | 0 | $990 |
27 | 20 | Don Puskarich | 13 | Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich) | 75 | Chevrolet | 0 | $940 |
28 | 4 | Buddy Baker | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 73 | Ford | 0 | $3,990 |
29 | 21 | Gary Johnson | 44 | Noble Auto Parts (Al Clark) | 72 | Dodge | 0 | $840 |
30 | 8 | Hershel McGriff | 50 | Stock Car Products (Hershel McGriff) | 71 | Chevrolet | 0 | $790 |
31 | 33 | Johnny Ray | 10 | Sunny King (Bill Champion) | 34 | Ford | 0 | $735 |
32 | 10 | Sonny Easley | 68 | San Fernando Lumber Speedway Eng (Jerry Lankford) | 32 | Ford | 0 | $685 |
33 | 18 | Dick Brooks | 95 | Miller Racing (Junior Miller) | 18 | Chevrolet | 0 | $635 |
34 | 25 | Sam Beler | 55 | Haddicks Towing (Frank Coletto) | 15 | Ford | 0 | $585 |
35 | 17 | Harry Jefferson | 90 | Jefferson Racing (George Jefferson) | 14 | Ford | 0 | $535 |