| 1976 Capital City 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 23 of 30 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $65,835 | Race Date: | Sep 12, 1976 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 40 Car Length | Race Duration: | 2Hr 46Min 47Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 | Average Speed: | 77.993 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 37 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Driver: | Benny Parsons B. Parsons | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #72 Chevrolet | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | DeWitt Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Crew Chief: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 216 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 92.460 MPH | |||||
| Official 1976 Capital City 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 6 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 216 |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | Bobby Allison | Cam2 | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 77 |
| 3 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 170 | 399 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running | | 165 | 399 | 93 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries | Running |  | 155 | 398 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola | Running | | 150 | 394 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance | Running | | 146 | 389 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Industries | Running | | 142 | 388 | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | 30 | Terry Bivins (R) | Ballard Racing | Running | | 138 | 386 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 36 | Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Running | | 134 | 381 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | | 130 | 379 | 0 |
| 12 | 21 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt | Running | | 127 | 378 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 124 | 376 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Running | | 121 | 375 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | | 118 | 374 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running | | 115 | 371 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Garden State Auto Body | Running | | 112 | 365 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Grocery | Running | | 109 | 361 | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | 25 | Dick May | Robertson Racing | Running | | 106 | 356 | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | 33 | Earl Brooks | Handy Transmission | Running | | 0 | 353 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 95 | Gary Myers | Junior Miller Roofing | Running | | 100 | 350 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 45 | Walter Ballard | Price Racing | Running | | 97 | 343 | 0 |
| 23 | 27 | 05 | David Sisco | David Sisco (Car Owner) | Running | | 94 | 326 | 0 |
| 24 | 11 | 52 | Jimmy Means (R) | WIXC Radio | Running | | 91 | 299 | 0 |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack | Engine | | 88 | 271 | 0 |
| 26 | 23 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan | Overheating | | 85 | 249 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Brakes | | 82 | 248 | 0 |
| 28 | 30 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Little B / C&K Coal | Running | | 79 | 129 | 0 |
| 29 | 1 | 72 | Benny Parsons | Kings Row Fireplaces | Accident | | 81 | 103 | 11 |
| 30 | 20 | 23 | Larry LaMay | Schlitz | | 73 | 87 | 0 |
