1976 Gwyn Staley Memorial

Race 7 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:34:52
Average speed of winner: 96.858 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 1 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
Lap leaders: Marcis pole, Parsons 1-12, Yarborough 13-80, Parsons 81-91, Yarborough 92-216, Petty 217-228, Yarborough 229-332, Petty 333, Yarborough 334-400

Race notes: Debut for Junior Miller. Finale for Bill Champion and Jeff Handy.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	4	364	running	10075	185
2	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		399	2	13	running	7725	175
3	8	Bobby Allison	2	Cam 2	Mercury	Penske	Carter		397	0	0	running	5255	165
4	2	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		397	2	23	running	4370	165
5	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	Chevrolet	McDuffie			393	0	0	running	2100	155
6	9	Lennie Pond	54	Pepsi-Cola	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			391	0	0	running	1590	150
7	4	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			388	0	0	running	1305	146
8	1	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde	154.171	385	0	0	running	3470	142
9	10	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		385	0	0	running	1160	138
10	13	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard	Chevrolet	Ballard			378	0	0	running	1100	134
11	11	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			375	0	0	running	825	130
12	21	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			374	0	0	running	975	127
13	19	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	Chevrolet	Hylton			370	0	0	running	950	124
14	14	Junior Miller	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			370	0	0	running	675	121
15	24	Elmo Langley	64	Stamey's Bar-B-Q	Ford	Langley			368	0	0	running	875	118
16	22	Bill Champion	10	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Bill Champion			359	0	0	running	875	115
17	25	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM	Dodge	Negre			359	0	0	running	825	112
18	16	Buddy Arrington	67	Stanley Trucking	Dodge	Arrington			359	0	0	running	800	109
19	20	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	Chevrolet	DeLotto			358	0	0	running	800	106
20	15	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			354	0	0	running	750	103
21	18	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			349	0	0	running	750	100
22	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		291	0	0	transmission	2475	97
23	27	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			278	0	0	rear end	430	94
24	26	Richard D. Brown	44	Bush Olds Pontiac	Pontiac	Jerry Brown			172	0	0	rear end	410	91
25	23	Neil Castles	5	Faustina	Dodge	Faustina			125	0	0	brakes	425	88
26	6	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		38	0	0	overheating	2415	85
27	17	David Sisco	05	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			12	0	0	rear end	655	82
28	28	Jeff Handy	33	Handy	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			3	0	0	oil pressure	370	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	1128	7	0	0	6	7
2	Cale Yarborough	1092	7	0	2	6	6
3	Richard Petty	969	7	0	1	4	4
4	Lennie Pond	899	7	0	0	2	4
5	Richard Childress	899	7	0	0	0	4
6	Bobby Allison	897	7	2	0	3	3
7	Dave Marcis	883	7	3	1	2	4
8	J.D. McDuffie	857	7	0	0	1	4
9	Darrell Waltrip	855	7	0	0	3	3
10	James Hylton	801	7	0	0	0	2
11	Frank Warren	791	7	0	0	0	1
12	Ed Negre	764	6	0	0	0	2
13	D.K. Ulrich	742	7	0	0	0	0
14	Cecil Gordon	736	7	0	0	0	1
15	Dick Brooks	727	7	0	0	0	3
16	Buddy Baker	667	7	1	0	1	1
17	Buddy Arrington	650	6	0	0	0	1
18	David Sisco	640	6	0	0	0	2
19	David Pearson	626	4	0	3	3	3
20	Terry Bivins	602	5	0	0	1	2
21	Skip Manning	573	6	0	0	0	0
22	Walter Ballard	540	5	0	0	0	1
23	Coo Coo Marlin	392	3	0	0	0	2
24	Jackie Rogers	384	3	0	0	0	1
25	Elmo Langley	370	3	0	0	0	1