Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1976

Cale Yarborough

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1976 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 292 of 400 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	292	185
2	3	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		399	—	Running	63	175
3	7	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	399	—	Running	—	165
4	2	-2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		399	—	Running	29	165
5	6	+1	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		395	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		389	—	Running	15	155
7	20	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		386	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		386	—	Running	—	142
9	28	+19	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		384	—	Running	—	138
10	27	+17	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		383	—	Running	—	134
11	13	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		379	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	379	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		378	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		376	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		374	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Larry LeMay	Robertson Racing		373	—	Running	—	115
17	5	-12	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	372	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		370	—	Running	—	109
19	15	-4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		368	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Dick May	Robertson Racing		366	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Skip Manning	Langley-Woodfield Racing		360	—	Running	—	100
22	22	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	359	—	Running	—	97
23	11	-12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		355	—	Running	—	94
24	1	-23	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		347	—	DNF - Engine	1	96
25	17	-8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	278	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	21	-5	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		270	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	29	+2	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		241	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	10	-18	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		186	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	8	-21	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	76	—	DNF	—	76
30	25	-5	Richard Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		65	—	DNF	—	73