Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1976

Benny Parsons

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1976 Nashville 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 94 of 420 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		420	—	Running	94	180
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	420	—	Running	79	175
3	7	+4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		420	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		419	—	Running	22	165
5	3	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		418	—	Running	5	160
6	5	-1	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	418	—	Running	—	150
7	1	-6	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	415	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		406	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		402	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		398	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		395	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	388	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		388	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Bill Elliott	Champion Racing		386	—	Running	—	121
15	14	-1	Cecil Gordon	Dalton Racing		385	—	Running	—	118
16	13	-3	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		385	—	Running	—	115
17	12	-5	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		382	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Walter Wallace	Donald Green (Owner)		378	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Gary Myers	Junior Miller Racing		371	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Walter Ballard	Price Racing		369	—	Running	—	103
21	27	+6	Dick May	Robertson Racing		368	—	Running	—	100
22	8	-14	Terry Bivins	Ballard Racing		365	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	4	-19	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		331	—	DNF - Engine	220	104
24	25	+1	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		323	—	Running	—	91
25	17	-8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	290	—	DNF	—	88
26	16	-10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	226	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	11	-16	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		111	—	DNF	—	82
28	10	-18	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	22	-7	Dick Brooks	Langley-Woodfield Racing		45	—	DNF	—	76
30	26	-4	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	73