Riverside 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Riverside 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1976, leading 40 of 95 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	95	—	Running	40	180
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	95	—	Running	7	175
3	3	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		94	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	94	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		94	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		93	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		93	—	Running	48	156
8	5	-3	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)		92	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	92	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	92	—	Running	—	134
11	12	+1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		91	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		90	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		90	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		89	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing		89	—	Running	—	118
16	25	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		87	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	Bill Polich	D. Nienberg Hay (Owner)		86	—	Running	—	112
18	31	+13	Don Reynolds	Reynolds Racing		83	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)		82	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	28	+7	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		81	—	Running	—	100
22	34	+12	John Dineen	George Stark (Owner)		73	—	Running	—	97
23	17	-6	Gary Johnson	Noble Auto		71	—	DNF	—	94
24	29	+5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	71	—	Running	—	91
25	14	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		70	—	DNF	—	88
26	26	—	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	24	-3	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	30	+2	Jim (J.C.) Danielson	John Irvan (Owner)	Dodge	39	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	15	-14	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		36	—	DNF	—	76
30	11	-19	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	8	-23	Rusty Sanders	Michael Brockman (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	20	-12	John Hamson	Greg Hamson (Owner)		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	32	-1	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)		21	—	DNF	—	64
34	21	-13	Jim Thirkettle			9	—	DNF	—	61
35	33	-2	Ron Esau	Ron Esau (Owner)		6	—	DNF	—	58