Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1976

David Pearson

Winner

191

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1976 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1976, leading 124 of 191 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Jimmy Insolo rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1976

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	191	—	Running	124	185
2	6	+4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		191	—	Running	5	175
3	26	+23	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		189	—	Running	14	160
6	12	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		183	—	Running	—	150
7	16	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		181	—	Running	—	146
8	5	-3	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	9	147
9	22	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		179	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		177	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	174	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		174	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Larry Esau	McDuffie Racing		169	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Ron Esau	Ron Esau (Owner)		154	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	149	—	DNF - Engine	18	123
16	11	-5	Chuck Bown	Gerald Craker (Owner)	Dodge	141	—	DNF	3	120
17	34	+17	Gary Matthews	Negre Racing	Dodge	138	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing		135	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		135	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Carl Joiner	Marquardt Racing		116	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	7	-14	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		92	—	DNF	—	100
22	15	-7	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	3	102
23	14	-9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		85	—	DNF	1	99
24	13	-11	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)		83	—	DNF	—	91
25	27	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	83	—	DNF - Engine	14	93
26	35	+9	Bill Polich			81	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	20	-7	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	4	-24	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		73	—	DNF	—	79
29	21	-8	Gary Johnson	Al Clark (Owner)	Dodge	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	8	-22	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports		71	—	DNF	—	73
31	33	+2	John Ray	Champion Racing		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	10	-22	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	18	-15	Dick Brooks	Junior Miller Racing		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	25	-9	Sam Beler	Frank Coletto (Owner)		15	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	17	-18	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	58