The 1976 Volunteer 400 is a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on August 29, 1976 at Bristol International Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...

 in the American

United States

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 community of Bristol

Bristol, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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Summary

This racing event took two hours and eighteen minutes to complete in front of an audience of twelve thousand stock car racing fans. Two cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials on the track for thirteen laps. Cale Yarborough

Cale Yarborough

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 defeated Richard Petty

Richard Petty

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 by more than two laps. Other notable drivers included Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Waltrip

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, Benny Parsons

Benny Parsons

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, Richard Childress

Richard Childress

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, J.D. McDuffie

J.D. McDuffie

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, and Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley

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. Frank Warren

Frank Warren (NASCAR driver)

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 was the lowest finishing driver to complete the entire race without any mechanical problems. Clyde Lynn

Clyde Lynn

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 would retire after this event. Notable speeds at the race were: 99.175 mi/h as the average speed and 110.3 mi/h as the pole position speed achieved by Darrell Waltrip in qualifying.

The points leader after this event would be Cale Yarborough. He would go on to become the NASCAR Cup Series champion at the end of the season.

Finishing order

1. Cale Yarborough
2. Richard Petty
3. Darrell Waltrip
4. Benny Parsons
5. Buddy Baker
   Buddy Baker
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6. Bobby Allison
7. Dick Brooks
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8. Lennie Pond
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9. Bobby Wawak
   Bobby Wawak
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10. Richard Childress
11. D.K. Ulrich
12. Terry Bivins
    Terry Bivins
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13. James Hylton
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14. David Sisco
    David Sisco
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15. Henley Gray
    Henley Gray
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16. Dick May
    Dick May
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17. Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington
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18. Skip Manning
    Skip Manning
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19. Jimmy Means
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20. Frank Warren
    Frank Warren (NASCAR driver)
    Frank Warren is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1963 to 1980.Out of 88863 laps finished in his career, Warren had led 72 of them. Warren's total career earnings were $625,886 and while his average finish was 20th place in his entire career. The total amount of miles...
    
    
21. Cecil Gordon
    Cecil Gordon
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22. Dave Marcis
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23. J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie
    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He raced in the top division of NASCAR from 1963 to 1991. McDuffie had 106 top-tens in his Cup Series career...
    
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24. Clyde Lynn
    Clyde Lynn
    Clyde Lynn was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Christiansburg, Virginia and a runner-up for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in the year 1965...
    
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25. Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.-Racing career:...
    
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26. Walter Ballard
    Walter Ballard
    Walter Ballard is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Houston, Texas.He made a single Grand National start in 1966 and did not return to the series until 1971 when he ran a nearly full season in a car owned by his father Vic capturing 11 top tens on his way to Rookie of the Year honors and a...
    
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27. Gary Myers*
28. Dean Dalton*
29. Ed Negre
    Ed Negre
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30. Joe Frasson
    Joe Frasson
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* Driver failed to finish race