1976 Music City USA 420
Auto race held at Fairgrounds Speedway in 1976 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1976 Music City USA 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 8, 1976, at Nashville Speedway (now Fairgrounds Speedway) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Quick Facts Date, Official name ...
Race details[1][2][3] | |||
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Race 11 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Date | May 8, 1976 (1976-May-08) | ||
Official name | Music City USA 420 | ||
Location | Nashville Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.596 mi (0.959 km) | ||
Distance | 420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km) | ||
Weather | Chilly with temperatures of 68 °F (20 °C); wind speeds of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 84.512 miles per hour (136.009 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | DeWitt Racing | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
Laps | 398 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 11 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | untelevised | ||
Announcers | none |
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The five drivers that dominated the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season were David Pearson (average finish of 7th place), Cale Yarborough (average finish of 8th place), Richard Petty (average finish of 9th place), Benny Parsons (average finish of 10th place), and Bobby Allison (average finish 12th place).