1976 Riverside 400
Auto race held at Riverside International Raceway in 1976 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1976 Riverside 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on June 13, 1976, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. The California 150 for sportsman cars was run prior to this race. The winner was Ivan Baldwin followed by Dan Clark and Jim Sanderson.
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Race details[1][2] | |||
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Race 15 of 28 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Date | June 13, 1976 (1976-June-13) | ||
Official name | Riverside 400 | ||
Location | Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.620 mi (4.216 km) | ||
Distance | 153 laps, 400.9 mi (645.1 km) | ||
Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 84.9 °F (29.4 °C); wind speeds of 11.8 miles per hour (19.0 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 106.279 miles per hour (171.039 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Wood Brothers Racing | ||
Time | 84.639 seconds | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
Laps | 48 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 21 | David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | CBS | ||
Announcers |
Ken Squier Richard Petty |
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Most of the vehicles in this event were Chevrolets..[3] Roy Smith was the only Canadian competitor out of the 35-driver grid; the rest of them were American-born.[2]
This was the first Riverside race whose distance was measured in kilometers instead of miles, much shorter than previously but more normal in elapsed time of a typical NASCAR Cup race.