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1976 Champion Spark Plug 400
Race details
Race 20 of 30 in the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
	Map of Michigan International Speedway
Date	August 22, 1976
Official name	Champion Spark Plug 400
Location	Michigan International Speedway (Brooklyn, Michigan, USA)
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.000 mi (3.218 km)
Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 91 °F (33 °C); wind speeds up to 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)
Average speed	140.078 miles per hour (225.434 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	David Pearson;
Most laps led
Driver	Cale Yarborough
Laps	125
Winner
No. 21	David Pearson
Television in the United States
Network	untelevised
Announcers	none

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The 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on August 22, 1976, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, USA.

During this era, Michigan International Speedway was a Mercury-dominated track. It is also a track that suits a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway.

Summary

A grand total of 36 drivers took part in this race; David Hobbs was the only foreigner involved. The closing portion of the race would see Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Benny Parsons, Cale Yarborough and David Pearson jointly dominate the race. Meanwhile the first 67 laps of the race would see fairly even competition. Tighe Scott's unfortunate last-place finish would be linked to his vehicle overheating on lap 6 of 200. Fifty-five thousand people would witness David Pearson defeating Cale Yarborough by slightly more than a second. The total time of the race was 171 minutes.^[2]

NASCAR treasury officials handed out a grand total of $120,025 to all the qualifying drivers ($642,660.18 when adjusted for inflation). The majority of the vehicles raced here belonged to the Chevrolet manufacturer.^[3] While the winner took home $11,950 after competing in this event ($63,984.91 when adjusted for inflation), the last-place finisher took home a meager paycheck of $1,250 ($6,692.98 when adjusted for inflation).^[4]

John Haver would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at this event while David Hobbs would wrap up his professional stock car career afterwards.

Finishing order

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

Standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points^[2]
1	Cale Yarborough	3026
2	Benny Parsons	2952
3	Richard Petty	2936
4	Bobby Allison	2832
5	Dave Marcis	2652

References

^ Weather information for the 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
^ ^a ^b 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Racing Reference
^ 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
^ 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Driver Averages

Preceded by 1976 Talladega 500	NASCAR Winston Cup Season 1976	Succeeded by 1976 Volunteer 400

Preceded by 1975	Champion Spark Plug 400 races 1976	Succeeded by 1977

[1] Weather information for the 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac

[rr-2] 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Racing Reference

[3] 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet

[4] 1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Driver Averages

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 The '''''1976 Champion Spark Plug 400''''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series|Winston Cup Series]] racing event that took place on August 22, 1976, at [[Michigan International Speedway]] in [[Brooklyn, Michigan|Brooklyn]], [[Michigan]], USA.
+During this era, Michigan International Speedway was a Mercury-dominated track. It is also a track that suits a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway.
 ==Summary==