Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1976 Volunteer 400 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on August 29, 1976 at Bristol International Speedway in the American community of Bristol, Tennessee.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 defeated Richard Petty by more than two laps. Other notable drivers included Darrell Waltrip, Benny Parsons, Richard Childress, J.D. McDuffie, and Elmo Langley. Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to complete the entire race without any mechanical problems. Clyde Lynn would retire after this event. Notable speeds at the race were: 99.175 miles per hour (159.607 km/h) as the average speed and 110.300 miles per hour (177.511 km/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. All the drivers competed for the prize purse which added up to $61,105 ($253,246.28 in today's money). Yarborough earned the largest share of the pie with $10,025 ($41,548.06 in today's money) while last-place finisher Joe Frasson walked away with a meager $400 ($1,657.78 in today's money).. }
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- 1976_Volunteer_400 abstract "The 1976 Volunteer 400 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on August 29, 1976 at Bristol International Speedway in the American community of Bristol, Tennessee.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 defeated Richard Petty by more than two laps. Other notable drivers included Darrell Waltrip, Benny Parsons, Richard Childress, J.D. McDuffie, and Elmo Langley. Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to complete the entire race without any mechanical problems. Clyde Lynn would retire after this event. Notable speeds at the race were: 99.175 miles per hour (159.607 km/h) as the average speed and 110.300 miles per hour (177.511 km/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. All the drivers competed for the prize purse which added up to $61,105 ($253,246.28 in today's money). Yarborough earned the largest share of the pie with $10,025 ($41,548.06 in today's money) while last-place finisher Joe Frasson walked away with a meager $400 ($1,657.78 in today's money).".