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Thread: 1976 FIA Cup Championship
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18th September 2010, 11:27 #1
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1976 FIA Cup Championship
In 1976, Cale Yarbrough finally got the best of Richard Petty, posting a second best 9 wins enroute to a 195 point victory for the Winston Cup Championship. He posted a series best 22 top 5 finishes, and tied everyone's favorite TV annnouncer Benny Parsons (God rest his soul) with 23 top 10's.
The Silver Fox only raced in 22 of the 30 races, winning 10 of them, and had to settle for a ninth place finish in the Latford points standings. Lets see how the FIA points standings shake out:
Code:001 Cale Yarbrough.........428 002 David Pearson..........362 003 Richard Petty..........344 004 Benny Parsons..........289 005 Bobby Allison..........230 006 Buddy Baker............212 007 Lennie Pond............180 t08 Dave Marcis............175 t08 Darrell Waltrip........175 010 Dick Brooks............129 ___________________________ 011 Donnie Allison.........060 012 JD McDuffie............040 013 Richard Childress......033 014 James Hylton...........032 015 Coo Coo Marlin.........029
So it appears that although it was a little more competitive at the very top of the field, the rest of the field still had lots of work to do.
The "Bud Pole Award Winner" of this group would have been David Pearson with 8 Poles.
to Cale Yarbrough, both the 1976 Winston Cup, and FIA Cup Champion#4 2014 Sprint Cup Champion, 2007 Daytona 500,2003 Brickyard 400,2x Coke 600,2014 Southern 500 Champ: 962 starts,90 wins, 345 T5s, 544 T10s, 44 poles, 2x NNS champ
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