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1974 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 30 Thursday, July 4, 1974 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:53:32 Average speed: 138.31 mph Pole speed: 180.759 mph Cautions: 6 for 41 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 65000 Lead changes: 49 Glossary    1974 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '73 Mercury 160 17350 running 44 2 6 43   Richard Petty STP Oil Treatment + Oil Filters   (Petty Enterprises) '74 Dodge 160 12825 running 20 3 5 15   Buddy Baker R.C. Cola   (Bud Moore) '73 Ford 160 12237 running 15 4 8 11   Cale Yarborough Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 160 12187 running 9 5 2 16   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Roger Penske) '74 Matador 159 4100 running 51 6 7 28   Bobby Isaac Pylon Wiper Blades   (Hoss Ellington) '74 Chevrolet 159 1900 running 5 7 19 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '74 Chevrolet 158 3450 running 0 8 29 93   Jackie Rogers Lemon Tree Inns   (Ray Frederick) '74 Chevrolet 157 2200 running 0 9 23 05   David Sisco Reliable Plumbing   (David Sisco) '74 Chevrolet 155 2625 running 0 10 32 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 153 2000 running 0 11 27 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 153 1910 running 0 12 33 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '74 Chevrolet 152 1275 running 0 13 22 52   Earl Ross Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 151 1880 running 0 14 39 64   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 144 1225 running 0 15 12 32   Dick Brooks Simoniz   (Dick Brooks) '74 Dodge 138 1750 crash 0 16 15 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '74 Dodge 121 2200 running 0 17 21 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Cement   (Joe Frasson) '74 Dodge 112 1890 engine 0 18 24 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '73 Chevrolet 98 2075 engine 0 19 30 2   Dave Marcis Deppe Enterprises   (Dave Marcis) '73 Dodge 90 1600 engine 0 20 36 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '74 Chevrolet 90 1575 engine 0 21 20 67   Buddy Arrington J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 84 1475 overheating 0 22 4 90   Charlie Glotzbach Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 75 1600 engine 0 23 25 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 74 1550 overheating 0 24 14 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '74 Chevrolet 71 1825 engine 3 25 34 23   Roy Mayne Robertson Racing   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 62 775 engine 0 26 11 8   Ed Negre Marty Robbins   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 56 1315 engine 0 27 26 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) '74 Chevrolet 52 4330 engine 0 28 17 99   Ron Keselowski Keselowski Racing   (Roger Lubinski) '72 Dodge 45 1250 ignition 0 29 10 50   A.J. Foyt DiGard Racing   (A.J. Foyt) '74 Chevrolet 44 740 engine 0 30 13 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) '74 Dodge 43 1265 clutch 0 31 9 35   Dan Daughtry DM Construction   (Morris Davis) '72 Ford 41 725 steering 0 32 28 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '74 Chevrolet 39 1315 clutch 8 33 3 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '74 Chevrolet 31 1460 engine 5 34 18 98   Richie Panch Tracmaster   (Roy Thornley) '72 Ford 30 1680 oil line 0 35 16 31   Jim Vandiver Rossmeyer   (O.L. Nixon) '73 Dodge 26 1220 engine 0 36 31 22   Jimmy Crawford World Wide Tapes   (Crawford Brothers) '72 Plymouth 23 695 transmission 0 37 38 02   L.D. Ottinger Lonesome Pine Raceway   (Russell Large) '74 Chevrolet 22 690 water pump 0 38 40 57   Bob Burcham Precision Specialties   (Jack White) '74 Chevrolet 16 685 handling 0 39 37 61   Johnny Rutherford Bierschwale Racing   (Don Bierschwale) '74 Chevrolet 7 680 crash 0 40 35 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '72 Ford 1 675 oil leak 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Neil Castles 06 Dodge WD Jabe Thomas 23 Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6     7 11 5   #61 accident turn 1   12 17 6     18 21 4   #57 engine   22 30 9     31 39 9   #05 spun turn 1   40 77 38     78 91 14   #90 engine   92 95 4     96 98 3   #2 engine   99 140 42     141 146 6   #32 cut tires   147 160 14       Percent of race run under caution: 25.6%             Average green flag run: 17.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 1 1   Buddy Baker 2 3 2   Bobby Allison 4 5 2   Buddy Baker 6 10 5   Bobby Allison 11 11 1   Donnie Allison 12 12 1   Bobby Allison 13 14 2   David Pearson 15 15 1   Bobby Allison 16 17 2   Donnie Allison 18 18 1   Darrell Waltrip 19 21 3   Richard Petty 22 22 1   Donnie Allison 23 24 2   Bobby Allison 25 25 1   Donnie Allison 26 26 1   Bobby Allison 27 28 2   Donnie Allison 29 29 1   Bobby Allison 30 30 1   David Pearson 31 31 1   James Hylton 32 39 8   Richard Petty 40 40 1   David Pearson 41 48 8   Richard Petty 49 52 4   Buddy Baker 53 55 3   Richard Petty 56 57 2   Bobby Allison 59 61 3   Buddy Baker 62 62 1   Bobby Allison 63 70 8   Cale Yarborough 71 77 7   Bobby Isaac 78 78 1   Cale Yarborough 79 79 1   Bobby Allison 80 88 9   Buddy Baker 89 89 1   Bobby Isaac 90 93 4   Richard Petty 94 95 2   Bobby Allison 96 101 6   Richard Petty 102 102 1   Bobby Allison 103 105 3   David Pearson 106 116 11   Bobby Allison 117 121 5   David Pearson 122 126 5   Bobby Allison 127 128 2   David Pearson 129 131 3   Cale Yarborough 132 132 1   Richard Petty 133 141 9   David Pearson 142 142 1   Bobby Allison 143 143 1   Buddy Baker 144 146 3   David Pearson 147 160 14