1976 - Winston Cup Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1976 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1976
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 183.09 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 160.96 mph
Lead Changes - 41
Total Race Purse - $150,795
Race Number - 16

More Races from 1976

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	160	Chevrolet	71	$22,215
2	7	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	160	Mercury	1	$13,615
3	4	Bobby Allison	2	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	160	Mercury	64	$13,245
4	1	AJ Foyt	28	Gilmore (Hoss Ellington)	159	Chevrolet	6	$7,440
5	6	Dave Marcis	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	157	Dodge	0	$7,810
6	8	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	157	Chevrolet	0	$6,300
7	5	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt)	156	Chevrolet	0	$6,630
8	30	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	156	Ford	0	$5,170
9	15	David Sisco	5	David Sisco	153	Chevrolet	1	$4,660
10	22	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	152	Chevrolet	0	$2,590
11	29	Jimmy Means	52	Howards Machine Shop (Bill Gray)	149	Chevrolet	0	$2,390
12	34	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	148	Chevrolet	0	$4,150
13	20	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	148	Dodge	0	$3,940
14	28	Bobby Wawak	36	J B Corvette (John Gwinn)	148	Chevrolet	0	$2,115
15	33	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Services (Lynda Ferreri)	147	Chevrolet	0	$1,570
16	36	DK Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto (JR DeLotto)	144	Chevrolet	0	$3,530
17	31	Dick Skillen	78	Goffco (Tom Goff)	143	Chevrolet	0	$1,790
18	39	Harold Miller	91	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	142	Chevrolet	0	$1,690
19	38	Bill Elliott	10	Bill Champion	141	Ford	0	$3,070
20	21	Johnny Rutherford	77	Hy Gain (Johnny Ray)	139	Chevrolet	0	$1,740
21	25	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	Sellers Automotive (David Lee Sellers)	132	Chevrolet	0	$1,290
22	3	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	126	Dodge	1	$5,960
23	32	Joe Mihalic	61	Lou Viglione	125	Chevrolet	0	$1,140
24	23	JD McDuffie	70	Butlers (JD McDuffie)	122	Chevrolet	0	$2,390
25	13	Bruce Hill	47	Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill)	110	Chevrolet	0	$1,990
26	10	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	102	Chevrolet	2	$1,815
27	40	Dick May	25	Don Robertson	81	Chevrolet	0	$1,540
28	26	Ferrel Harris	82	Rossmeyer (Ferrel Harris)	75	Dodge	0	$1,015
29	18	Tommy Gale	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	70	Chevrolet	0	$990
30	9	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	67	Chevrolet	0	$965
31	35	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	60	Chevrolet	0	$940
32	14	Lennie Pond	54	PepsiCola (Ronnie Elder)	48	Chevrolet	0	$1,415
33	11	Neil Bonnett	12	Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett)	39	Chevrolet	0	$890
34	16	Cecil Gordon	24	Burger King (Cecil Gordon)	33	Chevrolet	0	$1,360
35	12	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	32	Ford	14	$3,835
36	24	Buck Baker	18	Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson)	32	Chevrolet	0	$830
37	37	Ed Negre	7	Dean Dalton	16	Chevrolet	0	$825
38	19	Jackie Rogers	60	Red Dogs (Lou Viglione)	13	Chevrolet	0	$820
39	17	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	9	Chevrolet	0	$3,815
40	27	Buddy Arrington	67	SubTropic (Buddy Arrington)	0	Dodge	0	$1,310