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1966 - Firecracker 400 Race Results


Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1966
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 176.66 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 153.81 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $55,105
Race Number - 28
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Sam McQuagg 98 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 160 66 Dodge 126 $13,600
2 12 Darel Dieringer 16 Bud Moore 160 66 Mercury 0 $8,870
3 13 Jim Paschal 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 159 66 Plymout 12 $5,985
4 3 Curtis Turner 13 Smokey Yunick 159 66 Chevrol 2 $3,100
5 6 Jim Hurtubise 56 Norm Nelson 158 66 Plymout 2 $1,550
6 7 Don White 31 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 156 66 Dodge 0 $1,250
7 19 Marvin Panch 4 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 154 65 Plymout 0 $1,475
8 20 Tiny Lund 24 Betty Lilly 153 66 Ford 0 $1,375
9 14 James Hylton 48 Econo Wash (Bud Hartje) 153 65 Dodge 0 $1,300
10 32 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 152 64 Ford 0 $1,200
11 9 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 151 65 Dodge 8 $830
12 16 Frank Warren 79 Harold Rhodes 150 64 Chevrol 0 $740
13 23 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 149 64 Ford 0 $650
14 27 Bobby Allison 2 JD Bracken 149 65 Chevrol 0 $655
15 11 David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens 148 66 Dodge 0 $475
16 22 Harold Smith 55 Lyle Stelter 147 64 Ford 0 $595
17 34 Larry Hess 44 Larry Hess 146 64 Ford 0 $615
18 36 Eddie MacDonald 89 John C Hipp 144 64 Chevrol 0 $585
19 40 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 143 65 Ford 0 $580
20 25 Blackie Watt 93 Harry Neal 139 64 Ford 0 $750
21 37 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 133 64 Ford 0 $570
22 33 Johnny Wynn 6 John McCarthy 132 64 Mercury 0 $590
23 35 Henley Gray 97 Henley Gray 126 66 Ford 0 $585
24 1 LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 Prestone (Jon Thorne) 126 66 Dodge 10 $530
25 26 Roy Mayne 0 Emory Gilliam 112 65 Dodge 0 $525
26 39 Jimmy Helms 53 David Warren 111 64 Ford 0 $445
27 5 Paul Goldsmith 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 110 66 Plymout 0 $490
28 28 Doug Cooper 2 Bob Cooper 96 65 Plymout 0 $460
29 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 86 64 Plymout 0 $530
30 10 Earl Balmer 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 94 65 Dodge 0 $400
31 8 Mario Andretti 5 Cotton Owens 78 66 Dodge 0 $395
32 30 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 78 66 Chevrol 0 $440
33 21 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 54 66 Chevrol 0 $410
34 24 Bunkie Blackburn 39 JH Crawford 29 66 Chevrol 0 $380
35 17 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 28 66 Plymout 0 $375
36 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 25 64 Dodge 0 $370
37 31 JT Putney 19 JT Putney 20 66 Chevrol 0 $365
38 15 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 16 66 Chevrol 0 $360
39 38 Jabe Thomas 25 Jeff Handy 13 64 Ford 0 $355
40 18 Joel Davis 33 Curtis Satterfield 4 64 Chevrol 0 $350