Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — July 4, 1966

Sam McQuagg

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Sam McQuagg won the 1966 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 4, 1966, leading 126 of 160 laps. Darel Dieringer finished second; Jim Paschal rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, July 4, 1966

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Sam McQuagg

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	160	—	Running	126	2500
2	12	+10	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	160	—	Running	—	2400
3	13	+10	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	159	—	Running	12	2300
4	3	-1	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing		159	—	Running	2	2200
5	6	+1	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	158	—	Running	2	0
6	7	+1	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	156	—	Running	—	0
7	19	+12	Marvin Panch	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	154	—	Running	—	2100
8	20	+12	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly (Owner)		153	—	Running	—	2000
9	14	+5	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	153	—	Running	—	1900
10	32	+22	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		152	—	Running	—	1800
11	9	-2	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	151	—	DNF - Engine	8	1700
12	16	+4	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	1600
13	23	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		149	—	Running	—	1500
14	27	+13	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		149	—	Running	—	1400
15	11	-4	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	1300
16	22	+6	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		147	—	Running	—	1200
17	34	+17	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		147	—	Running	—	1100
18	38	+20	Eddie MacDonald (Tifton, GA)			146	—	Running	—	1000
19	40	+21	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		144	—	Running	—	900
20	25	+5	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)		143	—	Running	—	800
21	37	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		139	—	Running	—	700
22	33	+11	Johnny Wynn	John McCarthy (Owner)	Mercury	133	—	Running	—	600
23	35	+12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		132	—	Running	—	500
24	1	-23	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	DNF	10	400
25	26	+1	Roy Mayne	Emory Gilliam (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	Running	—	300
26	39	+13	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		112	—	DNF	—	200
27	5	-22	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	111	—	DNF	—	100
28	28	—	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	110	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
29	2	-27	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	86	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
30	10	-20	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	84	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
31	8	-23	Mario Andretti	Owens Racing	Dodge	78	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
32	30	-2	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		78	—	DNF	—	100
33	21	-12	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
34	24	-10	Bunkie Blackburn	J.H. Crawford (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
35	17	-18	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	28	—	DNF	—	100
36	29	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	25	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
37	31	-6	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
38	15	-23	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
39	36	-3	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
40	18	-22	Joel Davis	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	100