Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1968

Cale Yarborough

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 142 of 160 laps. LeeRoy Yarbrough finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	142	150
2	3	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	158	—	Running	7	147
3	5	+2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		157	—	Running	6	144
4	9	+5	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	157	—	Running	—	141
5	10	+5	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	157	—	Running	—	138
6	16	+10	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	156	—	Running	—	135
7	12	+5	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	155	—	Running	—	132
8	11	+3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	155	—	Running	—	129
9	1	-8	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	154	—	DNF	—	126
10	15	+5	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	152	—	DNF	—	123
11	13	+2	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	152	—	Running	—	120
12	14	+2	Mario Andretti	Holman Moody		151	—	Running	—	0
13	17	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	117
14	21	+7	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		151	—	Running	—	114
15	8	-7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	111
16	18	+2	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	150	—	Running	—	0
17	22	+5	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	145	—	Running	—	108
18	24	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		140	—	Running	—	105
19	32	+13	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		139	—	Running	—	102
20	27	+7	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		135	—	Running	—	99
21	2	-19	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	132	—	DNF - Engine	5	96
22	30	+8	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		130	—	Running	—	93
23	35	+12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		127	—	Running	—	90
24	31	+7	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		126	—	Running	—	87
25	25	—	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		126	—	Running	—	84
26	23	-3	Lennie Waldo	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		114	—	Running	—	81
27	29	+2	David Mote	Ken Cline (Owner)		100	—	Running	—	0
28	33	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
29	28	-1	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		65	—	DNF	—	75
30	6	-24	A.J. Foyt	Bondy Long (Owner)		64	—	DNF	—	0
31	20	-11	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		49	—	DNF	—	72
32	7	-25	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	23	—	DNF	—	69
33	37	+4	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		23	—	DNF	—	66
34	19	-15	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	63
35	34	-1	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
36	26	-10	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		14	—	DNF	—	57
37	36	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	54