Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1969

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1969 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 96 of 160 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	Running	96	150
2	11	+9	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	160	—	Running	28	147
3	2	-1	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		159	—	Running	4	144
4	3	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		156	—	Running	4	141
5	4	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		156	—	Running	4	138
6	10	+4	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	153	—	Running	—	135
7	23	+16	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	151	—	Running	—	132
8	13	+5	Don Tarr	Fox Racing	Dodge	150	—	Running	—	129
9	14	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	126
10	29	+19	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		144	—	DNF	—	123
11	33	+22	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		143	—	Running	—	120
12	32	+20	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		142	—	Running	—	117
13	27	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		141	—	Running	—	114
14	20	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		141	—	Running	—	111
15	38	+23	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		141	—	Running	—	108
16	19	+3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	139	—	DNF	—	105
17	15	-2	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		139	—	Running	—	102
18	37	+19	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		137	—	Running	—	99
19	36	+17	Dick Poling	Don Tarr (Owner)		134	—	Running	—	96
20	28	+8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		134	—	Running	—	93
21	26	+5	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		130	—	Running	—	90
22	8	-14	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	127	—	DNF - Crash	—	87
23	18	-5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	118	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
24	21	-3	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	118	—	DNF - Crash	—	81
25	22	-3	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	114	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	24	-2	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Plymouth	111	—	DNF - Crash	—	75
27	35	+8	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		105	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	16	-12	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	100	—	Running	—	69
29	6	-23	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	63	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	25	-5	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	12	-19	Joe Leonard	Smokey Yunick Racing		47	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
32	5	-27	Charlie Glotzbach	Fox Racing	Dodge	46	—	DNF - Engine	4	57
33	39	+6	Paul Connors	Carl Miller (Owner)	Dodge	31	—	DNF	—	54
34	7	-27	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	30	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	40	+5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	17	-19	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		24	—	DNF	—	45
37	1	-36	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	22	—	DNF - Engine	20	42
38	31	-7	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		21	—	DNF	—	39
39	30	-9	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing		10	—	DNF	—	36
40	34	-6	J.D. McDuffie	E.C. Reid (Owner)		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	33