Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1970

Donnie Allison

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1970 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 7 of 160 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	+14	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		160	—	Running	7	0
2	8	+6	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	160	—	Running	71	147
3	9	+6	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	160	—	Running	1	144
4	6	+2	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	159	—	Running	7	141
5	10	+5	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	158	—	Running	—	138
6	21	+15	Don Tarr	Richard Brown (Owner)	Plymouth	157	—	Running	—	135
7	13	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		155	—	Running	—	132
8	5	-3	David Pearson	Holman Moody		154	—	DNF - Crash	34	129
9	2	-7	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	151	—	Running	4	126
10	23	+13	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	123
11	16	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		147	—	Running	—	120
12	31	+19	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	0
13	30	+17	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	143	—	Running	—	114
14	18	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	143	—	Running	—	111
15	25	+10	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		143	—	Running	—	108
16	27	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		142	—	Running	—	105
17	20	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	141	—	Running	—	102
18	11	-7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	139	—	DNF	—	99
19	33	+14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		135	—	Running	—	96
20	28	+8	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		135	—	Running	—	93
21	26	+5	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		129	—	Running	—	90
22	14	-8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	122	—	Running	—	87
23	24	+1	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	111	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	36	+12	Roy Mayne	Ken Spikes (Owner)		96	—	DNF	—	81
25	3	-22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	90	—	DNF - Engine	16	0
26	39	+13	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	38	+11	Gary DuPuis	Davis Racing		78	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	17	-11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	59	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	32	+3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	58	—	DNF	—	66
30	4	-26	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	46	—	DNF	10	63
31	7	-24	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		43	—	DNF - Engine	1	60
32	12	-20	Fred Lorenzen	Fox Racing	Dodge	30	—	DNF	—	0
33	22	-11	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	27	—	DNF	—	54
34	19	-15	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	1	-34	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	23	—	DNF - Engine	9	48
36	29	-7	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	45
37	35	-2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		6	—	DNF	—	42
38	34	-4	Bobby Mausgrover	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	37	-2	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	0	—	DNF	—	36
40	40	—	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		0	—	DNF	—	33