Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1971

Bobby Isaac

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Isaac won the 1971 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1971, leading 59 of 160 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1971

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1971

Winner

Bobby Isaac

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	21	+20	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	160	—	Running	59	0
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	160	—	Running	46	147
3	2	-1	Buddy Baker	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	—	Running	35	144
4	8	+4	Pete Hamilton	Owens Racing	Plymouth	160	—	Running	5	0
5	1	-4	Donnie Allison	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	4	138
6	5	-1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody	Mercury	159	—	Running	6	135
7	6	-1	Fred Lorenzen	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	158	—	Running	—	0
8	7	-1	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	157	—	Running	—	0
9	20	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		155	—	Running	—	126
10	11	+1	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		154	—	Running	4	123
11	9	-2	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	152	—	Running	—	120
12	32	+20	Bobby Brack	J.C. Crews (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	0
13	13	—	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	114
14	15	+1	Maynard Troyer	Nagle Racers	Mercury	151	—	Running	—	111
15	12	-3	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	108
16	39	+23	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	105
17	18	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Mercury	149	—	Running	—	102
18	26	+8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	149	—	Running	—	99
19	22	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	96
20	16	-4	George Altheide	George Altheide (Owner)	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	93
21	34	+13	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)		147	—	Running	—	90
22	35	+13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		147	—	Running	—	87
23	29	+6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		147	—	Running	—	84
24	23	-1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		145	—	Running	—	81
25	30	+5	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		145	—	Running	—	78
26	38	+12	Bill Champion	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	141	—	Running	—	75
27	14	-13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	120	—	DNF	—	72
28	40	+12	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		116	—	Running	—	69
29	37	+8	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		103	—	DNF	—	66
30	28	-2	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	94	—	DNF	—	63
31	36	+5	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		93	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	19	-13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		85	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	24	-9	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Mercury	80	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
34	31	-3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	70	—	DNF	—	51
35	33	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	49	—	DNF	—	48
36	17	-19	Ed Negre	Junior Fields (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	45
37	3	-34	Charlie Glotzbach	Howard & Egerton Racing		43	—	DNF	1	0
38	10	-28	A.J. Foyt		Mercury	33	—	DNF	—	0
39	27	-12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	19	—	DNF	—	36
40	25	-15	Don Tarr	Pistone Racing		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	0