Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1973. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	—	125
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	—	Running	—	98
3	29	+26	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	156	—	Running	—	96
4	16	+12	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		156	—	Running	—	0
5	7	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		156	—	Running	—	92
6	23	+17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	154	—	Running	—	90
7	20	+13	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		153	—	Running	—	88
8	36	+28	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	153	—	Running	—	0
9	21	+12	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		153	—	Running	—	84
10	24	+14	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	152	—	Running	—	82
11	13	+2	David Sisco	McGee Racing		151	—	Running	—	80
12	35	+23	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	150	—	Running	—	78
13	12	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		150	—	Running	—	76
14	22	+8	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	150	—	Running	—	74
15	30	+15	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	72
16	15	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		147	—	Running	—	70
17	38	+21	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	147	—	Running	—	68
18	34	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	146	—	Running	—	66
19	40	+21	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	64
20	26	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		146	—	Running	—	62
21	39	+18	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	146	—	Running	—	60
22	27	+5	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		146	—	Running	—	58
23	37	+14	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	145	—	Running	—	56
24	28	+4	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	145	—	Running	—	54
25	9	-16	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	143	—	Running	—	52
26	11	-15	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	143	—	Running	—	50
27	14	-13	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		132	—	DNF	—	48
28	10	-18	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		131	—	DNF	—	0
29	33	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	126	—	Running	—	44
30	1	-29	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	25	-6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	123	—	Running	—	40
32	8	-24	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	118	—	DNF	—	38
33	32	-1	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	102	—	DNF	—	36
34	19	-15	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	31	-4	Dick Simon	Faustina Racing	Dodge	82	—	DNF	—	0
36	2	-34	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		65	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
37	18	-19	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		46	—	DNF	—	0
38	5	-33	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	3	-36	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	17	-23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	22