Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1974

David Pearson

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1974 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1974, leading 44 of 160 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1974

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1974

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	44
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	—	Running	20
3	8	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	Running	9
4	5	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		160	—	Running	15
5	2	-3	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South		159	—	Running	50
6	7	+1	Bobby Isaac	Ellington Racing		159	—	Running	5
7	19	+12	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		158	—	Running	—
8	29	+21	Jackie Rogers	J Rogers Racing		157	—	Running	—
9	23	+14	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		155	—	Running	—
10	32	+22	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		153	—	Running	—
11	27	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		153	—	Running	—
12	33	+21	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		152	—	Running	—
13	22	+9	Earl Ross	Junior Johnson & Associates		151	—	Running	—
14	39	+25	Tony Bettenhausen	Langley-Woodfield Racing		144	—	Running	—
15	12	-3	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Dodge	138	—	DNF - Crash	—
16	15	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	121	—	Running	—
17	21	+4	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	112	—	DNF - Engine	—
18	24	+6	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		98	—	DNF - Engine	—
19	30	+11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	90	—	DNF - Engine	—
20	36	+16	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		90	—	DNF	—
21	20	-1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	84	—	DNF	—
22	4	-18	Charlie Glotzbach	Donlavey Racing		75	—	DNF - Engine	—
23	25	+2	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		74	—	DNF	—
24	14	-10	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		71	—	DNF - Engine	3
25	34	+9	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	Dodge	62	—	DNF - Engine	—
26	11	-15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	56	—	DNF - Engine	—
27	26	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		52	—	DNF	—
28	17	-11	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF	—
29	10	-19	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		44	—	DNF - Engine	—
30	13	-17	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	43	—	DNF	—
31	9	-22	Dan Daughtry	Davis Racing		41	—	DNF	—
32	28	-4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		39	—	DNF	8
33	3	-30	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		31	—	DNF	6
34	18	-16	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		30	—	DNF	—
35	16	-19	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	26	—	DNF - Engine	—
36	31	-5	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	23	—	DNF	—
37	38	+1	L.D. Ottinger	Russell Large (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—
38	40	+2	Bob Burcham	Jack White Racing		16	—	DNF	—
39	37	-2	Johnny Rutherford	Bierschwale Racing		7	—	DNF - Crash	—
40	35	-5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—