Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 17 of 160 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	—	Running	17	180
2	2	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		160	—	Running	118	180
3	5	+2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	159	—	Running	—	165
4	4	—	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		159	—	Running	—	160
5	1	-4	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		158	—	Running	2	160
6	6	—	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		157	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		153	—	Running	—	146
8	7	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		152	—	DNF - Engine	1	147
9	32	+23	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		151	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Darel Dieringer	Davis Racing		149	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		149	—	Running	—	130
12	39	+27	Ed Negre	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	149	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		147	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	147	—	Running	—	121
15	34	+19	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		146	—	Running	—	118
16	31	+15	Randy Tissot	Charles Little (Owner)		146	—	Running	—	115
17	20	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	145	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	Tommy Gale	Champion Racing		145	—	Running	—	109
19	22	+3	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		143	—	Running	—	106
20	3	-17	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	141	—	DNF	19	108
21	38	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	141	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		140	—	Running	—	97
23	37	+14	Dick May	Gray Racing		139	—	Running	—	94
24	10	-14	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		136	—	DNF - Engine	3	0
25	36	+11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		136	—	DNF	—	88
26	12	-14	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		113	—	DNF	—	85
27	26	-1	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		107	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	11	-17	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		104	—	DNF	—	79
29	16	-13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		100	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	18	-12	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	33	+2	Walter Ballard	Tom Williams (Owner)		94	—	DNF	—	70
32	40	+8	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	25	-8	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	14	-20	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		75	—	DNF	—	61
35	8	-27	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	67	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		63	—	DNF	—	55
37	24	-13	Salt Walther	Ballard Racing		52	—	DNF	—	0
38	9	-29	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		40	—	DNF	—	49
39	29	-10	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	14	—	DNF	—	46
40	21	-19	Johnny Rutherford	Norris Reed (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	0