Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1976

Cale Yarborough

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1976 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1976, leading 71 of 160 laps. David Pearson finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1976

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1976

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	Running	71	185
2	7	+5	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	1	175
3	4	+1	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Mercury	160	—	Running	64	170
4	1	-3	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		159	—	Running	6	0
5	6	+1	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	157	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		157	—	Running	—	150
7	5	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		156	—	Running	—	146
8	30	+22	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		156	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		153	—	Running	1	143
10	22	+12	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		152	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		149	—	Running	—	130
12	34	+22	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		148	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak		148	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		147	—	Running	—	0
16	36	+20	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		144	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Dick Skillen	Goffco		143	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		142	—	Running	—	109
19	38	+19	Bill Elliott	Champion Racing		141	—	Running	—	106
20	21	+1	Johnny Rutherford	Johnny Ray (Owner)		139	—	DNF	—	0
21	25	+4	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		132	—	Running	—	100
22	3	-19	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	126	—	DNF - Engine	1	102
23	32	+9	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		125	—	Running	—	94
24	23	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	13	-12	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		110	—	DNF	—	88
26	10	-16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		102	—	DNF - Engine	2	90
27	40	+13	Dick May	Robertson Racing		81	—	DNF	—	82
28	26	-2	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	75	—	DNF	—	79
29	18	-11	Tommy Gale	Gray Racing		70	—	DNF	—	76
30	9	-21	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	35	+4	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		60	—	DNF	—	70
32	14	-18	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		48	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	11	-22	Neil Bonnett	Neil Bonnett (Owner)		39	—	DNF	—	64
34	16	-18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		33	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	12	-23	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		32	—	DNF - Engine	14	63
36	24	-12	Buck Baker	Frasson Racing		32	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	37	—	Ed Negre	Dalton Racing		16	—	DNF	—	52
38	19	-19	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		13	—	DNF	—	49
39	17	-22	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	27	-13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	0	—	DNF	—	43