Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1977

Richard Petty

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1977 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1977, leading 95 of 160 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Saturday, January 1, 1977

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1977

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	—	Running	95	185
2	12	+10	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		160	—	Running	21	175
3	3	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		160	—	Running	1	170
4	14	+10	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		160	—	Running	4	0
6	8	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		160	—	Running	12	155
7	32	+25	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		160	—	Running	—	146
8	1	-7	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	158	—	Running	1	147
9	30	+21	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		157	—	Running	—	138
10	7	-3	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing		156	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		154	—	Running	—	130
12	10	-2	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing		154	—	Running	—	127
13	25	+12	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		154	—	Running	—	124
14	34	+20	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	154	—	Running	—	121
15	38	+23	Jim Hurtubise	Emerson Racing		154	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		153	—	Running	—	115
17	9	-8	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	152	—	Running	13	117
18	15	-3	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		151	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Jimmy Means	Means Racing		151	—	Running	—	103
21	35	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	149	—	Running	—	100
22	28	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	97
23	2	-21	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		146	—	Running	13	99
24	22	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		143	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	40	+15	Baxter Price	Price Racing		142	—	Running	—	88
26	18	-8	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		134	—	Running	—	85
27	13	-14	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		123	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	33	+5	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		118	—	Running	—	79
29	4	-25	Ron Hutcherson	Gwinn-Wawak		117	—	DNF	—	0
30	11	-19	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	29	-2	Lella Lombardi	Charles Dean (Owner)		103	—	DNF	—	0
32	19	-13	Ramo Stott	Viglione Racing		81	—	DNF	—	67
33	16	-17	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		57	—	DNF	—	64
34	39	+5	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		46	—	DNF	—	58
36	17	-19	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		45	—	DNF	—	55
37	37	—	Christine Beckers	Donlavey Racing		33	—	DNF	—	0
38	36	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		33	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	24	-15	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		24	—	DNF	—	46
40	20	-20	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	41	—	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	40