Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1978

David Pearson

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1978 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 57 of 160 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	57	185
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	Running	56	175
3	8	+5	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		159	—	Running	14	170
4	7	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	159	—	Running	4	165
5	14	+9	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		158	—	Running	2	160
6	9	+3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		158	—	Running	4	155
7	28	+21	Dale Earnhardt	Cronkrite Racing		157	—	Running	—	146
8	33	+25	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	0
9	23	+14	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	157	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		156	—	Running	—	134
11	36	+25	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		154	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		153	—	Running	—	127
13	40	+27	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		152	—	Running	—	124
14	34	+20	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		152	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		152	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Dick May	Gray Racing		151	—	Running	—	115
17	26	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm Team		150	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		149	—	Running	—	106
20	31	+11	Baxter Price	Price Racing		146	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		143	—	DNF	—	100
22	18	-4	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	15	-8	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		140	—	DNF	—	94
24	19	-5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		136	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		129	—	Running	—	88
26	2	-24	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		92	—	DNF - Engine	11	90
27	10	-17	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		75	—	DNF - Crash	8	87
28	32	+4	Paul Fess	Stan Lasky (Owner)		75	—	DNF	—	0
29	21	-8	Raymond Williams	Bobby Reeves (Owner)		74	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	12	-18	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	16	-15	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	61	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	39	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	13	-20	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		55	—	DNF	1	69
34	24	-10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	55	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	27	-8	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF	—	0
36	11	-25	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	35	—	DNF	—	55
37	4	-33	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		28	—	DNF	3	57
38	6	-32	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	5	-34	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	17	-23	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	43