Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1981

Cale Yarborough

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1981 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1981, leading 78 of 160 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1981

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1981

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	M.C. Anderson Racing		160	—	Running	78	185
2	2	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		160	—	Running	43	175
3	14	+11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		160	—	Running	7	170
4	21	+17	Buddy Baker	Ellington Racing		160	—	Running	4	165
5	9	+4	Johnny Rutherford	Benfield Racing		160	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		160	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Mike Alexander	Rogers Racing		160	—	Running	4	151
8	5	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		159	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		159	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		159	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Lennie Pond	Lennie Pond (Owner)		159	—	Running	—	130
12	40	+28	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		159	—	Running	7	132
13	37	+24	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		157	—	Running	—	124
14	35	+21	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		157	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	Tim Richmond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		156	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	32	+16	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		155	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	155	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		155	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		155	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Morgan Shepherd	Cliff Stewart Racing		155	—	Running	—	103
21	6	-15	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		154	—	Running	—	100
22	41	+19	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		154	—	Running	—	97
23	24	+1	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Howard & Egerton Racing		153	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises		150	—	Running	—	91
25	29	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		146	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	27	+1	Stan Barrett	Mach 1 Racing		138	—	DNF - Engine	3	90
27	42	+15	Tommy Houston	Hamby Racing		127	—	Running	—	82
28	4	-24	Bobby Allison	Ranier Racing		111	—	DNF - Engine	10	84
29	22	-7	Joe Ruttman	Jim Stacy Racing		99	—	DNF	—	76
30	11	-19	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing		93	—	DNF - Engine	3	78
31	38	+7	Dick May	Gray Racing		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	13	-19	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		85	—	DNF	—	67
33	20	-13	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	25	-9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	3	-32	Dale Earnhardt	Jim Stacy Racing		71	—	DNF	1	63
36	36	—	Kevin Housby	Ulrich Racing		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	28	-9	Jack Ingram	Bobby Hawkins (Owner)		52	—	DNF	—	52
38	31	-7	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	26	-13	Benny Parsons	Bud Moore Engineering		16	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	12	-28	Ricky Rudd	DiGard Motorsports		16	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	23	-18	Billie Harvey	Billie Harvey (Owner)		15	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	8	-34	Rick Wilson	Wilson Racing		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	37