Pepsi FireCracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1988

Bill Elliott

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1988 Pepsi FireCracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 23 of 160 laps. Rick Wilson finished second; Phil Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	38	+37	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	160	—	Running	23	180
2	26	+24	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	160	—	Running	18	175
3	6	+3	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	160	—	Running	17	170
4	20	+16	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	160	—	Running	53	170
5	1	-4	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	160	—	Running	14	160
6	9	+3	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	160	—	Running	8	155
7	8	+1	Morgan Shepherd	Mach 1 Racing	160	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	160	—	Running	10	147
9	37	+28	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	159	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	—	134
11	13	+2	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	159	—	Running	—	130
12	19	+7	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	159	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	—	124
14	17	+3	Dale Jarrett	Ellington Racing	159	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	—	0
16	10	-6	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	159	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	159	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	159	—	Running	—	109
19	14	-5	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	159	—	Running	—	106
20	27	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	159	—	Running	—	103
21	30	+9	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	158	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	158	—	Running	2	102
23	39	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	158	—	Running	—	94
24	2	-22	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	158	—	Running	—	91
25	31	+6	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	156	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Patty Moise	Hope Motorsports	156	—	Running	—	85
27	16	-11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	155	—	Running	—	82
28	23	-5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	153	—	Running	—	79
29	40	+11	Rick Jeffrey	Doreen Jeffrey Racing	152	—	Running	—	76
30	36	+6	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	150	—	Running	—	73
31	24	-7	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	150	—	Running	—	70
32	34	+2	Larry Moyer	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)	148	—	Running	—	67
33	42	+9	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	141	—	Running	—	64
34	7	-27	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	130	—	DNF - Crash	15	66
35	28	-7	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	123	—	Running	—	58
36	29	-7	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	82	—	Running	—	55
37	18	-19	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	3	-35	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	35	-4	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	2	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	21	-19	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	25	-16	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	1	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	41	-1	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	1	—	DNF - Crash	—	37