1974 Firecracker 400

Race #16 of 30 in the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season

1974 Firecracker 400
*Held on July 4, 1974 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL*
160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator	1973 Mercury	160	44	running	10.400
2	6	43	Richard Petty	STP Oil Treatment	1974 Dodge	160	20	running	6.500
3	5	15	Buddy Baker	R.C. Cola	1973 Ford	160	15	running	4.475
4	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Carling	1974 Chevrolet	160	9	running	4.475
5	2	16	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola, AMC	1974 AMC Matador	159	51	running	3.400
6	7	28	Bobby Isaac	Pylon Wiper Blades	1974 Chevrolet	159	5	running	2.900
7	19	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales	1974 Chevrolet	158	0	running	2.500
8	29	93	Jackie Rogers	Lemon Tree Inns	1974 Chevrolet	157	0	running	2.200
9	23	05	David Sisco	Reliable Plumbing	1974 Chevrolet	155	0	running	1.800
10	32	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1972 Chevrolet	153	0	running	1.500
11	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1972 Chevrolet	153	0	running	1.300
12	33	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt	1974 Chevrolet	152	0	running	1.275
13	22	52	Earl Ross	Carling	1974 Chevrolet	151	0	running	1.250
14	39	64	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Langley Racing	1972 Ford	144	0	running	1.225
15	12	32	Dick Brooks	Simoniz	1974 Dodge	138	0	accident	1.200
16	15	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	1974 Dodge	121	0	running	1.175
17	21	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement	1974 Dodge	112	0	engine	1.150
18	24	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	1973 Chevrolet	98	0	engine	1.125
19	30	2	Dave Marcis	Deppe Enterprises	1973 Dodge	90	0	engine	1.100
20	36	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	1974 Chevrolet	90	0	engine	1.075
21	20	67	Buddy Arrington	J.R. Stanley Trucking	1972 Plymouth	84	0	overheating	1.050
22	4	90	Charlie Glotzbach	Truxmore Industries	1972 Ford	75	0	engine	1.000
23	25	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking	1973 Chevrolet	74	0	overheating	0.900
24	14	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport	1974 Chevrolet	71	3	engine	0.800
25	34	23	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing	1973 Dodge	62	0	engine	0.775
26	11	8	Ed Negre	Marty Robbins	1973 Dodge	56	0	engine	0.765
27	26	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace	1974 Chevrolet	52	0	engine	0.760
28	17	99	Ron Keselowski	Keselowski Racing	1972 Dodge	45	0	ignition	0.750
29	10	50	A.J. Foyt	DiGard Racing	1974 Chevrolet	44	0	engine	0.740
30	13	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	1974 Dodge	43	0	clutch	0.735
31	9	35	Dan Daughtry	DM Construction	1972 Ford	41	0	steering	0.725
32	28	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	1974 Chevrolet	39	8	clutch	0.715
33	3	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing	1974 Chevrolet	31	5	engine	0.710
34	18	98	Richie Panch	Tracmaster	1972 Ford	30	0	oil line	0.705
35	16	31	Jim Vandiver	Rossmeyer	1973 Dodge	26	0	engine	0.700
36	31	22	Jimmy Crawford	World Wide Tapes	1972 Plymouth	23	0	transmission	0.695
37	38	02	L.D. Ottinger	Lonesome Pine Raceway	1974 Chevrolet	22	0	water pump	0.690
38	40	57	Bob Burcham	Precision Specialties	1974 Chevrolet	16	0	handling	0.685
39	37	61	Johnny Rutherford	Bierschwale Racing	1974 Chevrolet	7	0	accident	0.680
40	35	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1972 Ford	1	0	oil leak	0.675
DID NOT START
		06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture	1974 Dodge			DNS
		25	Jabe Thomas	Star City Body Shop	1973 Dodge			DNS
QUALIFIED CAR
		10	Jim Hurtubise	Champion Racing	1972 Ford			qualified car
		23	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1973 Dodge			qualified car
		64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1972 Ford			qualified car
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Neil Bonnett		1972 Chevrolet			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:53:32
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Pearson - 49.79 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 1 carlength
Average Speed: 138.310 mph
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps - Laps 7-11 (#61 accident turn 1); Laps 18-21 (#57 engine); Laps 31-39 (#05 spun turn 1); Laps 78-91 (#90 engine); Laps 96-98 (#2 engine); Laps 141-146 (#32 tire debris)
Lead Changes: 49 among 9 drivers - Bobby Allison (AL) (1); Buddy Baker (2-3); Bobby Allison (AL) (4-5); Buddy Baker (6-10); Bobby Allison (AL) (11); Donnie Allison (12); Bobby Allison (AL) (13-14); David Pearson (15); Bobby Allison (AL) (16-17); Donnie Allison (18); Darrell Waltrip (19-21); Richard Petty (22); Donnie Allison (23-24); Bobby Allison (AL) (25); Donnie Allison (26); Bobby Allison (AL) (27-28); Donnie Allison (29); Bobby Allison (AL) (30); David Pearson (31); James Hylton (32-39); Richard Petty (40); David Pearson (41-48); Richard Petty (49-52); Buddy Baker (53-55); Richard Petty (56-57); Bobby Allison (AL) (58-61); Buddy Baker (62); Bobby Allison (AL) (63-70); Cale Yarborough (71-77); Bobby Isaac (78); Cale Yarborough (79); Bobby Allison (AL) (80-88); Buddy Baker (89); Bobby Isaac (90-93); Richard Petty (94-95); Bobby Allison (AL) (96-101); Richard Petty (102); Bobby Allison (AL) (103-105); David Pearson (106-116); Bobby Allison (AL) (117-121); David Pearson (122-126); Bobby Allison (AL) (127-128); David Pearson (129-131); Cale Yarborough (132); Richard Petty (133-141); David Pearson (142); Bobby Allison (AL) (143); Buddy Baker (144-146); David Pearson (147-160)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
By NASCAR rules : Buddy Baker and Cale Yarborough finished in dead heat for third place. Baker is listed third and Yarbrough fourth because of starting position and total money won overall (12,237-12,187)