1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1970 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1970
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 191.64 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 19
Average Race Speed - 162.23 mph
Lead Changes - 32
Total Race Purse - $76,605
Race Number - 24

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	15	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	160	69 Ford	7	$21,025
2	8	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	160	69 Dodge	71	$10,795
3	9	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	160	69 Dodge	1	$7,005
4	6	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	159	69 Dodge	7	$3,825
5	10	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	158	70 Plymout	0	$2,500
6	21	Don Tarr	36	CocaCola (Richard Brown)	157	70 Plymout	0	$2,050
7	13	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	155	69 Ford	0	$1,400
8	5	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	154	69 Ford	34	$1,700
9	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	151	69 Dodge	4	$1,250
10	23	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	148	69 Dodge	0	$1,075
11	16	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	147	69 Ford	0	$1,040
12	31	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	146	69 Dodge	0	$990
13	30	John Sears	4	John Sears	143	69 Dodge	0	$965
14	18	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	143	69 Dodge	0	$940
15	25	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	143	69 Ford	0	$940
16	27	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	142	69 Ford	0	$890
17	20	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	141	69 Plymout	0	$865
18	11	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	139	70 Plymout	0	$965
19	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	135	68 Ford	0	$820
20	28	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	135	69 Ford	0	$805
21	26	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	129	69 Ford	0	$820
22	14	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	122	69 Dodge	0	$810
23	24	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	111	69 Dodge	0	$800
24	36	Roy Mayne	16	Ken Spikes	96	70 Chevrol	0	$765
25	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	90	69 Mercury	16	$830
26	39	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	88	69 Ford	0	$745
27	38	Gary DuPuis	89	Morris Davis	78	69 Ford	0	$735
28	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	59	69 Mercury	0	$725
29	32	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	58	69 Plymout	0	$715
30	4	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	46	70 Plymout	10	$760
31	7	Benny Parsons	72	Montgomery Motors (LG DeWitt)	43	69 Ford	1	$700
32	12	Fred Lorenzen	28	Piper Trash Can Liners (Ray Fox)	30	69 Dodge	0	$765
33	22	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	27	69 Dodge	0	$735
34	19	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	25	69 Chevrol	0	$680
35	1	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	23	69 Mercury	9	$875
36	29	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	15	69 Chevrol	0	$670
37	35	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	6	69 Ford	0	$665
38	34	Bobby Mausgrover	84	Buster Davis	5	69 Dodge	0	$660
39	37	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	0	69 Plymout	0	$655
40	40	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	0	69 Ford	0	$650