1966 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1966 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1966
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 176.66 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 153.81 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $55,105
Race Number - 28

More Races from 1966

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Sam McQuagg	98	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	160	66 Dodge	126	$13,600
2	12	Darel Dieringer	16	Bud Moore	160	66 Mercury	0	$8,870
3	13	Jim Paschal	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	159	66 Plymout	12	$5,985
4	3	Curtis Turner	13	Smokey Yunick	159	66 Chevrol	2	$3,100
5	6	Jim Hurtubise	56	Norm Nelson	158	66 Plymout	2	$1,550
6	7	Don White	31	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	156	66 Dodge	0	$1,250
7	19	Marvin Panch	4	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	154	65 Plymout	0	$1,475
8	20	Tiny Lund	24	Betty Lilly	153	66 Ford	0	$1,375
9	14	James Hylton	48	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	153	65 Dodge	0	$1,300
10	32	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	152	64 Ford	0	$1,200
11	9	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	151	65 Dodge	8	$830
12	16	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	150	64 Chevrol	0	$740
13	23	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	149	64 Ford	0	$650
14	27	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	149	65 Chevrol	0	$655
15	11	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	148	66 Dodge	0	$475
16	22	Harold Smith	55	Lyle Stelter	147	64 Ford	0	$595
17	34	Larry Hess	44	Larry Hess	146	64 Ford	0	$615
18	36	Eddie MacDonald	89	John C Hipp	144	64 Chevrol	0	$585
19	40	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	143	65 Ford	0	$580
20	25	Blackie Watt	93	Harry Neal	139	64 Ford	0	$750
21	37	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	133	64 Ford	0	$570
22	33	Johnny Wynn	6	John McCarthy	132	64 Mercury	0	$590
23	35	Henley Gray	97	Henley Gray	126	66 Ford	0	$585
24	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	12	Prestone (Jon Thorne)	126	66 Dodge	10	$530
25	26	Roy Mayne	0	Emory Gilliam	112	65 Dodge	0	$525
26	39	Jimmy Helms	53	David Warren	111	64 Ford	0	$445
27	5	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	110	66 Plymout	0	$490
28	28	Doug Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	96	65 Plymout	0	$460
29	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	86	64 Plymout	0	$530
30	10	Earl Balmer	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	94	65 Dodge	0	$400
31	8	Mario Andretti	5	Cotton Owens	78	66 Dodge	0	$395
32	30	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	78	66 Chevrol	0	$440
33	21	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	54	66 Chevrol	0	$410
34	24	Bunkie Blackburn	39	JH Crawford	29	66 Chevrol	0	$380
35	17	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	28	66 Plymout	0	$375
36	29	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	25	64 Dodge	0	$370
37	31	JT Putney	19	JT Putney	20	66 Chevrol	0	$365
38	15	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	16	66 Chevrol	0	$360
39	38	Jabe Thomas	25	Jeff Handy	13	64 Ford	0	$355
40	18	Joel Davis	33	Curtis Satterfield	4	64 Chevrol	0	$350