1977 Firecracker 400 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Firecracker 400
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 16 of 30
Date: July 4, 1977
Track: Daytona International Speedway

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Firecracker 400 Race Information

Winner	Richard Petty	Car	No. 43 Dodge
Team / Owner	Petty Enterprises	Sponsor	STP
Winner Start	5th	Winner Laps Led	95
Started First	Neil Bonnett	Most Laps Led	Richard Petty (95)
Race Distance	400 miles (160 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	41
Total Purse	$149,355	Winner Earnings	$23,075
Different Leaders	8	Lead-Lap Finishers	7
Points Leader After Race	Cale Yarborough	Season Race	16 of 30

Firecracker 400 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	5	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	160	95	running	185	$23,075
2	12	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	160	21	running	175	$16,350
3	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	160	1	running	170	$12,300
4	14	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	160	0	running	160	$6,900
5	6	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore	A.J. Foyt	Chevrolet	160	4	running	—	$4,700
6	8	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	160	12	running	155	$4,570
7	32	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	160	0	running	146	$6,670
8	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Pocahontas Group	Jim Stacy	Dodge	158	1	running	147	$4,020
9	30	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	157	0	running	138	$5,220
10	7	27	Sam Sommers	—	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	156	0	running	134	$3,570
11	26	24	Cecil Gordon	Burger King	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	154	0	running	130	$4,820
12	10	81	Terry Ryan	Valvoline	Bill Monaghan	Chevrolet	154	0	running	127	$2,370
13	25	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet	154	0	running	124	$2,270
14	34	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	154	0	running	121	$2,195
15	38	6	Jim Hurtubise	Moran Electric	Ray Emerson	Chevrolet	154	0	running	118	$2,065
16	21	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	153	0	running	115	$5,195
17	9	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks	Bobby Allison	Matador	152	13	running	117	$3,935
18	15	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar	Butch Hartman	Chevrolet	152	0	running	109	$1,765
19	27	3	Richard Childress	Black Gold Oil	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	151	0	running	106	$3,475
20	23	52	Jimmy Means	Marianne II	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	151	0	running	103	$2,805
21	35	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	149	0	running	100	$2,845
22	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Pagoda Motel	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	148	0	running	97	$2,535
23	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	146	13	running	99	$2,350
24	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	—	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	143	0	engine	91	$2,350
25	40	45	Baxter Price	—	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	142	0	running	88	$1,165
26	18	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet	134	0	running	85	$1,140
27	13	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	123	0	engine	82	$2,015
28	33	91	Harold Miller	Bartow Paving	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	118	0	running	79	$1,140
29	4	36	Ron Hutcherson	Encyclopedia Britannica	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	117	0	engine	—	$1,805
30	11	47	Bruce Hill	t. edwards	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	111	0	engine	73	$1,040
31	29	5	Lella Lombardi	Bearfinder	Charles Dean	Chevrolet	103	0	rear end	—	$785
32	19	60	Ramo Stott	—	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	81	0	engine	67	$990
33	16	54	Lennie Pond	U.S. Army	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	57	0	steering	64	$1,595
34	39	16	David Sisco	Bath World	David Sisco	Chevrolet	56	0	engine	61	$1,560
35	31	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales	George Elliott	Ford	46	0	overheating	58	$915
36	17	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	45	0	transmission	55	$910
37	37	93	Christine Beckers	t. edwards-Genre	Junie Donlavey	Ford	33	0	brakes	—	$695
38	36	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford	33	0	engine	49	$1,500
39	24	48	James Hylton	Kansas Jack	James Hylton	Chevrolet	24	0	rear end	46	$1,470
40	20	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl	Lynda Ferreri	Chevrolet	11	0	engine	43	$890
41	41	40	D.K. Ulrich	Hair Shack	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	4	0	engine	40	$1,390

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