Hodgdon carolina 500 rockingham, winston 500 talladega, miller high lif. In 1984, he carried on his winning streak by winning. First uno twin 125 qualifier second uno twin 125 qualifier previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track. Calling all nascar grand national nascar, racing fans. After all, he had just won a race he had little right to win. Greg biffle won his first race in the 2003 pepsi 400 in dramatic fashion. Digard motorsports was a championshipwinning race team in the nascar winston cup series that had its most success in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The 1979 daytona 500 was big as the first nationally televised race. Nascar winston cup race number 16 of 30 monday, july 4, 1983 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2.
I was running away from tim, and my car was just great. The first summer race at daytona international speedway was called the firecracker 250 the forerunner of the coke zero 400 powered by cocacola and held on july 4, 1959. Calling all nascar winston cup grand national nascar, racing fans. Despite an inexperienced pit crew, greg sacks races to victory at daytona international speedway in the 1985 firecracker 400. Competed in the nascar winston cup series between 19831998. In the reverse direction, tony stewart has won the coke zero 400 four times, but never the daytona 500 his best 500 finish being second, behind dale earnhardt, jr. Daytona 500 champion jimmie johnson will start eighth. Daytona international raceway has been home to a lot of upset finishes in its 50 years of existence. Jul 03, 2018 the 1984 firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on july 4 was not just a nascar race but a campaign rally for president reagan as he ran for reelection. Allison won the first daytona 500 run with restrictor plates in february 88, making him the first driver to win the daytona 500, both with and without restrictor plates. The team won the 1983 winston cup championship with bobby allison at the wheel the team was started in 1973 based in a racecar garage near the daytona speedway. Aug 05, 2007 here is the finish to the famous 1984 talladega 500 at alabama international motor speedway. Foyt won the international race of champions allstar racing series in 1976 and 1977.
Wins his 200 th victory and final at the firecracker 400 at daytona. The 1984 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series now monster energy nascar cup series racing event that took place on july 4, 1984, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. Lane after winning the daytona 500 on february 20, 1983. Calling all nascar winston cup nascar, racing fans. Nascar cup tracks daytona international speedway nbcsports. Qualified on the pole for the 1990 firecracker 400. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1983. Feb 21, 1983 yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500. We had the race won, said baker, who has not won since the 1983 firecracker 400. Retires from stock car racing, with an unmatched racing career. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Race results at daytona international speedway racing. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Racings valvoline ford to victory in the firecracker 400 in 1983.
Feb 20, 2014 during daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a chevy. Austin dillon wins wreckfilled xfinity race at daytona. Won the 1985 firecracker 400 at daytona over bill elliott. Nascar cup series race winners at daytona international speedway. Nascar winston cup series pepsi firecracker 400 daytona international speedway daytona beach, florida july 4, 1986. Here is the starting lineup for saturday nights coke zero 400. Buddy baker scoots into the lead and wins the firecracker 400 at daytona when terry labonte runs out of fuel two laps from the finish. Decades at daytona 1960s daytona international speedway. In one fan vote, they had the 1984 firecracker 400 as the most significant stockcar race in history, curb said. Cale yarborough poses with the 1969 mercury cyclone out of the wood brothers stables before the firecracker 400 at daytona. Danica patrick, who won the pole for februarys daytona 500, will start 11th. Nascar winston cup race number 1 of 30 sunday, february 19, 1984 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 200 laps on a 2. In its history, the team fielded cars for donnie allison in 1973 and 1974 before.
The 1983 daytona 500, the 25th running of the event, was held february 20 at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida as the first race of the 1983 nascar winston cup season. After going through several teams, and after becoming a driver with the wood brothers, he won the 1967 atlanta 500 and the firecracker 400. Among the most notable, david pearson won the 400 four times prior to finally winning the daytona 500 in 1976. Yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500 the.
Dec 25, 2019 he won four races, including his third daytona 500, his sixth atlanta cocacola 500, and swept both events at michigan, along with three poles. It is bakers 19th career nascar winston cup grand national win and his first with the wood brothers team. All years 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009. Jun 27, 2007 geoff bodine runs out of fule and bill elliott wins his second daytona 500. Richard petty heads to the announce booth to meet president ronald reagan after winning his 200th nascar cup race. He won the firecracker 400 in 1982, making him the fourth driver to take both sprint cup races at daytona in the same year. Daytona international speedway home to nascars biggest. Austin dillon wins the subway firecracker 250 xfinity series race at daytona international speedway on saturday night. Bobby allison 1978, 1982, 1988 daytona 500 winners. However, his speed was disallowed because he demolished the car during his. From its inception to 2019, it was traditionally held on or around united states independence day. Won the 1996 busch grand national race at talladega.
Won his 2nd daytona 500, beginning an unequaled winning streak. The 1984 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series racing event that took place on july 4, 1984, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. The race ran its scheduled 250 miles with no caution flags, with daytona beach native fireball roberts winning in dominating fashion, leading 84 of 100 laps and beating. Yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500 the new.
Prior to driving in the nascar winston cup series, he had success as a nascar modified driver. Kyle busch wins pole for coke zero 400 at daytona usa today. The race was won by richard petty and watched by president ronald reagan, the first sitting president to attend a nascar race. He is the only driver to win the indianapolis 500 which he won four times, the daytona 500, the 24 hours of daytona, and the 24 hours of le mans. A look at the history of the pepsi 400 at daytona international speedway with year of race, winner, runnerup, polesitter and winning car owner. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. During daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a chevy. Play sporcles virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Races won 1984 2 wins budweiser 500 dover, firecracker. Petty went on to win the daytona 500 and finished second in the july 4 firecracker 400. First held in 1959, the event consists of 160 laps, 400mile 640 km, and is the second of two major stock car events held at daytona on the cup series circuit, the other being the daytona 500. A total of six cautions were handed out by nascar officials for a duration of 36 laps. May 22, 2016 the first summer race at daytona international speedway was called the firecracker 250 the forerunner of the coke zero 400 powered by cocacola and held on july 4, 1959. In the nascar stock car circuit, he won the 1964 firecracker 400 and the 1972 daytona 500.
Thirty years after mario andretti won his only daytona 500, his nephew john andretti put his name in the history books by winning the 1997 firecr i mean, the pepsi wait, the coke zero 400. A crowd of 115,000 people watched the lead change 58 times among 11 drivers. Jun 30, 2017 thirty years after mario andretti won his only daytona 500, his nephew john andretti put his name in the history books by winning the 1997 firecr i mean, the pepsi wait, the coke zero 400. On saturday, he earned a win at the other most famous track in nascar. In 1985, digard had allison battling for the championship in the no. A good portion of the field wrecks over the final 10 laps, including brian. Buddys father was a twotime premier series champion and won 46 races in nascars top division. The unlikely tale of greg sacks and his lone nascar. Cale yarborough 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984 daytona 500 winners. Nascar winston cup race number 17 of 31 saturday, july 4, 1981 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2.
Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar winston cup series. Chevy monte carlo cale yarborough hardees 124 nascar stock. Jan 21, 2020 buddys father was a twotime premier series champion and won 46 races in nascars top division. The victory was pettys 200th and would turn out to be the last of. The victory gave petty his 200th win in nascar winston cup series competition, extending his longstanding record.
The 1976 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series race that took place on july 4, 1976, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1983 firecracker. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. From 1980 to 1983 he won 17 races at stafford motor speedway and took the tracks championship in 1982.
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