Won the 1996 busch grand national race at talladega. 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. Greg biffle won his first race in the 2003 pepsi 400 in dramatic fashion. Race results at daytona international speedway racing. However, his speed was disallowed because he demolished the car during his. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. A look at the history of the pepsi 400 at daytona international speedway with year of race, winner, runnerup, polesitter and winning car owner.
Buddys father was a twotime premier series champion and won 46 races in nascars top division. The race was won by richard petty and watched by president ronald reagan, the first sitting president to attend a nascar race. Here is the starting lineup for saturday nights coke zero 400. Aug 05, 2007 here is the finish to the famous 1984 talladega 500 at alabama international motor speedway.
Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar winston cup series. 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. Despite an inexperienced pit crew, greg sacks races to victory at daytona international speedway in the 1985 firecracker 400. From 1980 to 1983 he won 17 races at stafford motor speedway and took the tracks championship in 1982. 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. A total of six cautions were handed out by nascar officials for a duration of 36 laps. Austin dillon wins the subway firecracker 250 xfinity series race at daytona international speedway on saturday night. Racings valvoline ford to victory in the firecracker 400 in 1983. 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. Daytona international raceway has been home to a lot of upset finishes in its 50 years of existence. The victory was pettys 200th and would turn out to be the last of. Chevy monte carlo cale yarborough hardees 124 nascar stock. 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. Feb 20, 2014 during daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a chevy.
Cale yarborough 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984 daytona 500 winners. 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. Foyt won the international race of champions allstar racing series in 1976 and 1977. During daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a chevy. Petty went on to win the daytona 500 and finished second in the july 4 firecracker 400.
Daytona international speedway home to nascars biggest. Among the most notable, david pearson won the 400 four times prior to finally winning the daytona 500 in 1976. 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. 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.
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. Won the 1985 firecracker 400 at daytona over bill elliott. Calling all nascar grand national nascar, racing fans. Prior to driving in the nascar winston cup series, he had success as a nascar modified driver. Retires from stock car racing, with an unmatched racing career. Nascar winston cup race number 1 of 30 sunday, february 19, 1984 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 200 laps on a 2. Danica patrick, who won the pole for februarys daytona 500, will start 11th. It is bakers 19th career nascar winston cup grand national win and his first with the wood brothers team. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Competed in the nascar winston cup series between 19831998. On saturday, he earned a win at the other most famous track in nascar.
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. Calling all nascar winston cup grand national nascar, racing fans. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. 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. Cale yarborough poses with the 1969 mercury cyclone out of the wood brothers stables before the firecracker 400 at daytona. The coke zero sugar 400 is an annual nascar cup series stock car race at daytona international speedway. From its inception to 2019, it was traditionally held on or around united states independence day. After going through several teams, and after becoming a driver with the wood brothers, he won the 1967 atlanta 500 and the firecracker 400. Nascar winston cup series pepsi firecracker 400 daytona international speedway daytona beach, florida july 4, 1986. After all, he had just won a race he had little right to win. Yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500 the new. A crowd of 115,000 people watched the lead change 58 times among 11 drivers.
Won his 2nd daytona 500, beginning an unequaled winning streak. First uno twin 125 qualifier second uno twin 125 qualifier previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track. Qualified on the pole for the 1990 firecracker 400. Daytona 500 champion jimmie johnson will start eighth. First held in 1959, the event consists of 160 laps, 400 mile 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. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1983. Play sporcles virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Austin dillon wins wreckfilled xfinity race at daytona. Richard petty heads to the announce booth to meet president ronald reagan after winning his 200th nascar cup race. The 1979 daytona 500 was big as the first nationally televised race.
Wins his 200 th victory and final at the firecracker 400 at daytona. Lane after winning the daytona 500 on february 20, 1983. He won the firecracker 400 in 1982, making him the fourth driver to take both sprint cup races at daytona in the same year. I was running away from tim, and my car was just great. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1983 firecracker. 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. 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. 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.
Races won 1984 2 wins budweiser 500 dover, firecracker. Jan 21, 2020 buddys father was a twotime premier series champion and won 46 races in nascars top division. Calling all nascar winston cup nascar, racing fans. Hodgdon carolina 500 rockingham, winston 500 talladega, miller high lif. 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. Bobby allison 1978, 1982, 1988 daytona 500 winners.
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. In the nascar stock car circuit, he won the 1964 firecracker 400 and the 1972 daytona 500. In its history, the team fielded cars for donnie allison in 1973 and 1974 before. In one fan vote, they had the 1984 firecracker 400 as the most significant stockcar race in history, curb said. 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 winston cup race number 16 of 30 monday, july 4, 1983 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Decades at daytona 1960s daytona international speedway. 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. Nascar cup tracks daytona international speedway nbcsports. Jun 27, 2007 geoff bodine runs out of fule and bill elliott wins his second daytona 500. Yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500 the. 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. Feb 21, 1983 yarborough, in backup car, captures daytona 500. The victory gave petty his 200th win in nascar winston cup series competition, extending his longstanding record.
We had the race won, said baker, who has not won since the 1983 firecracker 400. Click on the race number to see the results of that race view nascar cup series driver stats at this track. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. 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.
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