Who won the 1983 firecracker 400

American race car driver who began his nascar career in 1983. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1983 firecracker. The firecracker 400, which was the firecracker 250 for its first four years, was held every july 4 from 1959 to 1986. Austin dillon wins wreckfilled xfinity race at daytona. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Won the 1996 busch grand national race at talladega. Note the tubular spaceframe, specially built body, racing wheels and tires, and safety gear in the interior. It is bakers 19th career nascar winston cup grand national win and his first with the wood brothers team.

Following a highspeed, raindelayed race at chicagoland speedway, the monster energy nascar cup series continues its pedal to the metal approach at dayt. Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar winston cup series. Among the most notable, david pearson won the 400 four times prior to finally winning the daytona 500 in 1976. In 1963, the race was expanded from 100 laps to 160 laps, for a distance of 400 miles, changing its name from the firecracker 250 to the firecracker 400. Won the 1985 firecracker 400 at daytona over bill elliott. He finished third in the 1986 international race of champions. Calling all nascar winston cup nascar, racing fans. On march 4, 2001, jeff gordon kicked his championship drive into high gear with a victory in the uawdaimlerchrysler 400 at las vegas motor speedway.

He has finished 20th or worse in eight of the 18 races since he won that 2008 race. Ok, so the two are necessarily equal in importance, but the celebrations are. 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. He won the firecracker 400 in 1982, making him the fourth driver to take both sprint cup races at daytona in the same year. Notable victories came in the 1979 firecracker 400 and the cocacola 600 in 1982 and 1983. Can you name the second place finishers in the nascar winston cup grand national races won by bobby allison. Daytona firecracker 400 winner richard petty in victory lane. Dale earnhardt would take over the championship lead from darrell waltrip at the end of the race. Greg sacks born november 3, 1952 is a former nascar driver. In addition, almost every multipletime daytona 500 winner has won at least one coke zero 400 in the career, with the exception of matt kenseth who has won the daytona 500 in 2009 and 2012, but never the july race. 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. The team won the 1983 winston cup championship with bobby allison at the wheel.

Cale yarborough 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984 daytona 500 winners. May 09, 2008 1988 pepsi firecracker 400 finishpost race battalionfan888. May 22, 2016 in only three years attendance had grown exponentially, as tourists flocked to the beaches for the holidays. Like current nascar racers, its engine is not fuelinjected but uses carburetion. Dean roper would make his final nascar winston cup series start in this event. 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. Calling all nascar winston cup grand national nascar, racing fans. Nascar winston cup grand national series daytona international speedway july 4th, 1980. He left the team after the race and fielded cars out of his own race shop for the rest of the season. Unfortunatly wilson never won a winston cup race and hasnt raced since 1997. The unlikely tale of greg sacks and his lone nascar. A good portion of the field wrecks over the final 10 laps, including brian. Nascar winston cup race number 17 of 31 saturday, july 4, 1981 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Bonnett also won the first nascar race held outside of north america, winning the goodyear 500 in.

Trending newest collections painters hall of fame paint of the week. 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. Schedule and start times for the sprint cup series coke zero 400 on saturday and the xfinity series subway firecracker 250 on friday. Cale yarborough poses with the 1969 mercury cyclone out of the wood brothers stables before the firecracker 400 at daytona. Elliott won the daytona 500 and finished second in the pepsi firecracker 400. Haley was making just his third career cup start and inherited the lead after a 17car accident decimated the field and a lightning strike forced nascar to stop the race with 33 of the scheduled 160 laps remaining.

What you need to know about daytona ford performance. Danica patrick, who won the pole for februarys daytona 500, will start 11th. In 1962 he became the first driver to win both the daytona 500 and firecracker 250 in the same year. And one more year of the old firecracker 400 the way we remember it. Mario andretti won races around the world, including the 1967 daytona 500. Daytona international speedway home to nascars biggest. Dec 12, 2012 daytona international speedway daytona beach, fl july 6, 1991. There was a race called the firecracker 400 which ran at daytona international speedway on the july 4th weekend, it used be run on july 4th. Ford daytona july race winners 1963 fireball roberts 1965 a. Nascar winston cup race number 1 of 30 sunday, february 19, 1984 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 200 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. Jun 30, 2017 johnson won a qualifying race at the speedway in 1965, but had on his owners hat when lee roy yarbrough won twice in 1969 and jimmy spencer in 1994. Roberts enjoyed particular success in the firecracker race as he won. Petty went on to win the daytona 500 and finished second in the july 4 firecracker 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. Enjoy the very best photos from the 1984 firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway. He won 17 races at stafford motor speedway from 1980 to 1983.

Complete schedule, times, tv info for coke zero 400. He won his only nascar sprint cup series race at the 1985 firecracker 400 at daytona. Competed in the nascar winston cup series between 1983 1998. A look at the history of the pepsi 400 at daytona international speedway with year of race, winner, runnerup, polesitter and winning car owner. It was the first of gordons six wins that season which helped carry him to a fourth cup series crown in seven years. Monday, july 4, 1983 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Bill elliotts first win 1983 winston western 500 riverside duration. Sacks won the race, but the entry of two cars violated allisons contract with the team.

Can you name the second place finishers in the nascar winston cup races won by neil. Greg biffle won his first race in the 2003 pepsi 400 in dramatic fashion. Bobby allison 1978, 1982, 1988 daytona 500 winners. However, its david pearson who holds the record for the most wins of this race with five. The 1983 nascar winston cup season is the 35th season of professional stock car racing in. Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar. Perhaps pettys most memorable moment, though, was his victory at the 1984 firecracker 400. His biggest wins came when he went against the grain, taking keselowski at 121 to win the south point 400 at las vegas in the opening race of.

The 86 photos from this event in my nascar online photo database include many good shots of some ofthe biggest names in american. Nascar cup tracks daytona international speedway nbcsports. See the article in its original context from july 5, 1983, section b, page 10 buy reprints. Last win buddy baker nascar cup series quiz by wesker56. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1983 firecracker 400. Competed in the nascar winston cup series between 19831998. Daytona international speedway home to nascars biggest upset. Daytona 500 champion jimmie johnson will start eighth. Daytona beach a crazy race led to a controversial finish as kyle larson won fridays 100lap nascar xfinity series cocacola firecracker 250, the preliminary event for tonights nascar. The underfinanced effort lasted just 19 laps before the engine let go, leaving arnie. The nevada native won the 2008 summer race at this trioval but has landed in the top five just three times since then.

Decades at daytona 1960s daytona international speedway. Many drivers who have won the daytona 500 have also won the coke zero 400 at some point in their career. On lap 158, doug heveron crashed, bringing out the yellow caution flag, essentially turning lap 158 into the last lap as the two drivers battled back to the startfinish line. Sacks got his break in the cup series by way of his father, making his start in the 1983 firecracker 400. Despite an inexperienced pit crew, greg sacks races to victory at daytona international speedway in the 1985 firecracker 400. Busch was the first and denny hamlin was the second in 2016. The team entered a second car, for greg sacks, for the 1985 firecracker 400. Jul 02, 2017 a full list of richard pettys 200 wins in nascars premier series, with race dates, tracks, and news nuggets from the kings decades of racing. For season 1987, cale yarborough bought the race hill farms team and entered the winston cup with his own car. From his win at the 1979 daytona 500 to his iconic 1967 season, the nascar titan has had his fair share of memorable moments on the track. First uno twin 125 qualifier second uno twin 125 qualifier previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track. Sports quiz last win buddy baker nascar cup series random sports or auto racing quiz can you guess the finishing order for buddy bakers last nascar cup series victory. Daytona firecracker 400 winner richard petty in victory lane wearing his telltale sunglasses.

In addition, every single multipletime winner of the daytona 500 has won the coke zero 400 at least once. After all, he had just won a race he had little right to win. In 1983, he made his nascar winston cup series debut in the pepsi 400 at daytona in the no. Nascar winston cup series daytona international speedway july 4th, 1983. Austin dillon wins the subway firecracker 250 xfinity series race at daytona international speedway on saturday night. In addition, almost every multipletime daytona 500 winner has won at least one coke zero 400 in the career, with the exception of matt kenseth who. He had three children, paul, brian, and rachel, with his wife vicky. Round, race name, pole position, most laps led, winning. A live audience of 80,000 people attended the race. The car carried petty to victory in the firecracker 400 race at. Here is the starting lineup for saturday nights coke zero 400. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1983. Jul 21, 2011 pearson also won the winston 500, the firecracker 400 3 consecutive times, and won the 1976 daytona 500 after crashing with petty and slowly driving his car over the line for his only daytona.

We had the race won, said baker, who has not won since the 1983 firecracker 400. After going through several teams, and after becoming a driver with the wood brothers, he won the 1967 atlanta 500 and the firecracker 400. Watch live races and get the nascar schedule, race results, rumors and more on. Richard pettys 200th victory car national museum of. He won his final career pole next year at the firecracker 400 at daytona. Jul 01, 2008 daytona international speedway home to nascars biggest upset. 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. Feb 12, 2020 mario andretti won races around the world, including the 1967 daytona 500. On july 4, 1984, petty won his 200th and what would turn to be his final victory race at the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway. 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.

Nascar cup series race winners at daytona international speedway. Kyle larson takes firecracker 250 after wild finish. There were three cautions for fifteen laps and the race ended under caution. I was running away from tim, and my car was just great. The 1983 firecracker 400 was a winston cup series now nextel cup event held at daytona international speedway on july 4, 1983. Odds shark s scott hastings gives a breakdown and picks for who he thinks will win the coke zero sugar 400 this saturday night. Yarborough won the firecracker 400 in 1967 as a driver and watched john andretti take his ford to victory lane in 1997. The legendary fireball roberts won the first ever coke zero 400 race, which was named the firecracker 250 in 1959. Justin haley won the rain delayed and wreckfilled firecracker 400 sunday at daytona international speedway wreck filled race. Roberts would go on to win this race on three separate occasions, also becoming the first man to win it in consecutive years. The team was started in 1973 based in a racecar garage near the daytona speedway. That fateful race was significant for a whole host of reasons. Qualified on the pole for the 1990 firecracker 400. The firecracker 400 was run at daytona on, fittingly, the fourth of july from 1959 through 1987, after which it was moved to the weekend before or after the holiday.