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1966 Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Sam McQuagg	4	40	23	2	6	126	160	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	160	126	running	2,500
2	12	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	160		running	2,400
3	13	14	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	159	12	running	2,300
4	3	13	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	159	2	running	2,200
5	6	56	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	158	2	running	0
6	7	31	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	156		running	0
7	19	04	Marvin Panch	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	154		running	2,100
8	20	24	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly (Owner)	Ford	153		running	2,000
9	14	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	153		running	1,900
10	32	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	152		running	1,800
11	9	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	151	8	engine	1,700
12	16	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	150		running	1,600
13	23	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	149		running	1,500
14	27	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	149		running	1,400
15	11	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	148		running	1,300
16	22	55	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Ford	147		running	1,200
17	34	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	147		running	1,100
18	38	89	Eddie MacDonald (Tifton, GA)		Chevrolet	146		running	1,000
19	40	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	144		running	900
20	25	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)	Ford	143		running	800
21	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Ford	139		running	700
22	33	06	Johnny Wynn	John McCarthy (Owner)	Mercury	133		running	600
23	35	97	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	132		running	500
24	1	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	126	10	spring	400
25	26	00	Roy Mayne	Emory Gilliam (Owner)	Dodge	126		running	300
26	39	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)	Ford	112		head gasket	200
27	5	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	111		windshield	100
28	28	02	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	110		engine	100
29	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	86		accident	100
30	10	71	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	84		accident	0
31	8	5	Mario Andretti	Owens Racing	Dodge	78		engine	0
32	30	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	78		windshield	100
33	21	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	54		accident	100
34	24	39	Bunkie Blackburn	J.H. Crawford (Owner)	Chevrolet	29		oil pressure	100
35	17	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	28		transmission	100
36	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	25		oil pressure	100
37	31	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	20		valve	100
38	15	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	18		accident	100
39	36	25	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing	Ford	13		oil pressure	100
40	18	33	Joel Davis	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)	Chevrolet	4		drive shaft	100

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Sam McQuagg	126	78.8%	P1
2	Jim Paschal	12	7.5%	P3
3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	10	6.3%	P24
4	Buddy Baker	8	5.0%	P11
5	Curtis Turner	2	1.3%	P4
6	Jim Hurtubise	2	1.3%	P5

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