1974 Firecracker 400

Race 16 of 30

Daytona
160 laps
Time of race: 2:53:32
Average speed of winner: 138.310 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 48 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, B. Allison 1, Baker 2-3, B. Allison 4-5, Baker 6-10, B. Allison 11, D. Allison 12, B. Allison 13-14, Pearson 15, B. Allison 16-17, D. Allison 18, Waltrip 19-21, Petty 22, D. Allison 23-24, B. Allison 25, D. Allison 26, B. Allison 27-29, D. Allison 30, Pearson 31, Hylton 32-39, Petty 40, Pearson 41-48, Petty 49-52, Baker 53-55, Petty 56-57, B. Allison 58-61, Baker 62, B. Allison 63-70, Yarborough 71-77, Isaac 78, Yarborough 79, B. Allison 80-88, Baker 89, Isaac 90-93, Petty 94-95, B. Allison 96-101, Petty 102, B. Allison 103-105, Pearson 106-116, B. Allison 117-121, Pearson 122-126, B. Allison 127-128, Pearson 129-131, Yarborough 132, Petty 133-141, Pearson 142, B. Allison 143, Baker 144-146, Pearson 147-160

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	160.759	160	8	44	running	17350	0
2	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		160	7	20	running	12825	0
3	5	Buddy Baker	15	RC Cola	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		160	6	15	running	12237	0
3	8	Cale Yarborough	11	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		160	3	9	running	12187	0
5	2	Bobby Allison	16	Coca-Cola	'74 Matador	Penske	Woodard		159	16	51	running	4100	0
6	7	Bobby Isaac	28		'74 Chevrolet	Ellington			159	2	5	running	1900	0
7	19	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			158	0	0	running	3450	0
8	29	Jackie Rogers	93		'74 Chevrolet	Ray Frederick			157	0	0	running	2200	0
9	23	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			155	0	0	running	2625	0
10	32	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			153	0	0	running	2000	0
11	27	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			153	0	0	running	1910	0
12	33	Dean Dalton	7		'74 Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			152	0	0	running	1275	0
13	22	Earl Ross	52	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson			151	0	0	running	1880	0
14	39	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	64		'72 Ford	Langley			144	0	0	running	1225	0
15	12	Dick Brooks	32		'74 Dodge	Dick Brooks			138	0	0	accident	1750	0
16	15	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			121	0	0	running	2200	0
17	21	Joe Frasson	18		'74 Dodge	Frasson			112	0	0	engine	1890	0
18	24	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'73 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			98	0	0	engine	2075	0
19	30	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			90	0	0	engine	1600	0
20	36	Walter Ballard	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			90	0	0	engine	1575	0
21	20	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			84	0	0	heating	1475	0
22	4	Charlie Glotzbach	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			75	0	0	engine	1600	0
23	25	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			74	0	0	heating	1550	0
24	14	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'74 Chevrolet	Waltrip			71	1	3	engine	1825	0
25	34	Roy Mayne	23		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			62	0	0	engine	775	0
26	11	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			56	0	0	engine	1315	0
27	26	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		52	0	0	engine	4330	0
28	17	Ron Keselowski	99		'72 Dodge	Lubinski			45	0	0	ignition	1250	0
29	10	A.J. Foyt	50		'74 Chevrolet	Foyt			44	0	0	engine	740	0
30	13	G.C. Spencer	49		'74 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			43	0	0	clutch	1265	0
31	9	Dan Daughtry	35		'72 Ford	Morris Davis			41	0	0	steering	725	0
32	28	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			39	1	8	clutch	1315	0
33	3	Donnie Allison	88		'74 Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		31	4	5	engine	1460	0
34	18	Richie Panch	98		'72 Ford	Thornley			30	0	0	oil leak	1680	0
35	16	Jim Vandiver	31		'73 Dodge	O.L. Nixon			26	0	0	engine	1220	0
36	31	Jimmy Crawford	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			23	0	0	transmission	695	0
37	38	L.D. Ottinger	02		'74 Chevrolet	Large			22	0	0	water pump	690	0
38	40	Bob Burcham	57		'74 Chevrolet	Jack White			16	0	0	handling	685	0
39	37	Johnny Rutherford	61		'74 Chevrolet	Bierschwale			7	0	0	accident	680	0
40	35	Bill Champion	10		'72 Ford	Bill Champion			1	0	0	oil leak	675	0