Bayne stands nascar world on end with daytona 500 win. Nascar winston cup series daytona international speedway july 4th, 1983. Putting aside his win in the 1982 consolation race, this was tim richmonds only win at daytona in his career. Jan 16, 2015 broke two vertebrae during practice for the 1983 firecracker 400. Feb 14, 2018 bob welborn won the first race at daytona, the 100mile qualifying race for the daytona 500. On saturday, he earned a win at the other most famous track in nascar. Donnie was the first to do it when he won the firecracker 400 in 1970 with owner banjo matthews. It is bakers 19th career nascar winston cup grand national win and his first with the wood brothers team.
Prior to driving in the nascar winston cup series, he had success as a nascar modified driver. The coke zero sugar 400 is an annual nascar cup series stock car race at daytona international speedway. Nascar cup tracks daytona international speedway nbcsports. There were three wins in daytona qualifying races in the 1960s when those counted in the point standings. Jul 06, 2018 starting lineup for the coke zero sugar 400. Nascar winston cup series daytona international speedway february 17th, 1983. He never ran for the point title, entering only the major races from 1958 on. The firecracker 400, which was the firecracker 250 for its first four years, was held every july 4 from 1959 to 1986. Hodgdon carolina 500 was a nascar winston cup series racing event that was scheduled to be held on sunday, march 6, 1983, at north carolina motor speedway in rockingham. Foyt won the international race of champions allstar racing series in 1976 and 1977.
Three members of the allison family have won a nascar sprint cup series race at daytona international speedway. Daytona firecracker 400 winner richard petty in victory lane wearing his tell tale sunglasses. The xfinity series will hold its circle k firecracker 250 tonight at daytona international speedway. Following his championship season, elliott broke his wrist in a crash during testing at daytona and required relief by jody ridley during several races in the first part of the 1989 season. Feb 21, 2017 bob welborn won the first race at daytona, the 100mile qualifying race for the daytona 500. Kyle busch wins pole for coke zero 400 at daytona usa today. 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. Jan 21, 2020 he then won his qualifying race for the daytona 500 but dropped out of the big event early with a blown engine. 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. Despite an inexperienced pit crew, greg sacks races to victory at daytona international speedway in the 1985 firecracker 400. A total of six cautions were handed out by nascar officials for a duration of 36 laps.
Yarborough won the firecracker 400 in 1967 as a driver and watched john andretti take his ford to victory lane in 1997. Considered the most prestigious and important race in nascar, the daytona has opened the nascar season every february since 1982. Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar. Check the bottom of this list for older tracks, various busch series tickets, daytona 100 mile qualifiers, twin 125s, gatorade duel, busch clash, bud shootout. Brothers racings valvoline ford to victory in the firecracker 400 in 1983. Here he gets a victory kiss from wife judy after winning the 1982 daytona 500. Sep 10, 2019 cale yarborough poses with the 1969 mercury cyclone out of the wood brothers stables before the firecracker 400 at daytona. In 1983, he became the first driver to run a qualifying lap of more than 200 miles per hour. 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. The 1982 daytona 500 was fraught with controversy that became known as bumpergate. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1975 firecracker. What you need to know about daytona ford performance.
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. In 1988 elliott won another six races, including the southern 500 and the pepsi firecracker 400, six poles, and his first and only winston cup championship. We are not the venue box office, official ticket site, or affiliated with the coke zero 400. Fireball roberts won the first 400mile race at daytona, the 1963 firecracker 400. While others have matched some of his most impressive records, such as his four indianapolis 500 victories, nobody can compete with the astonishing longevity and variety of his racing career. Greg biffle won the pole for saturday nights coke zero 400 nascar sprint cup series race at daytona international speedway, turning a lap of 192. List of daytona 500 pole position winners wikipedia. He was nascar winston cup champion in 1983 driving for digard racing. Bayne became the first driver to win the daytona 500 in his first attempt since lee petty won the inaugural event in 1959.
It would be five years before he found another full time winston cup ride with jack roush. Calling all nascar grand national nascar, racing fans. In the nascar stock car circuit, he won the 1964 firecracker 400 and the 1972 daytona 500. 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. During daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a new chevy monte carlo. Nascar driver tim richmond stands beside his race car prior to the start of the 1987 firecracker 400 on july 4, 1987 at the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, fla. Petty went on to win the daytona 500 and finished second in the july 4 firecracker 400. The victory gave petty his 200th win in nascar winston cup series competition, extending his longstanding record. He finished third in the 1986 international race of champions. After going through several teams, and after becoming a driver with the wood brothers, he won the 1967 atlanta 500 and the firecracker 400. Round, race name, pole position, most laps led, winning. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1982 firecracker. For season 1987, cale yarborough bought the race hill farms team and entered the winston cup with his own car. However, his speed was disallowed because he demolished the.
Cale yarborough poses with the 1969 mercury cyclone out of the wood brothers stables before the firecracker 400 at daytona. His two sons, clifford and davey allison, followed him into racing, and both died within a. Nascar and the sprint cup drivers were able to avoid the rain during qualifying friday afternoon at daytona. Bob welborn won the first race at daytona, the 100mile qualifying race for the daytona 500. That will be preceded by qualifying for saturdays cup series race. Dec 05, 2019 darrell waltrip, who brought his folksy, outsized personality from the drivers seat to a prodigious second career as a broadcaster, retired after the toyota save mart 350 at sonoma raceway in 2019. His worst crash was at road america in 1990, where he suffered a broken knee. Untold stories of the 1984 firecracker 400 posted by nascarman on july 2, 2015 viewed 0 times tweet. Daytona 500 pole position winners for the nascar cup seriess daytona 500 are rewarded with being the driver to lead the field across the start line at the beginning of the 200lap 500mile 800 km race. The last year the race had firecracker in its name was 1988.
Buddy baker, and littlenoticed bill elliott, while former talladega 500 winner ron bouchard was also in contention. Foyts professional career spanned four decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s, which is an accomplishment in. In 1982 he also won the dogwood classic at the martinsville speedway in virginia and race of champions on poconos. Daytona qualifying results greg biffle on the pole. Ford daytona july race winners 1963 fireball roberts 1965 a.
Cale yarborough was the first driver to run a qualifying lap of more than 200 miles per hour. Feb 20, 2014 during daytona 500 qualifying in 1983, cale yarborough became the first driver to break the 200mph barrier in a new chevy monte carlo. Which driver either had the most success or was most emblematic with the closest association with every car number ever run in nascars top division. He also won the firecracker 400 in 1982, making allison the fourth driver to sweep both sprint cup point races at daytona in the same year.
His worst crash was at road america in 1990, where he suffered a broken knee, dislocated his left tibia, his left heel was crushed. He won his final career pole next year at the firecracker 400 at daytona. 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 series pole winners at daytona international speedway. Erik jones won the coke zero sugar 400 monster energy nascar cup series race at daytona international speedway.
The 1986 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series race that took place on july 4. Friday schedule for cup, xfinity at daytona nascar talk. Busch won his first career superspeedway pole in the coke zero 400 qualifying session at daytona international speedway, meaning hell start from the no. Nascar winston cup race number 1 of 30 sunday, february 19, 1984 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 200 laps on a 2. If you have any of the tickets here and would like to sell, trade, or even donate then please contact me. Broke two vertebrae during practice for the 1983 firecracker 400. He earned the checkered flag in his backup car, as he had destroyed his original car in the week leading up to the race while setting a recording qualifying speed of over 200 mph. Named one of nascars 50 greatest drivers, he was the 1983 winston cup champion and won the daytona 500 three times in 1978, 1982, and 1988. Ontario, ca ontario motor speedway 1979 masondixon 500. In 23 starts with jd stacys team, morgan shepherd posted no wins, but top ten finishes, including a second place at that years firecracker 400. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1975. From its inception to 2019, it was traditionally held on or around united states independence day. Darrell waltrip through the years, career highlights.
Ticketcity is a safe, reliable place to purchase coke zero 400 tickets. This is a list of most of the nascar ticket stubs that i need for my collection. Ford performance looks to continue winning ways at daytona. The 1983 nascar winston cup season is the 35th season of professional stock car racing in. Cale yarborough 1968, 1977, 1983, 1984 daytona 500 winners. From 1980 to 1983 he won 17 races at stafford motor speedway and took the tracks championship in 1982. The 1986 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series race that took place on july 4, 1986, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida.
Nascar winston cup race number 16 of 30 monday, july 4, 1983 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar winston cup series. The coke zero 400 ticket prices on our site may be above, or below, face value. A crowd of 115,000 people watched the lead change 58 times among 11 drivers. The 1986 firecracker 400 was a nascar winston cup series race that took place on july 4, 1986, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida race report. Jul 05, 2019 the xfinity series will hold its circle k firecracker 250 tonight at daytona international speedway. The unlikely tale of greg sacks and his lone nascar. There isnt much to write about the 1984 firecracker 400 that hasnt been covered over and over again. 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. However, on his second of two qualifying laps, yarborough crashed and flipped his car in turn four. His victories include the rebel 300 in 1957 and 59. 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. Starting lineup for the coke zero sugar 400 nascar talk.
Driving for harry rainer in 1983, cale yarborough won the daytona 500 for the third time. Nascar race results at daytona jul 4, 1983 firecracker 400. Daytona firecracker 400 winner richard petty in victory lane wearing his telltale sunglasses. Fireball roberts won the inaugural pole at daytona in a pontiac with a speed of 140. To honor and remember one of nascars greatest champions, we look back at all of. Unbelievable daytona 500 records daytona international. Nascar winston cup race number 17 of 31 saturday, july 4, 1981 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Updated nascar results, point standings, money earnings, and complete nascar driver results for sprint cup, nationwide, and truck series. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1983. Ticketcity is a ticket reseller who offers coke zero 400 tickets to purchase. Yarborough scored of his 83 career wins driving the no.
Robert arthur allison born december 3, 1937 is a former american professional stock car racing driver and owner. Nascar race result for the firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 4, 1982. 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. First uno twin 125 qualifier second uno twin 125 qualifier previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track. The 1983 daytona 500, the 25th running of the event, was held february 20 at daytona.