1988 pepsi firecracker 400 results

Bill france announced on july 1 that the winner of the race would receive the. Get the best deals on nascar programs when you shop the largest online selection at ebay. Budweiser 400 riverside, ca rusty wallace miller high life 500. Nascar race results at pocono jul 24, 1988 ac spark plug. Use our official hotel reservations and travel package partners to make booking your trip to daytona even easier. His best result was 11th place at daytonas pepsi firecracker 400. Nascar winston cup series daytona international speedway july 2nd, 1988. However, her best finish was 26th in a field of 42 in the 1988 pepsi firecracker 400 at. Michael waltrips daytona 500 top moments official site. Battling cale yarborough most of the race, the two were running 1st2nd in the closing laps.

Coke zero 400 academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Results standings weekend schedule drivers driver stats. Nascar winston cup race number 15 of 29 saturday, july 2, 1988 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Pepsi firecracker 400 coke zero 400 veranstaltungsort. The pepsi firecracker 400 was held july 2 at daytona international speedway. The highlight of his season was winning the pole position at the pepsi firecracker 400. Nascar cup series pole winners at daytona international speedway. From 1988 until 2019, the race has been scheduled for the first saturday of july. Nascar race results at pocono jul 24, 1988 ac spark. Since 1988, the race has been held on the first saturday of july closest to the united states. Possibly one of the greatest and most underated finishes in nascar history. Apr 02, 2018 created with wondershare filmora raw feed. A look at the history of the pepsi 400 at daytona international speedway with year of race, winner, runnerup, polesitter and winning car owner.

Nascar winston cup race number 15 of 29 saturday, july 4, 1987 at daytona international speedway, daytona beach, fl 160 laps on a 2. Daytona international speedway sprint cup races 19592020. Richard petty edges cale yarborough and makes the firecracker 400 his 200th and final career win, in front of president ronald reagan. The coke zero 400 powered by cocacola is an annual nascar sprint cup series stock car race at daytona international speedway. Moroso declared he was running for rookie of the year in the 1990 season, driving the no. From 1959 to 1987, the race was always scheduled for july 4, regardless of the day of the week. He scored five top 10 results to finish 20th in the points. Nascar daytona international speedway winners quiz stats. 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 sprint cup circuit, the other being the daytona 500. Bill elliott of melling racing won the championship the 1988 season was notable for hosting the first of two tire.

Since its inception, it has been traditionally held on or around united. In 1985, the race became known as the pepsi firecracker 400, when. He would race one more time in 1988 and ran two races in 1989 as a warm up for the following season. The season began on february 7 at daytona international speedway and ended on november 20 at the atlanta international speedway. This was the first pepsi firecracker 400 run with restrictor plates, and was notable. The coke zero 400 powered by cocacola at daytona is a 160 lap, 400 miles 640 km nascar sprint cup series stock car race held annually, beginning in 1959, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. Nascar race result for the ac spark plug 500 at pocono raceway on jul 24, 1988. It was pettys 200th career victory and president ronald reagan was in attendance for the celebration. Medal of honor firecracker 400 1969, 1971, 1973 pepsi firecracker 400 1985, 19871988 pepsi 400 19892007 coke zero 400 powered by cocacola 2008present most wins driver david pearson 5 most wins team wood brothers racing 9 most wins manufacturer chevrolet 18 circuit information. 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.

In 1988, he won six races including the southern 500 at darlington and the pepsi firecracker 400 at daytona, on his way to his only nascar winston cup championship. See results from the nascar plate era, cup series, 8894 quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. Coke zero sugar 400 daytona international speedway. The coke zero sugar 400 is the perfect time to bring your family to a race. After starting 38th and spending half the race at the tail end of the. Nascar cup series the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894 motorsport stats. Following the practice crash by teammate waltrip, nascar officials noted that several teams had made modifications, and nascar made the teams spotweld the blocks back into place, causing a loss of power.

Waltrips first daytona 500 was in 1987, but it was his second race at the famed speedway after competing in the 1986 firecracker 400. The 1988 nascar winston cup season was the 40th season of professional stock car racing in the united states and the 17th modernera cup series. Elliott won the daytona 500 and finished second in the pepsi firecracker 400. This car is one of 4 198788 bill elliott thunderbirds in existence. The highlight of the season was a ninthplace finish in the pepsi firecracker 400 at daytona. Nascar race result for the pepsi firecracker 400 at daytona international speedway on jul 2, 1988. Sports scores and statistics for the detroit lions, tigers, red wings, pistons, michigan wolverines, michigan state spartans and more. Nascar winston cup series racing unofficial results updated pepsi 400 daytona international speedway pos car name.

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. Bobby allison gets a kiss in victory lane at daytona international speedway after driving the stavola brothers buick to the win in the 1987 pepsi firecracker 400. My online photo database comatins 84 photographs from this event. A look at the history of the pepsi 400 at daytona international. Nov 10, 2016 nascar winston cup series daytona international speedway july 2nd, 1988.

The coke zero sugar 400 is an annual nascar cup series stock car race at daytona. Daytona 500 official souvenir program february b715, 2009. The 16 female drivers to race in nascars top series. Glossary 1988 nascar winston cup results 1988 standings. Win free prizes such as riding in a grand marshal car by. An unrelated race with the same sponsor was implemented on september 11, 1988, at richmond international raceway in richmond, virginia. Pepsi firecracker 400 was held july 2 at daytona international speedway. Can you name the drivers to finish in the top five at daytona or talladega in the cup series from 1988 to 1994.

In 1989, the firecracker moniker was dropped, and the race was known simply as the pepsi 400 through 2007. The 1988 nascar winston cup season began february 7 and ended november 20. Get the best deals on nascar programs when you shop the largest online selection at. The 1988 miller high life 400 was a nascar winston cup series race that took place on june 26, 1988, at michigan international speedway in brooklyn, michigan. In 1985, the race became known as the pepsi firecracker 400, when pepsico became the events first title sponsor. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. See results from the nascar plate era, cup series, 8894 quiz on sporcle. See results from the nascar daytona international speedway winners quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. Pontiac excitement 400 richmond international raceway. Nascar standings after race number 16 of the nascar winston cup series. Nascar winston cup schedule, nascar schedule, auto racing. Nascar daytona international speedway winners quiz stats by. Pettys 200th pepsi firecracker 400 july 4, 1984 on independence day, seventime nascar champion richard petty won his record 200th career grand nationalwinston cup series victory in exciting fashion.