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1964 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 62
Saturday, July 4, 1964 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:38:28
Average speed: 151.451 mph
Pole speed: 172.678 mph

Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Attendance: 34681
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1964 NASCAR Grand National results / 1964 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	19	47	A.J. Foyt	Texas Dodge Dealers (Ray Nichels)	'64 Dodge	160	13000	running	14
2	4	26	Bobby Isaac	Tennessee-Virginia Dodge Dealers (Ray Nichels)	'64 Dodge	160	8895	running	43
3	9	54	Jimmy Pardue	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'64 Plymouth	160	5430	running	0
4	5	3	Buck Baker	Ray Fox	'64 Dodge	158	3475	running	0
5	2	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'64 Plymouth	158	2200	running	0
6	7	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'64 Dodge	158	1900	running	0
7	21	0	Johnny Rutherford	Holman-Moody Racing	'64 Ford	156	1350	running	0
8	8	5	Earl Balmer	Cotton Owens	'64 Dodge	156	1450	running	1
9	1	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore	'64 Mercury	153	1250	running	0
10	13	82	Bunkie Blackburn	Casper Hensley	'64 Pontiac	152	1050	running	0
11	15	03	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ray Fox	'64 Dodge	144	750	fuel pump	0
12	26	71	Sam McQuagg	J.L. Thomas	'63 Ford	144	650	running	0
13	28	02	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'63 Mercury	141	650	running	0
14	10	7	Bobby Johns	Young Ford (Holman-Moody Racing)	'64 Ford	114	600	engine	0
15	22	10	Larry Thomas	Bernard Alvarez	'64 Ford	111	550	crash	0
16	3	43	Richard Petty	Patterson Motors (Petty Enterprises)	'64 Plymouth	103	1400	engine	102
17	32	34	Wendell Scott	Rappahannock Seafood Market (Wendell Scott)	'63 Ford	103	400	engine	0
18	12	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank	'63 Ford	103	450	running	0
19	20	95	Ken Spikes	Ken Spikes	'64 Dodge	88	450	crash	0
20	6	1	Billy Wade	Bud Moore	'64 Mercury	69	900	engine	0
21	24	89	Tiny Lund	David Walker	'64 Plymouth	62	450	ignition	0
22	27	46	J.T. Putney	Walt Hunter	'62 Chevrolet	44	450	valve	0
23	14	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	'64 Ford	35	450	engine	0
24	16	27	Junior Johnson	Banjo Matthews	'64 Ford	17	450	engine	0
25	18	42	Bill McMahan	Casper Hensley	'63 Pontiac	13	450	oil temperature	0
26	17	2	Reb Wickersham	Cliff Stewart	'64 Pontiac	10	450	vibration	0
27	11	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'64 Ford	9	500	distributor	0
28	25	92	Rodney Williams	Ray Osborne	'64 Ford	5	450	oil pressure	0
29	30	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	3	450	fuel pump	0
30	23	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'64 Chevrolet	1	400	distributor	0
31	29	01	Roy Mayne	Curtis Crider	'63 Mercury	1	400	oil pressure	0
32	31	49	Doug Moore	G.C. Spencer	'64 Chevrolet	1	400	distributor	0
33	–	25	Paul Goldsmith	Ray Nichels	'64 Plymouth	0	50	did not start	0
34	–	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody Racing)	'64 Ford	0	50	did not start	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Bob Derrington	68		Bob Derrington	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	37	37
	38	41	4	#11 oil on track
	42	74	33
	75	77	3	debris
	78	102	25
	103	111	9	#95 accident turn 4
	112	116	5
	117	122	6	#10 spun
	123	129	7
	130	132	3	debris backstretch
	133	160	28
Percent of race run under caution: 15.6% Average green flag run: 22.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	39	39
Earl Balmer	40	40	1
Richard Petty	41	103	63
Bobby Isaac	104	104	1
A.J. Foyt	105	105	1
Bobby Isaac	106	106	1
A.J. Foyt	107	110	4
Bobby Isaac	111	119	9
A.J. Foyt	120	120	1
Bobby Isaac	121	135	15
A.J. Foyt	136	138	3
Bobby Isaac	139	145	7
A.J. Foyt	146	146	1
Bobby Isaac	147	147	1
A.J. Foyt	148	148	1
Bobby Isaac	149	155	7
A.J. Foyt	156	157	2
Bobby Isaac	158	159	2
A.J. Foyt	160	160	1