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1966 Firecracker 400 Qualifier     Post Exhibition or unclassified race Sunday, July 3, 1966 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 10 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (25.000 miles) Time of race: 0:08:37 Average speed: 174.081 mph Pole speed: 171.453 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    Other Exhibition / Unclassified Races

Pos St # Driver Team Sponsor Car Laps Status Led 1 3 93   Blackie Watt Harry Neal – FR 10 running 1 2 4 00   Roy Mayne Emory Gilliam – DO 10 running 3 3 5 2   Bobby Allison J.D. Bracken – CV 10 running 0 4 2 02   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper – PL 10 running 0 5 10 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington – DO 10 running 0 6 8 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith – CV 10 running 0 7 13 19   J.T. Putney Joyce Putney – CV 10 running 0 8 1 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt – FR 10 running 6 9 23 06   Jack Lawrence John McCarthy – MR 10 running 0 10 14 44   Larry Hess Larry Hess – FR 10 running 0 11 6 97   Henley Gray Henley Gray – FR 10 running 0 12 12 89   Eddie MacDonald John C. Hipp – CV 10 running 0 13 20 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie – FR 10 running 0 14 17 25   Jabe Thomas Jeff Hanby – FR 10 running 0 15 15 53   Jimmy Helms David Warren – FR 10 running 0 16 7 34   Wendell Scott Frankie Scott – FR 10 running 0 17 9 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn – FR 10 running 0 18 11 72   Bill Champion Bill Champion – FR 10 running 0 19 18 1   Paul Lewis Emory Gilliam – PL 10 running 0 20 16 50   T.L. Blakely Bud Moore – CV 10 running 0 21 19 57   Lionel Johnson Robert Harper / Clay Esteridge – CV 9 running 0 22 22 03   Gil Hearne Edwin Ackerman – FR 3 engine 0 23 21 88   Neil Castles Buck Baker – OL 1 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   John Sears 1 6 6   Roy Mayne 7 9 3   Blackie Watt 10 10 1