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The ''1976 Firecracker 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 4, 1976, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ticket prices for this race ranged from $8 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to $30 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1976 Firecracker Ticket Prices'' ) at Starport75.com〕 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== There were 40 drivers on the racing grid; all of them were American-born males except for Janet Guthrie.〔 Buddy Arrington "earned" his last-place finish due to ignition troubles before the start of the first lap out of the 160 laps raced that day.〔〔(''1976 Firecracker 400'' racing information ) at Driver Averages〕 A.J. Foyt achieved the pole position with a top speed of while the average speed of the race was .〔〔 Cale Yarborough managed to defeat David Pearson by eight seconds in front of an audience of 40,000 people.〔 Two cautions (for 14 laps) and 41 different lead changes made the race two hours and twenty-nine minutes long.〔〔(''1976 Firecracker 400'' racing information ) at Database Racing〕 The green flag was waved at 10:00 A.M. and the checkered flag was waved at approximately 12:29 P.M. Pepsi-Cola, Burger King, and Gatorade were amongst the national brands being sponsored on the track by the drivers themselves.〔 The winner of the race received $22,215 ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last place finisher went home with $1,310 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔〔 The race was run on America's 200th birthday and was the site of Dick Skillen's best career finish of 17th place. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1976 Firecracker 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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