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The 1984 Firecracker 400 was a ''NASCAR Winston Cup Series'' (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on July 4, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Florida, USA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1984 Firecracker 400 racing results )〕 The event was run amid the heat and humidity common to mid-summer Florida and was among the final runnings before the event acquired Pepsi sponsorship, starting in 1989. ==Racing summary== The "Start your engine" command was given by President Ronald Reagan from the phone on Air Force One, which later landed at Daytona Beach International Airport. President Reagan then was escorted to one of the main press boxes at the speedway where he was met by a number of reporters, one of them being Ned Jarrett. After "The King" Richard Petty won the race (his 200th win) Petty stopped his car at the start finish line and ran up to the press box where Reagan remained to congratulate Petty on his victory and 200th win. Of forty-two drivers on the grid, forty-one were born in the United States of America while Trevor Boys, a native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was the event's lone non-American entrant.〔 The race brought Richard Petty's 200th and final victory in the Winston Cup Series. Petty beat Cale Yarborough at the line with just two laps remaining in the race after Doug Heveron flipped over in the first turn. There were three cautions for fifteen laps and the race ended under caution.〔 A live audience of 80,000 people attended the race.〔 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. Notable entrants in the race included Geoff Bodine, Ricky Rudd, David Pearson, Dale Jarrett (his first start on a superspeedway), Rusty Wallace, Kyle Petty, Buddy Baker, Sterling Marlin, Tim Richmond, and Darrell Waltrip. 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「1984 Firecracker 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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