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The ''1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 4, 1973, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== This race eventually became Marty Robbins' most iconic race during his career in NASCAR. While he would start in an absymal 36th place (out of the 40 drivers who made up the racing grid), he would put on a miraculous comeback and finish the race in eighth place, seven laps down. J.D. McDuffie ended up being the last-place finisher of this race due to an engine problem on lap 2 of 160. It took more than 160 minutes and two caution flags for David Pearson to defeat Richard Petty in front of a live audience of sixty thousand devoted stock car racing fans. Six car lengths was determined to be the distance between Petty and Pearson after the race was resolved. Bobby Allison secured the pole position for the race by driving at speeds up to during the solo qualifying sessions.〔(Racing information for the ''1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400'' ) at Racing Reference〕 For the two and a half hour spectacle, the drivers averaged . Engine problems also took numerous other drivers out of the race. All competitors (except for Canadian-born Vic Parsons) were born in the United States. Mercury, Dodge, and Chevrolet made up the majority of the driving grid for this event. Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, and David Pearson jointly monopolized the changes in the leadership position.〔 The winner of the race walked away with $16,100 in prize winnings ($ when considering inflation) while the last-place winner received just $1,270 ($ when considering inflation). All the prize winnings from this race added up to $105,080 ($ when considering inflation).〔(''1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400'' ) racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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「1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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