1966 Firecracker 400

The 1966 Firecracker 400 takes place at Daytona. It was infamous for the big one Drive Parkerson threw a firecracker in the middle of the track lane to get revenge on Strip Weathers (or The King now) for crashing him in the Daytona 500 nearly five months earlier but Strip avoided the crash. Drive then called Strip a blueberry. This was the final Firecracker 400 (now Coke Zero Sugar 400) with firecracker-related trouble. The winner was Jet Robinson.

## Transcript

### Before the race

RSN News Reporter : Over the last couple of Daytona 4th of July races, we had cars throwing firecrackers everywhere causing explosions, deaths and injuries, like that last Firecracker 400 a year ago where Duke Coulters and his crew, along with a spectator, 3 more pitties and 5 more crew chiefs nearly died thanks to the bully Drive Parkerson who had put a firecracker in Coulters' rear left tire. This has been RSN News, now onto the race.

### The Big One

Drive : TAKE THIS, STRIPPY! (throws a firecracker)

Strip: Nope! (dodges the firecracker)

(The firecracker blows in the middle of the racetrack)

Narrator: OH TROUBLE! A FIRECRACKER BLOWS UP! A MASSIVE CRASH IS HAPPENING HERE AT DAYTONA! OH MY GOD! WHAT IN LINDERCAR'S SAKE IS DRIVE DOING!

Drive's crew chief: You keep doing stuff like that and we're gonna loose our sponsor!

Drive: HA! STUPID BLUE CAR!

Louise Nash: HEY!

Strip : I’m about to end Drats Prankerson's whole career!

Rob Hudson: Yeah.

### Duke Vs Drive

* Bud: This is it! Ten laps to go in the Dinoco 400, and Dale Earnhardt Sr is still in the lead!
* Barney Hall: Can he win it?
* Duke: Whoa!
* Robert Hicks: Give her that! \*hit the wall\* Ow!
* Bud: Duke's going inside! [*But then, Bill Clark rams Duke off the track, and then hits Wilbert and Junior, causing them both to serpentine.*]
* Steve: Drive, Bill, Junior, Ned, Mario, Phil, Wilbert, Robert, River, Lee Weathers, Randy Lawson (he's not dead), Stalker, Ford, Duke and Kelly Pistoncar are loose!
* Barney Hall: I think Jet Robinson is out of the race!
* [*Jet suddenly gets a thought, and turns his front tires right, it helps Jet to get back on the track and past racers.*]
* Barney, Bud and Steve: He's back on the track!

### Drive Parkerson's Career Ending Crash

* Duke: You Killed My Best Friend Jimmy And My Me Cry Easy. NOW!! THIS IS PAYBACK FOR KILL MY BEST FRIEND JIMMY. (does a bump-n-run on Drive)
* Drive Parkerson: OH NO! (hits Phil Swift and goes airborn) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! (*hitting the infield several times and spinning, before coming to a stop, having huge damage.)*
* Steve: OH AND DRIVE PARKERSON GOES AROUND!
* Bob: Drive Parkerson spins towards the front stretch and collects River!
* River Scott: Drive! WATCH MY PAINTWORK (hits Robert Hicks)

### Race Win

Steve: Ned Carret is 2nd but it's gonna be Jet, using lessons learned to go from 6th to 1st to score the victory of the Fircracker 400!

Barney: YES, YES!

Jet: OH YEAH, WOOOOOOOOO!!! CALM DOWN, JET! CALM DOWN!!!

Steve: And there's a big crash behind him! Drive Parkerson flies into the fence. River Scott is in it. Robert Hicks is in it. Rob Hudson. Charles Hudson is involved. Bill Clark slams into the inside wall. 12 cars are involved, and Jet is the winner.

Barney: And Ned Carret in second. Rob Hudson in 3rd, Julie Senwild Sr in 4th, and Bobby Carsac was 5th. I've never seen a big crash like that in my life.

Junior Moon: To truly crush one's race, you must first raise their hopes high.

### Strip and Drive's Argument/Drive Banned from using Firecrackers (after the race)

Strip: ARE YOU INSANE, YOU CYPHOPATH! I NEARLY DIED!

Drive: IF YOU DIDNT' CRASH ME AFTER I KILLED JIMMY YOU-

Strip: (interrupts Drive) wouldn’t have crashed you!

Drive: I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, YOU IDIOT!

Strip: THINK ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR'S FIRECRACKER 400! THIS IS WHERE YOU NEARLY KILLED DUKE COULTERS, HIS CREW, A SPECTATOR, THREE MORE PITTIES AND FIVE MORE CREW CHIEFS! SEE, THIS IS WHY DUKE RETIRED! **BECAUSE OF YOU!!!**

Drive: BYE THEN, BLUEBERRY!

Strip: ***WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?!?!?***

Drive: OH NO!

(Strip beats up Drive. Then, the security guards and officials arrive.)

Official 1: You're permanently banned from using firecrackers ever again!

Official 2: And you are likely going to be suspended as well!

Drive: SCREW YOU! (cries)

Strip : Well that mean white and red car got what he wanted!

### Racers On The Big One

Jet : I had survived that because I was actually involved in the crash but didn't even got blown up.

A.J Foyt: That firecracker nearly HIT MY EYE! THIS IS WHY DRATS PRANKERSON SHALL BE GONE FOR GOOD!

River Scott : Don't ask us why Drive exists because he is worse than LeRoy Heming who killed Rusty Dipstick.

Tucker (Trick) Guzzler : My tires blew up during the crash. Man, it was a relief that I made it to the pits and got back in the race, so the next time I see that mean red and white car I’m gonna go ahead and PLAY A PRANK ON THAT STACK!

Strip : Yeah, I agree with you.