 They asked him what his next goal would be, and he says, well, to win 200. Just a few months after the win at Dover, Richard Petty secured that elusive 200th checkered flag, and it came in one of NASCAR's most famous races of all time, the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The king led the final 33 circuits of the 160-lap affair and celebrated on Independence Day with the President of the United States in attendance.