Gordon Johncock dominated the race leading for 129 laps until he had crankshaft problems which left an opening for A. J. Foyt to take the lead and win his record fourth Indy 500 and the first place ...

Engines roared, crowds erupted, tires burned and tensions flared; at the center of all the energy, a group of 49ers helped ...

Hamlin also won the Daytona 500 in 2016, Yarborough also won in 1977 and 1968 and Petty also won in 1981, 1979, 1971, 1966 and 1964.

Sunday’s (Feb. 16) Daytona 500 certainly had its moments ... the Great American Race alongside all the others: The Fight in 1979, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt winning after so many ...

He then went on to claim two more Daytona 500 wins in 1979 and 1981. Cale Yarborough had a similarly promising start to his quest for a third straight 500 win in 1985, qualifying second alongside ...

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron has won the Daytona 500 for the second straight year. Byron was ninth during the final lap of overtime before a multi-car collision allowed him to shoot ...

For the second straight year, William Byron is the winner of the Daytona 500. The NASCAR crown jewel race that annually kicks off its season didn’t quite have “the big one,” in terms of ...

The Daytona 500 has been held on President’s Day weekend ... Unlimited at various points), was held on the Daytona oval from 1979 until 2020 and then on the Daytona road course in 2021.

The Daytona 500, NASCAR’s biggest event of the year, was halted multiple times due to unfavorable weather conditions. Track officials deployed jet dryers as the weather cleared up, providing ...

then Chase Elliott’s dominating victory in the preseason Clash would make him the favorite to win the Daytona 500. That’s what the Clash was all about from 1979 to 2021, when it was the warmup ...