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Two car-lengths back is A. J. Foyt, Richard Petty takes it into the tri-oval!" Arute: "Here they come to the stripe, Richard Petty's STP Olds-... Waltrip dives to the inside, Petty almost puts him off in the grass, and Richard Petty will win the Daytona 500! The Petty crew, jumping up and down on pit road congratulating each other!
In the 67 editions of the Daytona 500 that have occurred as of the 2025 race, 43 different drivers have won. [13] The winner of the first race was Lee Petty in 1959, and the most recent victor was William Byron in 2025. [1] Richard Petty holds the record for the most victories with seven, with Cale Yarborough in second place with four wins. [14]
Petty's IROC Porsche 911 from the 1970s Petty's car used for his 1979 Daytona 500 win, on display at Daytona USA 1983 racecar On February 14, 1971, Petty won his third Daytona 500, driving a brand-new (for 1971) Plymouth Road Runner and beating Buddy Baker , by little more than a car length en route to another historic year, making him the ...
A look at the all-time winners list year by year in the NASCAR Daytona 500, which began in 1959. ... Richard Petty has the most Daytona 500 wins with seven and Cale Yarborough is second with four ...
Richard Petty Daytona 500 wins. Richard Petty's record Dayton 500 wins came in 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981. Petty retired in 1991. ... These 6 affordable cars should last ...
Richard Petty has the most 500 victories with seven. The last three Daytona 500 winners have come from two midpack race teams and a rookie. Last season, a known excellent pack-racing veteran ...
In perhaps the most famous and most well known NASCAR race, the 1979 Daytona 500, held February 18, 1979, a race that Richard Petty won, Waltrip was a pre-race favorite to win the race. As the first NASCAR race covered "flag to flag" on national television, Cale Yarborough , and Donnie Allison , while battling for the lead on the last lap, came ...
Richard Petty truly was the king at Daytona. Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times (1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981), three more than the next closest driver, Cale Yarborough (1968 ...