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The 1973 Daytona 500, the 15th running of the event, was won by Richard Petty on February 18, 1973, at Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [2] Four cautions slowed the race for 28 laps. [2] A crowd of over one hundred thousand came to see a field of 38 American and two Canadians (Earl Ross and Vic Parsons). [2]
Miller High Life 500 - Ownership changes at Ontario Motor Speedway led to cancellation of NASCAR's annual race in 1973, leading to an open date for March 4. Southeastern 500 - Cale Yarborough won the pole and then led all 52 laps before rain scuttled the race on March 11. Inclement weather continued to plague the event, and after two more days ...
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [ 17 ]
A look at the all-time winners list year by year in the NASCAR Daytona 500, which began in 1959. ... 1973: Richard Petty. 1972: A.J. Foyt. 1971: Richard Petty ... In Other News. Entertainment ...
Recent NASCAR Cup Series winners at Daytona. 2024 Daytona 500: William Byron. 2023 summer: Chris Buescher. 2023 Daytona 500: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2022 summer: Austin Dillon. 2022 Daytona 500 ...
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The 1976 Daytona 500 was held on the same day of the final day of competition in the Winter Olympics (also broadcast on ABC). ABC carried 30 minutes of live coverage of the start of the race, then switched to the Olympics for 90 minutes to carry taped coverage of the final two competitive events (a cross-country ski race and the final runs in ...
William Byron ends Hendrick Motorsports' nine-year Daytona 500 drought by hanging on to win after avoiding a crash just as the white flag comes out.