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The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual running of the event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. It has been called the most important race in stock car history. [2]
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. ... 1979: Richard Petty. 1978: Bobby Allison. 1977: Cale Yarborough ... In Other News.
Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedway has seen 41 on-track fatalities: 24 car drivers, 12 motorcyclists, 3 go-kart drivers, 1 powerboat racer, and 1 track worker. The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.
Here's a full list of past winners in the history of the Daytona 500: Daytona 500 history: Past winners of NASCAR's biggest race. 2023: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2022: Austin Cindric. 2021: Michael McDowell
Scott's father, owner of Scotty's Fashions, hired Harry Hyde to be the crew chief for his family team in 1979 with Tighe Scott as the driver. [3] Their first race together was for the 1979 Daytona 500. [2] Scott blew a tire in his 125 mile qualifying race, so he had to start 33rd in the main event. [2] He worked his way into the top-five in the ...
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, 1977, 1983 and 1984). Denny Hamlin has the most ...
Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938) is an American former racing driver.She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977.