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The 2012 Daytona 500 was the first of 36 scheduled stock car races of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, [3] and the 54th edition of the event. [6] It was scheduled to be held on February 27, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, [3] a superspeedway that holds NASCAR races. [7]
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]
The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 64th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 41st modern-era Cup season. The season started on February 18, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway, with the Budweiser Shootout, followed by the Daytona 500 on February 27.
Here is the all-time winners list for the NASCAR Daytona 500, which starts each season and began in 1959. ... 2012: Matt Kenseth. 2011: Trevor Bayne. 2010: Jamie McMurray ... In Other News.
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: ... 2012: Matt Kenseth (2) 2011: ... USA TODAY. Diddy sued ...
William Byron won the Daytona 500, which was a marathon on Sunday night, after rain delays and yellow caution flags ultimately led to some overtime laps. And those two overtime laps were an ...
Winners of the Daytona 500 through 1997 received the Harley Earl Award, a wooden trophy approximately three feet (0.91 m) tall, adorned with silver figurines. [9] Starting in 1998, to celebrate the 40th running, individual winners of the Daytona 500 have been presented with a miniature replica of the Harley J. Earl Trophy, [ 9 ] which was ...
Kyle Busch, winner of 63 races in 22 seasons, was in a good spot to win his first Daytona 500 in his 20th try. It was on Dale Earnhardt’s 20th try that he won his first Daytona 500.