William Byron secured back-to-back Daytona 500 victories, becoming only the fifth driver in NASCAR history to achieve this.

1984: Cale Yarborough became the first driver to officially ... 1985: Fan favorite Bill Elliott secured his first Daytona 500 ...

DAYTONA BEACH — As NASCAR waited, and then waited some more, during nearly four hours of Daytona 500 rain delays Sunday, Rick Hendrick flew home to North Carolina. Little did he know, he’d need to ...

In 1988, he became the oldest Daytona 500 winner on record at age 50 ... doing so in 1983 and 1984, but he also was able to routinely set himself up well for those races. Yarborough was in ...

The first presidential visit to Daytona was Ronald Reagan at the 1984 Firecracker 400, which Richard Petty won for his 200th NASCAR Cup Series victory. Coverage of the 2025 Daytona 500 was scheduled ...

President Trump called the Daytona 500 'great for the country' during Fox interview Sunday. Driver Bubba Wallace, who has feuded with Trump, declined to discuss the visit.