Former F1 and IndyCar driver Mario Andretti won the Daytona 500 in his second start in 1967. Driving Holman Moody's No. 11 Ford, he secured the win despite his team apparently trying to hold him back.

Mario Andretti, the 1978 Formula 1 world champion ... but there was a time (1967), when Andretti wasn't supposed to win NASCAR's Daytona 500. The 84-year-old has had an illustrious career as ...

On Feb. 26, 1967, Italian-American driver Mario Andretti took the NASCAR world by storm after winning the Daytona 500. This win made him the only driver to have won the Daytona 500, the ...

Mario Andretti becomes only Daytona 500 winner born outside U.S. 1967: Mario Andretti takes the checkered flag. To this day, he’s the only driver born outside of the United States to win. 1968: Rain ...

That sound you hear is Mario Andretti speeding around the ... 1978 and 1984. Only driver to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and Formula One world title. Four-time Indy car national champion.

Hélio Castroneves looks to become the third driver in history and join the legends of A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti as drivers to win both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500. NFL to consider changes to ...

If Castroneves won the Daytona 500, he would join Foyt and Mario Andretti as the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500. “I know how much of a challenge this is going to ...

Under this rule Hélio Castroneves will start today’s Daytona 500 as the 41st car in the field, giving him a shot at accomplishing something only A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti have done before.

he can become just the third driver in history to win both an Indy 500 and a Daytona 500. Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt are currently the only two racing legends in that fraternity, with others ...

Daytona’s ascension into that rare air took some time. Through the 500’s first few decades, in the eyes of casual onlookers who barely knew Mario Andretti from Richard Petty, Indianapolis and ...