In the years since, we’ve seen plenty of presidential candidates — and on a few occasions, a sitting president — come to Daytona on ... the Fourth of July Firecracker 400 during the run ...

While the Daytona 500 has remained relatively ... The first big tweak to the Firecracker 250 turned it into the Firecracker 400 (which, by the way, a lot of graying locals still call it).