Four times in the past six years, the Daytona 500 has dealt with rain. Over the past four-plus decades of the race, things ...

Daytona International Speedway will host the 67th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday. Here is one fact about each of the first 66 races.

1964: Richard Petty cruised to his first Daytona 500 victory by leading 184 laps, a record that still stands. 1965: For the first time, the race did not span 500 miles due to rain. That year ...

DAYTONA BEACH — The seventh Daytona 500, in 1965, was dramatically shortened by ... as even the most dire of forecasts fizzled by race day. This phenomenon covered both editions of Bill France, ...