NASCAR star known as "The Intimidator" was killed at Daytona International Speedway in 2001. This year's Daytona 500 is Sunday.

Feb. 19, 1979, saw a historic Daytona 500 take place, and not just because Richard Petty ended his 45-race losing streak or ...

William Byron joined Richard Petty and three other NASCAR drivers who have won the Daytona 500 in consecutive years.

The Daytona 500 is one of motor racing's iconic events, with the "Great American Race" something every NASCAR driver dreams of winning. No one has done that more than Richard Petty, who brought ...

The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at Daytona ... Bobby, Donnie and Cale throw hands in famous fight 1979: The first flag-to-flag network telecast of a Cup Series race ended ...

A week before Squier and Hobbs helped bring perhaps the most important race in NASCAR history — the 1979 Daytona 500 — to life, a 50-mile event was set to be an appetizer. The original format ...

Known as the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing,” the 500-mile race has been the backdrop for some of the sport’s most unforgettable moments. The 1979 Daytona 500, for instance, was the first ...

The 87-year-old has seven Daytona 500 wins, which is the most by a single driver. Petty won the 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1981 Daytona 500 races. No other driver could match his feat.