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 BEACH — The seventh Daytona 500, in 1965, was dramatically shortened by rain — just 133 of 200 laps were completed before rain halted things and Fred Lorenzen left with the wet trophy.

Andretti was a rising star in racing but an outsider in NASCAR. He joined Ford’s Holman-Moody team with driver Fred Lorenzen in 1967 and made his second attempt at the Daytona 500 the following ...

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1967 — Mario Andretti, better known for his accomplishments in open-wheel and USAC competition, wins the Daytona 500 pulling away from 1965 champion Fred Lorenzen in the closing laps.