In the hallowed garages of NASCAR, where the smell of burning rubber and gasoline forms the perfume of legends, two names ...

Richard Petty holds the record for winning the most Daytona 500s with a tally of seven wins. The 87-year-old participated in over 30 Daytona 500 and won the prestigious event in 1964, 1966 ...

Richard Petty shared his thoughts on the Daytona 500 ... 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 ...

1963: Winner Tiny Lund did something that would never happen today. He ran all 200 laps on one set of tires. 1964: Richard ...

∎ Denny Hamlin 2019-2020 ∎ Sterling Marlin 1994-1995 ∎ Cale Yarborough 1983-84 ∎ Richard Petty 1973-1974 Hamlin also won the Daytona 500 in 2016, Yarborough also won in 1977 and 1968 and Petty also ...

Richard Petty holds the record for the most all-time wins in the Daytona 500, with seven first-place finishes between 1964 and 1981. The purse for the Daytona 500 is more than $2 million higher ...

He ran all 200 laps on one set of tires. 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 ...

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson shared a touching birthday message on social media for the legendary ...

Another victory at the race would put him in rarefied air—only Cale Yarborough (1968, 1977, 1983, 1984) and Richard Petty (1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981) have ever won the race ...

Hamlin also won the Daytona 500 in 2016, Yarborough also won in 1977 and 1968 and Petty also won in 1981, 1979, 1971, 1966 and 1964.

Besides that Petty also had more than 700 top-ten finishes. In 1964 Richard Petty won his first Daytona 500 and also won the Grand National Championship. Irrespective of having a successful career, ...