1981: Richard Petty won the race for the seventh and final time, thus claiming the largest monetary sum of his career ...

The NASCAR Cup Series season begins with the Daytona 500 on Sunday. See the latest updates and highlights from The Great ...

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 ...

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 ...

and 1981 runnings of the celebrated race. Another seven-time record that Petty holds is Cup Series Championship title wins. "Daytona 500. The championships, when we were winning them, were ...