The first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959. So much has changed since then, and there’s plenty to catch up on ahead of Sunday’s 67th edition of “The Great American Race.”

Welcome to the Daytona 500! Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the edge-of-your-seat wrecks, the thrilling finishes and the stars

Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the edge-of-your-seat wrecks, the thrilling finishes and the stars that make up the Daytona 500 field. Daytona Beach became the unofficial “birthplace of speed” in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriage and decided to settle things in a race on the white,