Daytona International Speedway will host the 67th running of the Daytona 500 Sunday. Here is one fact about each of the first ...

The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at ... completing the first last-lap pass for the win in event history. 1970: Pete Hamilton’s Plymouth Superbird made its debut, along ...

NASCAR hosted the first Daytona 500 back in 1959 ... Petty Enterprises won in the following years: 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1981, while HMS won in 1986, 1989, 1997 ...

Holbert dabbled in NASCAR during the 1970s, mostly driving for James Hylton. In his third Cup start, he competed in the 1978 Daytona 500 aboard Hylton’s No. 48 Chevrolet. He failed to finish the ...

He competed in the Daytona 500 for many years and was always ... Rudd’s career in NASCAR began in the 1970s. In 1977, he won the Rookie of the Year award. He continued to make history in 1981 ...