William Byron joined Richard Petty and three other NASCAR drivers who have won the Daytona 500 in consecutive years.

1977: Janet Guthrie became the first female driver to start ... thus claiming the largest monetary sum of his career ($90,575 ...

Two year later, the Daytona 500 moniker was adopted and is now considered ... Dodge also was out between 1977 and 2001. Chevy and Ford have been in NASCAR since its inception, with Toyota joining ...

Gordon Johncock dominated the race leading for 129 laps until he had crankshaft problems which left an opening for A. J. Foyt to take the lead and win his record fourth Indy 500 and the first place ...