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  Howstuffworks "Daytona 500 Winners"
Why Is It Different to Race at Daytona?
The list of Daytona 500 winners reads like a who's who of NASCAR, featuring names like Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, and "Fireball" Roberts.
Forget winning the Daytona 500 — for those who simply watch it on TV, understanding what the announcers are saying can seem difficult enough.
entertainment.howstuffworks.com /daytona-5005.htm   (202 words)

  
  Daytona 500 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indy 500.
Lee Petty, founder of a famous racing family whose most renowned member was his son Richard, won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959 defeating Johnny Beauchamp in a highly unusual incident.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daytona_500   (495 words)

  
 Gatorade 125 Speedway
Each year the Daytona 500 race attracts a large audience who are intrested in motorsports.
The list of Daytona 500 winners is very long dating back to the inaugural race in 1959, and includes "The King" Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt.
In the history of NASCAR (as of 2004), only two people have been killed at Daytona International Speedway: Neil Bonnett, who was killed in a practice session for the Daytona 500; and Dale Earnhardt — the first person ever to be killed in the Daytona 500, who was killed on the final lap in 2001.
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 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Daytona races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, sports_cars, pickup_trucks, and stock cars.
The NASCAR Championship's most important race, the Daytona_500, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway.
Neil_Bonnett and Rodney_Orr were killed in practice sessions for the 1994 Daytona 500; and Dale Earnhardt — the first person ever to be killed in the Daytona 500 — who was killed on the final lap in 2001.
www.bellabuds.com /Daytona_International_Speedway   (392 words)

  
 NASCAR.com - What might have been... - January 25, 2002
Cope, who won the 1990 Daytona 500, is still active and could turn things up a notch or two and become a Hall of Fame driver.
Such is not the case for two former Daytona 500 winners.
He was a once-in-a-while winner for the next four years before catching lightning in a bottle in 1969.
www.nascar.com /2002/NEWS/01/23/duskey_column   (723 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
A win at Daytona is not just one of the most cherished feats in racing, for many, it's the most elusive.
In the Daytona 500, Stewart, who sat on the outside pole in 1999, finished 28th and 17th.
With 23 starts in the Daytona 500 and 22 starts in the Pepsi 400, Labonte has been a frequent frontrunner and has captured non-points wins in the Gatorade 125-mile qualifier in 1989 and in the Budweiser Shootout in 1985.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=68509   (634 words)

  
 Daytona 500, 2005, Pictures, Videos, Race Time, TV Schedule, Party Ideas
The 200-lap, 500 mile Daytona 500 race was run at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida and televised on the FOX network on Feb. 20, 2005 starting at 2 PM (EST).
Daytona Int'l Speedway - The official site with all the latest action, driver profiles, photo gallery, trivia, stats, schedule, track map, online shop and ticket information, plus info on the area and a complete schedle of all the Daytona races..
Energizer Daytona 500 Contest - Energizer batteries is running a contest for a trip to the 2006 Daytona 500.
www.chiff.com /recreation/sports/daytona-500.htm   (555 words)

  
 Daytona International Speedway biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators.
Daytona races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, pickup trucks, and stock cars.
The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is also held at Daytona.
daytona-international-speedway.biography.ms   (379 words)

  
 2006 Daytona 500 Tickets - Buy Cheap Daytona Tickets - Daytona 500 Nascar Ticket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Daytona 500 — the Great American Race - is the centerpiece of Speedweeks, the two-week long celebration of NASCAR Nextel Cup racing at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Daytona 500 tickets are the perfect gift for a stock car racing enthusiast; the Daytona experience is one that any fan will remember long after roar of the engines has faded.
Gordon's third Daytona 500 win was no easy drive, as Nextel Cup fans come to expect from the close restrictor plate racing at Daytona, with four lead changes in the final nine laps.
www.gotickets.com /sports/nascar/daytona_500.php   (853 words)

  
 Daytona International Speedway Tickets : Buy Daytona International Speedway NASCAR Tickets Sell Daytona International ...
The Daytona Superspeedway is a a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168, 000 spectators.
The Daytona 500 attracts most of the attention, the enormous 480-acre motor sports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe.
The Daytona International Speedway record holders are Bill Elliott, in NASCAR qualifying round, which he made with 338.548 km/h (210.364 mph), on February 9, 1987.
www.buyselltix.com /nascar/daytonaInternationalSpeedway.php   (926 words)

  
 Daytona sets up NASCAR for spectacular season - CBS SportsLine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As Mike Helton sat in a conference room at NASCAR headquarters in Daytona Beach on Feb. 11, he was asked a question that almost seemed silly on the surface.
Had NASCAR not suffered the tragic death of Dale Earnhardt on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, last season would have been one of the most thrilling and memorable in the sport's 53-year history.
Though he had three career victories to his credit, Burton was somewhere in the middle of the pack when a list of Daytona 500 favorites was compiled.
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 List of reference tables - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Daytona 500 Race Coverage 2-15-04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Earnhardt Jr., is the first winner of a Gatorade 125 Qualifying Race that has gone on to win the Daytona 500 since his father in 1998.
A Daytona International Speedway safety worker was killed Sunday afternoon when he was struck by a race car being driven by a paraplegic competitor in a race during activities leading up to next week's Daytona 500.
Daytona International Speedway is proud to announce that President George W. Bush plans to attend the 46th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 15.
insiderracingnews.com /PR2004/021504a.html   (6549 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Motor Sports - AP NASCAR NOTES: Big stakes mean records big bucks at Daytona 500 - Saturday January 30, 1999 ...
The top payout this year could exceed $2 million should the winner be one of five drivers eligible for Winston's No Bull 5 bonus of $1 million.
The bonus chasers are former Daytona 500 winners Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon, and Jimmy Spencer, Terry Labonte and Jeremy Mayfield -- the top five finishers last October in the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Reigning Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt was well down the list at 190.042.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/1999/01/29/autoracing_notes   (829 words)

  
 List of reference tables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Martin, Wallace say bye to Daytona 500 - Daytona 500 - MSNBC.com
He ended the Daytona 500 just like he did 20 times before: outside the winner’s circle.
But his best showing at the Daytona 500 was third in 1995.
The series champion in 1989 and fourth on the career earnings list with nearly $44 million in 25 seasons, Wallace now has nine top-10 finishes in 23 Daytona 500s.
msnbc.msn.com /id/7004626   (696 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bush courts NASCAR fans - Feb. 16, 2004
President Bush is given a cap by NASCAR legend Richard Petty at the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
At the Southern 500 race in Darlington, South Carolina, Clinton was booed and heckled by fans, many shouting "draft dodger!" at him.
"If you've never been to a Daytona 500, it's hard for me to describe what it's like to be down here with the drivers and to see the huge crowd and to feel the excitement for one of America's great sporting spectacles," Bush said.
www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/elec04.prez.bush.ap   (931 words)

  
 2002 Rolex 24 at Daytona - January 31-February 3, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 2, 2002)—The first awards in a $150,000 award program sponsored by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Dunlop Tyres Ltd. were presented today at a drivers' meeting before the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Awards were presented to the pole winners in each of the five classes that make up the Rolex Sports Car Series and to five winners of a random drawing.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 1, 2002) -- Grand American Road Racing Association President Roger Edmondson and officials from Ford jointly announced today that Ford has been named the Official Vehicle and Pace Car of the Grand American Road Racing Association and its Rolex Sports Car Series.
www.grand-am.com /ARCHIVE/events2002/rolex24   (489 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
By tradition, the top two qualifiers are locked in while the rest of the Daytona 500 field is determined by the results of Thursday's two 150-mile qualifying races, the Gatorade Duel at Daytona.
His last Daytona 500 victory came six years ago, but Gordon is the defending champion of Daytona's July 4 weekend event, the Pepsi 400.
Other active two-time Daytona 500 winners include Michael Waltrip (No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet) in 2001 and 2003, Sterling Marlin (No. 40 Coors Light Dodge) in 1994-95 and Bill Elliott in 1985 and 1987.
motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=177379&FS=NASCAR-CUP   (1240 words)

  
 Busch races like a defending champ - Daytona 500 - MSNBC.com
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kurt Busch ran his kind of race: near the front, out of trouble and barely noticed.
Labonte had engine problems about a dozen laps into the Daytona 500, finished last in the 43-car field and took home another bad memory from the sport’s biggest race.
The pre-race drivers’ meeting at Daytona, always filled with glowing introductions to all the stars and CEOs on hand, had a brief moment of levity.
msnbc.msn.com /id/7004358   (1031 words)

  
 JS Online: An encore performance
He added the victory Monday to his triumph in the Daytona 500 Sunday and a first-place finish in one of the twin 125-mile qualifying races Thursday.
On top of that, Earnhardt finished second in the Budweiser Shootout, qualified third in time trials for the 500 and nearly added a victory in the Rolex 24 sports car endurance racing.
His team finished fourth in that event when a broken suspension part knocked their car out of the lead with 20 minutes remaining.
www.jsonline.com /sports/race/feb04/208046.asp?format=print   (407 words)

  
 Daytona 500 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Daytona 500 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Since 1995, television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the (Click link for more info and facts about Indy 500) Indy 500.
(Click link for more info and facts about Lee Petty) Lee Petty, founder of a famous racing family whose most renowned member was his son (Click link for more info and facts about Richard) Richard, won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/daytona_500.htm   (309 words)

  
 SI.com - Writers - Mark Bechtel: 'Tis the season to predict NASCAR winners - Wednesday February 16, 2005 5:19PM
The first time I went to the race I stayed halfway to Orlando because I wanted to be at a Residence Inn (I thought the full kitchen would come in handy for the extended stay).
There are three big questions: Who's going to win the Daytona 500, who's going to win the Nextel Cup, and who's going to be the first guy to take a swing at a member of the Busch family.
I know most drivers use different cars for the Bud Shootout than the 500 and that it's an exhibition, but you can still get a sense of who's on to something with their restrictor-plate package.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/writers/mark_bechtel/02/16/blog.daytona   (513 words)

  
 Daytona 500 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Lee Petty, founder of a famous racing family whose most renowned member was his son Richard, won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959.
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Listed below are courses selected by Golf Magazine from two if its various top 100 rankings lists that also happen to be world-class communities where you can purchase a home or lot.
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 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - The Budweiser Shootout 2006
Officially, Busch is the winner of the "Anheuser-Busch Pole Award" and there are seperate plaque and materials for that.
Brian Vickers had the same sticker in 2004, but he was 20 and was 21 at the time of the 2005 Budweiser Shootout, so he was allowed to run, but he wasn't allowed to run the Crown Royal IROC Series in 2004 as he was not 21.
The 70 lap race among the winners of the "Bud Pole Award" from the most recent season and includes past champions from prior "Busch Clash" and "Bud Shootout" events.
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