1965: For the first time, the race did not span 500 miles due to rain. That year, it was the Daytona 332½. 1966: The King ...

Former F1 and IndyCar driver Mario Andretti won the Daytona 500 in his second start in 1967. Driving Holman Moody's No. 11 Ford, he secured the win despite his team apparently trying to hold him back.

On Feb. 26, 1967, Italian-American driver Mario Andretti took the NASCAR world by storm after winning the Daytona 500. This win made him the only driver to have won the Daytona 500, the ...

And politicians, of course. Daytona’s ascension into that rare air took some time. Through the 500’s first few decades, in ...

1965: For the first time, the race did not span 500 miles due to rain. That year, it was the Daytona 332½. 1966: The King etched his name as the first multi-time winner. Mario Andretti becomes ...