DAYTONA BEACH — With the Coke Zero Sugar 400 coming up Aug. 23, NASCAR fans are starting to turn their thoughts to Daytona International Speedway. As the NASCAR Cup Series regular season finale nears, ...
When the NASCAR Cup Series field rolled into Daytona Beach, Florida, in February of 1959, nobody knew what to expect. Bill France’s new 2.5-mile monstrosity, christened as the Daytona International ...
Richard Petty remembers stepping through the tunnel to the infield at Daytona International Speedway for the first time and feeling like the rookie he was. It was February 1959. Petty was only 21 ...