Maybe you’re new to the sport, have a casual interest or are just coming around to the edge-of-your-seat wrecks, the ...

Since then, the region has become a motorsports mecca, and the first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959, in front of a crowd ...

Richard Petty has captured the most Daytona 500 victories. Who else has won the Great American Race in its 66-year history?

Trump also doubled down on pointing fingers at the helicopter pilots, saying they were flying too high at the time of the crash with the passenger jet, echoing a sentiment he said earlier in the day.

Campos was a 2015 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach ... route in D.C. several years prior to the fatal crash and O’Hara took rules and procedures seriously ...

NASCAR hosted the first Daytona 500 back in 1959, where NASCAR legend Lee Petty emerged victorious driving the #42 Oldsmobile for Petty Enterprises. Since the inaugural Daytona 500, some of the ...

Lee Petty’s Journey in NASCAR beyond the Daytona 500 Lee Petty, father of NASCAR legend Richard Petty, founded Petty Enterprises, one of the sport’s most successful teams. His early life was ...

Lee Petty’s eventual victory, initially contested, was a defining moment, solidifying the Daytona 500 as a premier racing event ... diving into his initial NASCAR race with determination, only to ...

The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. Wednesday ... Jay Campos who graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He lived at least until last year in nearby ...