65 Years of the Daytona 500

foreigner the race is over both Petty and Beauchamp clock at the same time three hours 41 minutes 22 seconds The checkered flag for Junior Johnson will be John's next oh Larry Frank slides into the infield and gets out of the way as Marvin places wheels on his Pontiac the finish line foreign ball gets a checkered flag this amount of credit for the engineering work they did today here the checkered flag is up and here it comes Below the checkered flag the little lung has taken a lap lead over second two laps over third and the fourth checkered flag constantly disappears for over an hour and then it's over Fred Lorenson is the winner Peerless Freddy finally made it in Daytona there's the checkered flag Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500.

Mario Andretti with a question that guarantees there will be no position changes at the The track is just a few laps away from being the first USAC driver to win the NASCAR-sponsored 500 and takes the Checker under yellow with Lorenz in seconds James Hilton third the little Lund Ford Kale a second from Martin averaging just under 184 for the final lap in a fantastic display of determined driving, going close to 200 miles per hour here Leroy takes him Yarbrough has taken the lead while they are going side by side splitting another car while they are going at that breakneck speed Leroy Yarbrough has to go and presses back and Charlie and I will have to get down quickly inside under number four turn the slingshot if he has rooms and there is no space here they come and they all stand and cheer the checkered flag is up for Leroy Yarbrough the checkered flag and David Pearson is running right behind him closing in on second place and he will hold that position without a doubt and Pete Hamilton won his first major victory in NASCAR at the Daytona 500. 10 different men were in first place and there is a checkered flag won by Richard Petty. his third Daytona 500.

His 120th victory in Star Car. He told us before the race that he wanted most of the way and wins, but Daytona 500 and turn three. Buddy Baker Jeff blew the belly out of his heavyweight and the Dodge he led most of the race. I had the fastest time and there were only six laps to go. He seems destined for Victory Lane. Now head to the garage outside the ring, down the high bench. Fourth corner into the test when the little blue flies under the checkered flag. Winner of the 50th annual Daytona. 500. including the Carolina 500 that will be run at Rockingham and you will have action in Richmond Virginia and the checkered flag is here, comes the 1970 Richardson 500.

Let's say that no one has come this far back to win the women's Daytona 500. and gentlemen, here's your Daytona champion Penny Parsons Parsons in the LG to West car won the Daytona 500. David Pearson never gives up he crosses the line with 150 yards left this is against the wall he will cross the starting finish line he is going to win the race, he is going to win it by turning while I think we will take the checkered flag no, he didn't make it, It's less than 100 yards away, here comes Pearson Pearson is going to try to cross the finish line.

Line Teddy has his car going, this is what's going to win it, oh baby, I can't do it as Cale Yarbrough comes screaming into the fourth turn to put his 11 Holly Farm Chevy in the record books as the winner of the 19th annual edition of the Daytona 500. Benny Parsons also one lap down in fifth place Dick Brooks two laps down The checkered flag will come up for Allison before a crowd of over a hundred thousand people in that set, it's all over, they no longer know who's going to win. There are two cars on the backstretch, the leaders are looking at the leaders, they are still up and turns three and four, the cat leaders are up and turns three and four going down.

Richard Petty is now starting ahead of Walter, who is in second. AJ Boyd is third, here they come Walter trying to shoot him. Petty is in front at the finish line in this race and even under caution it will be the fastest race in history. Here he is coming out of turn four and after all those

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. effort, all those heartbreaks, the 1980 Daytona 500, waving like Matt as he crosses the line, Buddy Baker has done it, but not before, out of turn, number four, Richard Petty, clings to that lead like a hammer to the head, here he comes down looking and is it him? slowing down he's running out of fuel he's crossing the line so anyone takes the checkered flag flying down the checkered flag about to come out and running towards it is number 88.

Bobby Allison has won the Daytona 500 by second time in their race side by side fighting on the line trying to find a place to run until they reach the finish line. That's the line, he's done it again here, they're getting back on the line and after dominating his team all day in the live Daytona 500. when the time comes that it gets really close, see if the needles go down now that you're heading down towards the checkered flag and you're with Jeff Buddai as he wins the 1986 Daytona 500. Pride of Georgia Bill Elliott projecting car number nine to bring it home and give Ford and give the people of Georgia something to be happy about, cross the line to win it by about 10 car links Bill Elliott, two-time winner of the Great American race and they have enough of a lead and I think this is going to be a battle between father and son.

I don't think anyone else can. Pride, but here it comes. It's going to be the last one. It's at the lowest. Bobby Allison High Davey Allison finds the inner movement. Bobby Allison stops him. come to the line and the winner of the 30th annual Great American race Bobby Allison Danny Allison his son in second Judy Allison static what a tremendous family performance Bobby waving to Davey out of turn four after 17

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of effort the Daytona 500 belongs to Franklin Tennessee Daryl Waltrip did it, he's done it here, he comes onto the field driving towards the goal and on the outside is Carr number 10, Derek Cope.

Something to lose in Earnhardt Clark coming to the line, it's Labonte stopping and an incredible finish. Ernie Urban arriving. the line and will win the 33rd Annual 500 at about 55 miles per hour, we thank him and wave to him here they come Morgan to the line Davey Allison first Morgan Shepard gets it all back there, does he have anything left to get to the line ? Morgan is coming in and Davey Allison is going to win the Daytona 500. You know, who I'm rooting for is Dale Jerry Bringer on the inside. Dale, don't let him down, he's going to win the Daytona 500. front Ernie urban closing ground here they come down the final stretch for the last time it's Sterly Marlin in the lead coming in on the 28th reaching the line Sterling Marlins are going to win it's when they reach three Sterling Marlin stays in front Earnhardt nibbling it here perched in second place trying to get Lurch out of his launch in a final and sold in turn four the short 1600 feet straight to the finish line and the winner of the 1995 Daytona 500 is again Sterling Marlin and the Chevrolet race each . another one back there just holding on from the inside out, come on guys, winning two Daytona 500s would be too much.

Here he comes to the line and Dale Jerry will make it as Daytona 500, his second Daytona 500. Jennifer Fry in the Washington Post wrote about the different style of these two people, The Quiet One, Terry Labonte, the reserve curator, and Jeff Gordon , the young and striking. Jennifer couldn't have done better and they couldn't have done better. Look at them lining up. to meet Checkers and yellow and Terry Labonte pulls up and here comes the 25 Cara this reminds me Four Hours of Daytona Labonte on high Earnhardt uses Rick's lap car low as a choice 20 years of trying 20 years of frustration Dale Earnhardt will arrive to the caution flag to win the Daytona 500.

Finally, the most anticipated moment in racing if John Elway can win the Super Bowl Dale Earnhardt said he could win the Daytona 500 and if he comes under yellow flag to complete this final lap, the taste of the long-awaited victory will be his wow , what a boost from Dale Earnhardt doing everything he had to do today Bobby Labonte is saying boy, I needed that last laugh at the top of the show, you saw Dale Earnhardt's steely eyes, I bet They'll be joyful when I get to Victory Lane, let me tell you, it will make the strongest man on Earth cry when you win.

This race is special. Bobby Labonte crosses the line to the caution flag in second. Jeremy Mayfield's forward, third, Kenny Schroeder. with a chance to win that two million dollar bonus like Bobby Labonte did Checkered Flag Dale Earnhardt is finally the Daytona 500 champion. But I tell you how I feel about the same way that, at Pit Road, every man on every team has gone out. to the edge of pit lane to congratulate the man who has mastered everything there is to win in this sport, except this race, until today, that's great, there was Todd Parrott, Dale Jarrett's boss, other members, other members of the team, Andy Petrie was there and this was the longest receiving line in the history of the celebrations.

Wow, yeah, I've never seen Mike, not that many. Normally we'll see two, three or four teams come out, but this is something I was going to say, same thing. There were about 10 teams when I won this one, but look at this, everyone knows what it means and the man who did everything he could to finally get the Daytona 500. There's Derek or rather Ernie Irvin's team, there are NASCAR officials out there, there's Robert Presley's team, Ricky. Craven's team NASCAR officials also support everyone by looking at 59 races since he was in Victory Lane 19 Daytona 500 twice led to the white flag and failed to take the Checker in first place, but today belongs to the man who grew up on the Corner of Coach and Sedan Street in Kannapolis, North Carolina, a Mill Town north of Charlotte, where he worked under that house in a garage on his own and his father's race cars to become one of the two greatest NASCAR champions, he and Richard Petty, the only two. drivers with seven Winston Cups on their trophy rack Mike is a long way from Victory Lane still in the crowd building and Earnhardt along with Bobby Labonte Jeremy Mayfield Rusty Wallace and again kren Schrader will have the opportunity to receive that million bonus of RJ Reynolds dollars when they post Next time, late this season last year in Darlington, South Carolina, some question Earnhardt's ability to go 500 miles when he passed out on the first lap in Darlington, South Carolina and He had to get out of the car and go to the care center.

Look at this circle, yeah, goodbye. a smoke show that the guy driving his Craftsman Truck likes to make Ron Hornaday when he celebrates a victory and now he looks at that crowd. Can he reach Victory Lane from here? He will have to get a lot of help from a lot of security people. To get there it seems like I don't want to listen to what he has to say, don't worry, he has won at this track 30 times, he knows the way to Victory Lane better than anyone. I can make that run with Jeff. Gordon wanted to do it, but that's what we said on Friday, he was way back in the international champion race, he looked in, he comes out, he looks in again, okay, right now he's got to turn that rear bumper around and try release it.

Coming out of the third quarter, he doesn't have any steam right now, but he might have some momentum. Here comes Earnhardt, he's all the way down, almost on the ground, he slides down the track and Jeff Gordon is here with him for the second time. Spencer's career It's done. I don't think the leaders are too sure where they got the yellow flag or not, but I saw the yellow flag in front of him, but Dale Jarrett is taking no chances and dad in the glare. Spencer's car is going to be difficult. to see against the wall all the observers on the radios their drivers stay a long time and here they come Jared gets the white and yellow flag and Dale Jarrett is going to win the Daytona 500 for the third time Mikey, you got it, man, you got it You got it Come on man, my baby, come on, call him on the phone, no big deal, big accident behind him, let's go to the flag, come on, Mikey, you got it, man, you got it, you got it, you got it, Michael Walter win, oh man, how's that all going? right, how about Dale's Hill?

Okay, Schrader got out of his car, he and Earnhardt crashed together. Olivia turns three and four years old. Click first. Daryl, is this better than winning? brilliant. Okay, I guess that's okay, isn't it Elliot Shadler in '21? the Wood Brothers car went out to try and Chase Ward Burton until the checkered flag waved Elliott Saddler finished third in the 54 and imagine what that young man is going through now about to finish second in the Daytona 500. about to pass out I tell you, eight times is his previous best finish in the 500. Now, in his eighth attempt at the great American race, Burton will be more likely to bring his Dodge checkered flag and Ward Burton will win the 44th Daytona. 500.

I'm not sure if it's the same problem,The alternator does not charge or a different one. Yeah, what was the deal. Michael, you want to get out of there. They are going to put the car cover on. He had to get out of there, so did we. There's a red flag for rain for the second time today, there's a big band of downpours on the backstretch and into turn three, I'll tell you that NASCAR fans are a friendly bunch even though they're limited in what they can bring to the table. speed. whale team and look at it, Let It Rain, baby, you've had some great speed weeks yet because you have to exit turn four and get back to the star finish line.

You can see it now, the legacy continues. Earnhardt Jr wins the 46th Daytona 500. six cars have a chance to win Jeff Gordon will take him to turn four they are a mile from home Tony Stewart just slid on the track he and Jimmy Johnson are going to make contact they are bouncing off each other Gordon He's going to win his third Daytona 500. Kurt Bush Dale Jry Scott Griggs that exactly crashed behind him the yellow flag was the race ended Jimmy Johnson won the Daytona 500. Robert is escaping turn four, it will be a drag race until the end Finish line, don't crash here they come to check that Kevin Herbert wins the Daytona 500.

We have one and they are still Ruth crossing the exit and finishing they are already destroying everything is on fire and he will have to make it work The Boilermaker Ryan Newman Ryan Newman Roger Penske when the Daytona 500. Way to go guys, way to go Roger's first restrictor plate win in his first 1-2 finish and he did it man one two style we'll restart this race tonight if not now Matt Kenseth is the leader over Kevin Harvick in an interesting top ten here's one thing I know about Dale Jr, he tells you what he tells you, the truth as he knows it, if he hadn't intentionally hit Vickers he would have said he did and that's one thing I can tell you about that kid and I've seen him year after year, he doesn't drive dirty and he's very quick to admit if he makes a mistake so Matt Kenseth, a backup car slips past him to take the lead. and now the win in the rain shortened the Daytona 500 and R Steve Burns is down there Steve, well, Chris Mack Canton, oh my gosh, it's going to be so wet out here.

I could cry like a baby but I didn't really thank my team but thank the Lord for giving me this opportunity in the first place and I had a lot of great opportunities in my life with my uh with my family and they took me to the races and really DeWalt Ford uh Carhart USD Sheetrock Arnold carries all the sponsors that we have. That stuck with us and made this happen in a rising economy and a falling economy and, man, I don't know, winning the Daytona 500, it's definitely a G moment, it's an amazing feeling, Matt, you've won. the championship, but what does it mean?

Winning this race means to you. I tell you what, after last year, winning a race means a lot to me, so I'm really proud of these guys in Drew's first race in the country. Boss, that's great and, uh, a chip for staying here with us. Really, really, we're reviewing the deal and trying to strengthen the team, putting the Eagles aside, making the strongest team possible and these guys have been fired up and working hard and, um, it's just amazing, Matt, yesterday you had great practice, you ran. more laps than anyone else you told me your tires look good when you went to bed last night could you imagine yourself as the Daytona 500 champion?

You never know what's going to happen. We've had some really fast cars at Speedways in the past and I. I've just never been able to figure out how to do the right thing and today we can make the right moves and you know we had some weather but yeah we ran 400 and some miles and it's almost 400 miles and I was able to make it so I was pretty miserable on Friday at night because we just couldn't get our car to drive and this backup car is actually a lot better than a 500 car and I felt pretty good this morning, but I didn't dream we were going to win, congratulations champion, flying over there.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. incredibly caught Jamie McMurray coming into turn four, he's going to have to go to the high side, don't make Maria save that line and crash into the back. never mind the green flag is still out Checkered flag in the air, the 52nd Daytona 500 to Jimmy McCurry, yeah you hear 22 knows how to win from that position, that's where he won the butt shootout of Edwards and Gilliland to the inside, try to support him in 34 they come from ruining the party, oh my god, the party for Kurt Bush and Montoy here they come around turn four, old pool center of the 500.

Edwards has room under now bushels incredible happy birthday Trevor Bay 20 years, we've seen where the timing of it is so critical that those two cars are 16 and the 88 should be able to get by, but Kansas, if Biffle chooses to take advantage of the opportunity, Ford Ford Chevrolet in the last turn Matt Kenseth tries to win by second time. Here comes Junior to the outside, next to Kenza, runs out of Mattkins, wins the Daytona 500. And it's one of the BK cars, it's Travis's 93, let me know NASCAR, if the track is clear they'll let them finish, we're still green.

Yes, Mark Martin is really pushing Dale Earnhardt Jr in that 88. The green flag is still Keslowski on the two Biffle backing up Patrick behind him for the second time, the Daytona 500 goes to Jimmy Johnson five times to California and his Chevrolet Rick Hendricks and Kyle Busch were trying. Make a third line at the top of the race track or here they come now, this is where it gets interesting. We've seen a lot of passes in turn four there to start the finish line, but that 88 is pulling away with less than a mile to go. oh he got a rank, third generation star, Dale Earnhardt Jr takes it to the flag checkered flag waving, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, good job Earnhardt.

Junebug Reed Sorensen's race ends with Harvick crashing into the wall beyond the end of Pit Road and Carl Edwards 99 all wrecked. up they're going to throw the yellow they're going to let him run backwards seven eight cars pile up on the backstretch caution is valid get out keep coming just stay on the gas come back immediately hold the gas it's over Joey Logano of Middletown Connecticut wins the Daytona 500. Go up to third place, maybe second. I don't know if he will make it to the lead, but here he comes, he has to run from behind. It's going to be a drag race in turn four, but it's just not there.

I don't see him being able to make it with each other oh my god, wow, I'm telling you, I have chills down my spine. 21 comes inside. Push where Brian came from. Wow, yes. 42 ran out of gas, who else is going to do it? it's over, I'm not too sure, well I think it's okay, it'll still go, not game 47, get behind 21, give it a push, maybe it'll get there, but I don't know, I think this could be the day of Kurt Busch. Looks like he's I'm going home a winner Kurt Bush has been the bridesmaid at the Daytona 500 here they come out of turn four for the last time since Las Vegas 2004 series champion Kurt Busch for Gene Haas and Tony Stewart wins the Daytona 500.

Wow Wow The first time he won the 500, what's up with that? Lane on the straights will be a big push getting to the top lane, both lanes and up to cover, wait and here it comes with number three. 20 years ago, 20 years of trying for Earnhardt. he won the Daytona 500. Austin Dillon wins race number 60 Great American was in a car accident here. I think he's a Hamlin who grew up together in quarter lanes like Connecticut and Legano looks short in the top lane, well in Chicago. Kyle Busch in the top lane. Legato down McDowell the second yellow car where he will go so interesting that McDowell decided to go with Kyle Busch But here comes Eric Jones inside Danny Hamlin Hamlin in turn number four not side by side Finish line battle this time Denny Hamlin wins his second Daytona 500 and wins it for Coach Gibbs at Toyota in car number 11.

Wow, what a day JD gives Joe Gibbs for that whole team, that's some storybook stuff, coming in here, Newman up front, nothing. Danny Hamlin. could do what Ryan Blaney can do Now here comes a push from Denny Hamlin oh this isn't over yet at all Ryan Newman out of turn four for the last time Blaney to the outside in Here comes Hamlin on the outside hitting the wall on air comes out Newman face down in a shower of sparks on his roof Ryan Newman crosses the line fourth and stops scoring unofficial between Hamlin and Blaney as to who crossed the finish line first.

Newman was spun in the air as he fell he was hit by another car and sent Skyward tumbling onto its roof the AMR safety team is there quickly to attend to Orion Newman, a punch from Denny Hamlin who won the Daytona 500 for the second consecutive year and third time. Generally, Dylan has help, no, they come down to block. Logano goes up again. Kozlowski with him. McDowell in tow. Dylan in the background, runs towards the best teammates. A kingdom to which they go in a strong clash. Kyle Busch Larson has caution out. Bubba Wallace is in this Austin Cedric. hard hit by Kyle Busch is out McDowell is the first to the line but we will have to go back to the moment of the yellow flag that ends the race Brad Keselowski is coming out, okay Joey Logano we see him taking off his gloves and steering wheel I think McDowell He's the winner of this race, guys, he was the first to cross the line.

NASCAR will review and have to determine the finish at the time of the yellow flag and we'll hope for a big official win if that's the case, but Bob Jenkins' blue-chip motorsports team. is celebrating at Pit Road Harwin awesome, you'll see some excitement from this guy if this becomes official again, lots of wrecked race cars, well Chevy is wrecked, you saw a priest with damage, Chase Elliott with damage, this was a hit very hard, Kyle. Busch when he came in, yeah, and the AMR safety team very quickly arrived on the scene being directed, look at the damage on the wall, there's a bumper cover up there and there's Kyle Busch coming out, that's a big sign and that means that everyone has gotten out of their cars after a big crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500.

Yes, and Michael Mcdowell of Glendale Arizona for front-row Bob Jenkins Motorsports won the Daytona 500. How about that big win for Mike McDowell and that team doesn't get it? something bigger than this and a big accident for everyone else, from Kyle Busch outside, can't get very far coming into turn three, where it all came apart last year on the final lap whose grandfather won the Indy 500 as an owner of a car, Cedric. he will take them to the line very high to block Ryan Blaney and at the line, Cindric beats Bubble Wallace by half a car length and they collide in turn one.

This race never disappoints, no, no, and David Reagan found one that he could. Don't miss Austin Cindrick, the winner of the Daytona 500. Remember how you attacked him pretty hard, really fast? Okay, three open. Oh, well, you have to help. Larson tried to go to the middle. Oh, he turned Larson Pastrana on the fence. No. The yellow flag is out and we will wait for official word on Ricky Stenhouse or Joey Logano in the Daytona 500. Baby Christopher Bell in the mix, those three cars at the front of the accident, Ed crossed the line, but one of them will win the Daytona 500.

What is Bell doing here on the track? Warning Chevy Ford Stenhouse Lagano. Here's how this will be decided. It's not the flag, it's NASCAR's decision as to where those two cars were when the button was pressed to activate the warning and Ricky. Stenhouse won the Daytona 500. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Daytona 500 winner, let me tell you, he's been a long time coming.