After the Daytona track was repaved in 1978, Richard Petty won the next Daytona 500 on February 18, 1979.
Yes, they widened the track as well as repaved it. The first Daytona 500 will be February 20, 2011 at the new track.
The race is 500 miles which is 200 laps (the track is 2.5 miles) and as far as time, it usually runs about 4 hours (give or take) depending on the amount and severity of cautions.
Dale Sr. was killed at Daytona International Speedway, located in Daytona Beach, Florida.
It is basically easy. It is called the Daytona 500 for a reason. It is 500 miles long!!
Yes, the Daytona 500 is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The 1998 Daytona 500 was held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
You're not going to like this answer, although it's true. The best seats for the Daytona 500 are at whatever sports bar in town has the biggest television. Daytona International Speedway is so big a person who attends the race can only see about half of it, and it's cold outside. I love NASCAR but I wouldn't attend the Daytona 500 even with a free ticket.
Nascar handles race car accidents at the Daytona 500 the same way they do at every other track they go to. They will wave the caution flag, remove the cars that were involved in the accident and then clean the track off. Once the track is in racing condition, they will wave the green flag and the cars will start to race again.
The Daytona 500 was on FOX.
For the 2013 Daytona 500, the total purse was $17,678,827.
The 2013 Daytona 500 will be on February 24th.