There have been three women who have raced in the Daytona 500.
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Dave Marcis has 33 starts. He last raced in the Daytona 500 in 2002.
There have been 21 drivers to race in both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500.
These are the 43 car numbers that were driven in the Daytona 500 on February 23, 2014:1234579101113141516171820212223242627303132333436384041424347485152556678889899
Yes, he did. Dario Franchitti raced in the 2008 Daytona 500, he started 40th and finished 33rd.
Dale Sr. raced in 23 Daytona 500's from 1979-2001.
There were 43 drivers competing in the 2012 Daytona 500, just like every other Nascar Sprint Cup Series race.
1, Danica Patrick
Two On February 26, 2012, Danica Patrick will become the third woman to drive in the Daytona 500.
The first Daytona 500 was on Febuary 22, 1959. And NASCAR has been established before the start of the Daytona 500, so the answer your question...no. No, it was not. For example, for most of the time that NASCAR raced there, the now gone, Riverside International Raceway (CA), a road course was the first race of the season. There was no "Daytona 500" until the speedway was built in 1959. Even before that, the races on the beach at Daytona were not the first race of the season.
"In" is probably more correct, unless the name of the event is a place-name. "I participated IN the Daytona 500", or "I raced AT Daytona."
Yes, the Daytona 500 is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.