Davey Allison won the 1992 Daytona 500.
Jimmie Johnson won $1,525,275 for winning the 2013 Daytona 500.
Yes. Matt Kenseth won the Daytona 500 in 2009 and 2012.
The tallest driver to win the Daytona 500 was Buddy Bakerat 6' 6". He won the race in 1980.Michael Waltrip, who is 6' 5", won two Daytona 500's (2001 & 2003).
Click on the link below to see the drivers winnings for the 2011 Daytona 500.
In the 2012 Sprint All-Star Race, Dale Jr. won $141,315.
The date for the Daytona 500 is picked by Nascar, which include CEO and Chairman Brain France and Nascar President and COO Mike Helton.
2001 and 2003
This year the Daytona 500 is run in the month of Febuary. Most of the drivers that qualified were ready to go by the time the green flag dropped. The winner of the race this year was Bobby Allison.
Yes, they are. Darrell Waltrip in 1989 and Michael Waltrip in 2001 & 2003, became the only brothers to win the Daytona 500 in the history of Nascar.
Prior to Trevor Bayne winning in 2011 at the age of 20, Jeff Gordon was the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 at age 25 in 1997.
Scott Dixon won the 2008 Indianapolis 500.