Dale Earnhardt Sr. has the most wins at Daytona with 34. This includes victories in the Cup and Busch Series, IROC, the Budweiser Shootout and the Daytona qualifying races.
Richard Petty won 200 races in his career.
Richard Petty with 1,184.
Richard Petty won the most races in one season with 27 in 1967.
Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times, which is second most. Richard Petty leads all drivers with seven victories.
Richard Petty has won the most races at Richmond International Raceway with 13.
Richard Petty ran a Ford during the 1969 NASCAR season due to a dispute with Chrysler. In a bid to win Petty back, Chrysler developed the Plymouth Superbird, one of the most famous cars in NASCAR history. Petty switched back to Chrysler in 1970.
The NASCAR driver with the most DNFs (did not finish) is Dave Blaney. Richard Petty is another driver with a lot of incomplete races.
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 Richard Petty.
Petty Enterprises was the name of the team for most of his career. He drove for Don Robertson for a few races in 1970 because Petty's regular cars had been wrecked; in 1984-5 he drove for Mike Curb.
Richard Petty had a number of accomplishments in his career. However, his record at the Daytona 500 is certainly something to make note of. In a race that only the best are able to win, Petty sat atop the leader board seven different times and holds the record for the most wins at the track.
The record for most consecutive wins is held by Richard Petty with 10. It was in 1967 from August 12th to October 1st.