In the years since, we’ve seen plenty of presidential candidates — and on a few occasions, a sitting president — come to Daytona on race day hoping some of that NASCAR-man-of-the-people glow would ...

When the NASCAR haulers rolled into Daytona Beach in the summer of 1975, Richard Petty’s future Hall of Fame plaque was already largely engraved. He’d won five of what would become seven Cup Series ...

Daytona Beach is still the center of the racing universe twice a year, but for 60 years, there was a third time of year on or around the Fourth of July. For many of those years, the race was known as ...

Richard Petty won his first Firecracker 400 in 1975, his 172nd career victory. Richard Petty had won everything at Daytona in February, but not in the summer. His long-awaited Firecracker 400 win came ...