The 500-mile-long Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series race is held annually in February at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. The race has been around since 1959.
Richard Petty drove NASCAR from 1958 to 1992 and won the Daytona 500 seven times, the most in Daytona 500 history. Petty's wins came in 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981.