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Roger Simms, daytona beach News-Journal via AP Fullscreen Dale Earnhardt (3) hits the wall after getting hit by Ken Schrader (36) during the 2001 Daytona 500

RacingOne ISC Archives via Getty Images Fullscreen Dale Jarrett lets out a yell as he climbs out of his car after winning the 35th annual Daytona 500 in 1993

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Jerry Markland, Getty Images for NASCAR Fullscreen Trevor Bayne, at 20-years, one-day old, became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500, in 2011

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The race was red-flagged for almost two hours before Jamie McMurray eventually won

Foyt is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won 4 times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Matthew Ratajczak, The Stuart News via AP Fullscreen Crew members converge on Dale Earnhardt Jr

Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports Fullscreen Safety workers cleaning the track with Tide detergent after a jet-fueled track dryer burst into flames when it was struck by Juan Pablo Montoya's car under caution during the 2012 Daytona 500

Roberts won the 1962 race two years after Johnson won his lone title in 1960

Bob Sweeten, AP Fullscreen Shortly after winning the 2001 Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip talks about the death of friend and competitor Dale Earnhardt, who died after crashing in the last lap

Andretti remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship (1978)

AP Fullscreen Former taxi cab driver Benny Parsons raises the championship trophy after winning the 1975 Daytona 500

AP Fullscreen David Pearson was able to coax his wrecked car across the finish line to win the 1976 Daytona 500

Dow Graham, AP Fullscreen Ward Burton, center, is showered with confetti in victory lane after winning the 2002 Daytona 500 after Sterling Marlin's penalty

Foyt gets a big kiss from Union 76 Racestopper Cheryl Johnson after winning the 1972 Daytona 500

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Cale Yarborough, right, kicks and pushes Bobby Allison, center, who is catching his leg as Donnie Allison, left, tries to pull his brother free from a fight which started after Yarborough collided with Donnie from the face last lap of the 1979 Daytona 500

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Pre-Daytona 500: One year before the first Daytona 500, Glen Wood (22) leads Banjo Matthews (M-4) in a 1958 Modified Sportsman race in town, Fla

AP Fullscreen Richard Petty holds the record for most Daytona 500 wins with seven

Yarborough also won in 1983, '77, and '68

Ric Feld, AP Fullscreen Richard Petty, (middle, with STP cap and sunglasses), poses with his family after winning his sixth Daytona 500 title in 1979

Waltrip would have a chance to better celebrate after winning the 2003 Daytona 500

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Here he drives to victory during the 1971 race

Terry Renna, AP Fullscreen Jeff Gordon (24), Terry Labonte (5) and Ricky Craven (25) led Hendrick Motorsports to a 1-2-3 finish at the 1997 Daytona 500

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Cale Yarborough takes the checkered flag at the Daytona 500 for the final time in 1984

Gordon would win the Daytona 500 twice more: in 1999 and 2005

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Jim Kerlin, AP Fullscreen Fred Lorenzen (28) outdueled Junior Johnson (27) to win the 1965 Daytona 500

Petty won for the seventh and final time in 1981

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Richard Petty poses with the championship trophy after earning the weight seven Daytona 500 wins in 1964

Terry Renna, AP Fullscreen Two-time Daytona 500 champion Sterling Marlin gets a reprimand from a track official after he tried to pull a bent piece of sheet metal away from his tire during a red-flag stop within the 2002 race

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Lee Petty (42), driving an Oldsmobile, and Johnny Beauchamp (73), driving a Thunderbird, were head to head of computer last lap of the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959, but Petty nosed out Beauchamp at the finish line.

Davey Allison won the 1992 race, while Bobby Allison also won in 1982 and 1978. John Harrelson, Getty Images for NASCAR Fullscreen Matt Kenseth earned the second of two Daytona 500 wins in 2012.

The Daytona 500, the premier race in NASCAR, has been held annually since 1959. Lynne Sladky, AP Fullscreen Pre-Daytona 500: Bill France Sr. , In 1947 for meetings that resulted travel formation of NASCAR. Pete Bauer, AP Fullscreen Bill Elliott won the second of his two Daytona 500 titles in 1987.

Jonathan Ferrey, Getty Images Fullscreen Ryan Newman won his only race of 2008 at the Daytona 500, bringing Penske Racing its first win at The Great American Race.

Phil Coale, AP Fullscreen Crew members get hold along pit road to congratulate Dale Earnhardt corvus NASCAR legend finally wins his first Daytona 500 in 1998, 20 years after his first Daytona 500 start in 1979.

Earnhardt died as a result of the crash that stands as one of the most horrific moments in NASCAR history. C. He won his first in 2009. He won his first Great American Race two years earlier in 1985. Jamie Squire, Getty Images Fullscreen Workers repair damage to the track as a result of a pothole consequently 2 on lap 122 during the 2010 Daytona 500.

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Marlin's gaffe will forever be part of NASCAR's lore, with some saying his illegal attempt to fix his car it is in the sore point cost him a victory.

, Left, at the start-finish line after he won the 2004 Daytona 500, three years after his father died as a result of a last-lap crash staubflocke 2001 event.

Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports Fullscreen Safety crews work to release a fire from a jet-fueled track dryer that was hit by Juan Pablo Montoya's car (not pictured) under caution during the 2012 Daytona 500.

Mark J. AP Fullscreen Junior Johnson leads Fireball Roberts and Richard Petty during the 1962 Daytona 500. Kathy Willens, AP Fullscreen Bobby Allison, right, celebrates his victory inside the 1988 Daytona 500 by pouring a Miller beer over the head of his son Davey Allison, who he hammer in an emotional finish.

, Gives a big kiss to Mario Andretti after he won the 1967 Daytona 500. Jarrett would add two more Daytona 500 titles, in 1996 and 2000. Dozier Mobley, Getty Images Fullscreen Darrell Waltrip celebrates his lone Daytona 500 title by performing the "Ickey Shuffle," a dance created by NFL player Ickey Woods, after winning the 1989 Great American Race.

Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen In one of the most famous crashes in NASCAR history, David Pearson and Richard Petty wreck while racing for the lead than it final lap of the 1976 Daytona 500. Daytona Racing Archives Fullscreen Pre-Daytona 500: An aerial view of the North Turn and grandstand as cars race that town Road Course in 1950.