Richard Petty recollects his dad Lee Petty’s horrific Daytona 1961 crash During the Daytona 500 NASCAR race back in 1961 there was a massive collision between Johnny Beauchamp and Lee Petty.

The driver? Lee Petty. Not that Richard was looking for any charity. As he said, "I wanted to do it on my own." In 1959, the year Daytona International Speedway opened, Richard Petty did not look ...

Tim Flock was caught with an illegal carburetor after a 1954 race on the Daytona Beach highway/beach course. Lee Petty was ...

Lee Petty, winner of the very first Daytona 500 in 1959, was its founder, and his son Richard Petty became the best-known driver in the sport's history, wracking up a record 200 victories.

His record seven Daytona 500 wins might fall some day. But what never can be displaced is the role Petty had building stock-car racing from a day at the beach for ... Richard Lee Petty was born ...

Nunis is an extremely important figure in NASCAR’s history because he was the person who once told Bill France years earlier ...

GREAT AMERICAN READ:Celebrate a fast-paced history of the Daytona 500 with new book ... 2: Buck Baker (1956-57), Lee Petty (1958-59), Joe Weatherly (1962-63), David Pearson (1968-69), Richard Petty, ...

You don't need to be a NASCAR fan to recognize a Petty car. Going all the way back to the 1950s when Lee Petty raced in ... to match the Dodge Charger Daytona's impressive superspeedway ...

Joey Logano could join the elite three-time champion club on Sunday. He discusses his mindset heading into the season finale.

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In the calm before the storm, local restaurants were buzzing with celebrity sightings ahead of Hurricane Milton, when actor and comedian David Spade and eight-time NASCAR Cup Series winner Kyle ...

The best time to visit Daytona Beach is between March and May. You'll miss the crowded Speedweeks, a series of events and races leading up to February's Daytona 500. Plus, the tourism hangover ...