Daytona 500

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The Daytona 500 is a premier annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race, widely regarded as the sport’s most prestigious event and held each February at Daytona International Speedway.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASCAR Cup Series race
annual sporting event
stock car race
banking high-banked oval
broadcaster ABC (historical)
Columbia Broadcasting System
surface form: CBS (historical)

Fox
city Daytona Beach, Florida NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionDate February 22, 1959
frequency annual
governingBody NASCAR
inception 1959
laps 200
location Daytona International Speedway
mostWinsDriver Richard Petty
mostWinsDriverWins 7
nickname Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing
The Great American Race
notableEvent Dale Earnhardt’s fatal crash in the 2001 Daytona 500
First live flag-to-flag telecast of a 500-mile NASCAR race in 1979
notableWinner Austin Dillon
Bill Elliott
Bobby Allison
Cale Yarborough
Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Darrell Waltrip
Denny Hamlin
Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch
Lee Petty
Matt Kenseth
Michael Waltrip
Richard Petty
Ryan Newman
Sterling Marlin
Trevor Bayne
organizer NASCAR
partOf NASCAR Cup Series
raceDistance 500 miles
805 kilometers
significance most prestigious race in NASCAR
opening points race of the NASCAR Cup Series season
sport stock car racing
surface asphalt
trackLength 2.5 miles
4.0 kilometers
trackType superspeedway
typicalMonthHeld February

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Ironman containsTrack Daytona 500
Daytona Beach hasEvent Daytona 500
NASCAR hasNotableEvent Daytona 500
Ironman includesSingle Daytona 500
Chris Myers notableEventCovered Daytona 500