Daytona 500

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NASCAR Cup Series race annual sporting event stock car race

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 →