Daytona 500 Champions Records

DAYTONA 500 CHAMPIONS RECORDS

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Bobby Allison Three-time champion (1978, 1982 and 1988) Bobby Allison is one of only five drivers to have won the three or more times. He captured the 1978 with Bud Moore, the 1982 with DiGard Racing and the 1988 with the Stavola Bros. Allison and his son Davey delivered the race s only 1-2 father-son finish in 1988. That same year, Bobby won the 300-mile Nationwide race, the 125-mile qualifying race and the fishing tournament. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DAYTONA 500 MOMENT? What would have to be the favorite 500 moment would be at 1988 at the age of 50, I won my third Super Bowl of my career with the best young man in racing second to me. But I still don t remember 1988. It s kind of tough in a way. Sitting here right now, it hurts and annoys me that I have no memory of that. I sat down with a tape a few months ago and watched the entire race flag to flag to see if it would do anything for me. It looks like some movie that somebody made somewhere that kind of looked like something I had done one day. 1 02/26/61 Chevrolet #40 36 31 175 200 $200 2 02/14/65 Ford #12 13 11 128 200 $1,425 3 02/27/66 Ford #24 44 20 143 200 $1,150 4 02/26/67 Mercury #16 31 40 34 200 $1,000 5 02/25/68 Ford #29 6 3 200 200 $10,150 6 02/23/69 Dodge #22 40 43 45 200 $1,160 7 02/22/70 Dodge #22 6 3 199 200 $9,950 8 02/14/71 Dodge #12 31 18 187 200 $1,600 9 02/20/72 Chevrolet #12 4 16 177 200 $1,600 10 02/18/73 Chevrolet #12 29 25 141 200 $1,735 11 02/17/74 Chevrolet #12 9 30 97 200 $3,990 12 02/16/75 Matador #16 3 2 199 200 $25,100 13 02/15/76 Mercury #2 8 25 123 200 $5,905 14 02/20/77 Matador #12 7 15 167 200 $6,560 15 02/19/78 Ford #15 33 1 200 200 $44,300 16 02/18/79 Ford #15 7 11 197 200 $17,725 17 02/17/80 Mercury #15 9 2 200 200 $54,450 18 02/15/81 Pontiac #28 1 2 200 200 $84,050 19 02/14/82 Buick #88 7 1 200 200 $120,630 20 02/20/83 Chevrolet #22 35 9 198 200 $29,400 21 02/19/84 Buick #22 4 34 61 200 $38,250 22 02/17/85 Buick #22 34 33 82 200 $14,845 23 02/16/86 Buick #22 3 42 21 200 $18,760 24 02/15/87 Buick #22 6 6 200 200 $60,475 25 02/14/88 Buick #12 3 1 200 200 $202,940 Totals/Avg. 16 17 3774 5000 $757,350 473

Davey Allison 1992 champion Davey Allison captured his lone victory in 1992 with Robert Yates Racing, but he also visited Gatorade Victory Lane in 1988 after he finished second to his father Bobby, the only 1-2 father-son finish in the history of The Great American Race. On the final lap in the final turn, Bobby Allison went high and Davey ducked low but wasn t able to pull off the pass. Said Davey on the radio after the finish: I went down low in 3 and 4 but he was too strong. All the time in the pits was wife/mother Judy Allison, who was rooting for the one who pays the bills. AFTER HIS 1992 DAYTONA 500 WIN I ve watched my dad win the 500 a couple of times, and I followed him across the line once, just a few years ago. You know, it s hard to sit here and say this is the greatest thing that s ever happened to me, because that 88 was such a special day. I don t think anything could ever replace it. But, as far as wins go, this is the best one I ve ever had. 1 02/15/87 Ford #28 2 27 184 200 $14,045 2 02/14/88 Ford #28 2 2 200 200 $113,760 3 02/19/89 Ford #28 16 25 193 200 $22,985 4 02/18/90 Ford #28 16 20 198 200 $31,935 5 02/17/91 Ford #28 1 15 197 200 $77,350 6 02/16/92 Ford #28 6 1 200 200 $244,050 7 02/14/93 Ford #28 11 28 197 200 $37,445 Totals/Avg. 8 17 1369 1400 $541,570 Mario Andretti 1967 champion Mario Andretti became the first Indy driver to win the in 1967 driving for Holman- Moody Ford. He was two days shy of his 27th birthday when he won. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000 and voted co-driver of the Century by the Associated Press and Racer Magazine that same year. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW This had to be the toughest race I have ever driven. The physical pounding on the banking and the degree of concentration that running at those speeds demands took a lot out of me. 1 02/27/66 Chevrolet #13 39 37 31 200 $1,065 2 02/26/67 Ford #11 12 1 200 200 $48,900 3 02/25/68 Mercury #11 20 29 105 200 $1,580 Totals/Avg. 24 22 336 600 $51,545 474

Buddy Baker 1980 champion After coming so close to his elusive victory in many of his previous 18 career starts, Buddy Baker finally knocked the Gatorade Victory Lane gates down in 1980 by winning his first Great American Race in record fashion. Baker, driving a silver and black No. 28 Oldsmobile nicknamed the Grey Ghost, dominated the race by starting from the pole and leading 143 laps. Even though he was the class of the field, Baker still needed a quick late pit stop for gas to secure the victory. Baker finished the with a record average speed of 177.602 mph. ON IF HE COULD PUT INTO WORDS WHAT FINALLY WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 MEANT TO HIM I wish I could. I have tried every way in the world. I do a lot of after-dinner speaking and I have my own satellite show, and that question is impossible for a race car driver to answer. It is exhilaration, it s, OK, you ve won the biggest race that we have in NASCAR. The years of frustration waiting to get into that spot and it finally happening the emotion was to a point where you almost felt nauseous. It s hard to explain. 1 02/26/61 Chrysler #86 28 40 145 200 $200 2 02/18/62 Chrysler #86 15 29 83 200 $400 3 02/23/64 Plymouth #89 42 29 64 200 $725 4 02/14/65 Dodge #88 18 40 2 200 $1,050 5 02/27/66 Chevrolet #88 36 32 69 200 $1,090 6 02/26/67 Dodge #3 9 28 120 200 $1,400 7 02/25/68 Dodge #3 13 30 103 200 $1,700 8 02/23/69 Dodge #3 1 5 198 200 $10,050 9 02/22/70 Dodge #6 2 27 122 200 $2,265 10 02/14/71 Dodge #11 6 2 200 200 $16,100 11 02/20/72 Dodge #11 31 34 18 200 $1,700 12 02/18/73 Dodge #71 1 6 194 200 $10,225 13 02/16/75 Ford #15 13 20 144 200 $2,050 14 02/15/76 Ford #15 5 33 83 200 $7,600 15 02/20/77 Ford #15 8 3 199 200 $23,850 16 02/19/78 Oldsmobile #27 31 7 196 200 $16,395 17 02/18/79 Oldsmobile #28 1 40 38 200 $23,775 18 02/17/80 Oldsmobile #28 1 1 200 200 $102,175 19 02/15/81 Oldsmobile #1 6 4 200 200 $35,740 20 02/14/82 Buick #1 4 8 198 200 $40,800 21 02/20/83 Ford #21 5 3 200 200 $59,650 22 02/19/84 Ford #21 5 38 30 200 $14,100 23 02/17/85 Oldsmobile #88 7 4 199 200 $53,075 24 02/16/86 Oldsmobile #88 17 26 119 200 $15,400 25 02/15/87 Oldsmobile #88 7 4 200 200 $74,450 26 02/14/88 Oldsmobile #88 18 9 200 200 $36,490 27 02/17/91 Pontiac #88 16 37 35 200 $18,800 28 02/16/92 Oldsmobile #47 24 11 199 200 $38,275 Totals/Avg. 13 20 3758 5600 $609,530 475

Trevor Bayne 2011 champion On a new racing surface, Trevor Bayne drove the famed No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford to Gatorade Victory Lane after two green-white-checkered attempts in the 53rd annual. Bayne, who turned 20 years old the day prior to the race, became the youngest driver to win The Great American Race and returned the storied Wood Brothers to victory lane for the first time in 10 years in a paint scheme similar to the one David Pearson drove to victory in the 1976. ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 The first realization I got is when I was talking to (the Wood Brothers). They said it was as cool as (David) Pearson s win and that s when it sinks in because I don t put myself on that kind of stage with those guys. I don t think of myself as doing the same thing that David Pearson did or AJ Foyt or Tiny Lund or (Cale Yarborough). When they made that comment, that this was one of the coolest 500 wins, that s when I thought, Wow, this is real. This is something that a lot of people strive for their whole career. This is one of the biggest races in motorsports and we were the ones in Victory Lane. 1 02/20/11 Ford #21 32 1 208 208 $1,463,813 2 02/26/12 Ford #21 40 35 164 202 $283,200 Totals/Avg. 36 18 372 410 $1,747,013 476

Geoff Bodine 1986 champion Geoff Bodine, a native of Chemung, N.Y., led 65 laps and had the right fuel mileage to win the 1986. The victory came down to fuel milage. Dale Earnhardt ran out of gas and Bodine had just enough to deliver owner Rick Hendrick his first of six wins. ON WINNING THE 1986 DAYTONA 500 My dreams and my goals were fulfilled on that day. 1 02/18/79 Oldsmobile #47 16 29 99 200 $3,275 2 02/15/81 Pontiac #23 14 22 178 200 $5,260 3 02/14/82 Buick #23 34 42 3 200 $3,450 4 02/20/83 Pontiac #88 2 30 106 200 $12,065 5 02/19/84 Chevrolet #5 9 8 199 200 $27,650 6 02/17/85 Chevrolet #5 17 7 198 200 $42,025 7 02/16/86 Chevrolet #5 2 1 200 200 $192,715 8 02/15/87 Chevrolet #5 8 14 199 200 $36,365 9 02/14/88 Chevrolet #5 15 14 200 200 $27,305 10 02/19/89 Chevrolet #5 10 4 200 200 $79,250 11 02/18/90 Ford #11 3 9 199 200 $80,950 12 02/17/91 Ford #11 19 32 150 200 $28,150 13 02/16/92 Ford #15 16 3 200 200 $116,250 14 02/14/93 Ford #15 6 3 200 200 $141,450 15 02/20/94 Ford #7 39 11 200 200 $52,065 16 02/19/95 Ford #7 40 20 200 200 $56,175 17 02/18/96 Ford #7 38 34 157 200 $44,120 18 02/16/97 Ford #7 25 34 148 200 $57,605 19 02/15/98 Ford #7 25 31 197 200 $84,880 20 02/14/99 Chevrolet #60 30 39 134 200 $88,054 21 02/17/02 Ford #09 35 3 200 200 $656,687 Totals/Avg. 19 19 3567 4200 $1,835,746 477

Ward Burton 2002 champion Ward Burton captured the 2002 after a series of wild events. During the ninth and final caution of the day on Lap 195, a red flag was also display during which race leader and two-time champion Sterling Marlin inexplicably got out of his car and tried to bend a crumpled fender back into shape. Repairs aren t allowed during red flags and Marlin was sent to the rear of the field on the restart. Burton inherited the lead and proceeded to out-race everyone to the finish giving Dodge its first victory since 1974. ON WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 This is where big dreams have come true for a lot of people and a lot of dreams have been broken here when it comes to NASCAR racing. This is holy ground when it comes to NASCAR racing. A win in the is something that nothing else will ever top. FAVORITE OR FIRST DAYTONA 500 MEMORY? A moment that sticks out in my mind about the 500 that nobody else would think about was when my dad brought us down here to watch the race. I was about 10 years old. I was a big Bobby Allison fan. He had the Coca-Cola car. Every time the guard that was manning the big fence on the frontstretch would leave I would run up to the fence and get right up to the fence and be as close as I could when the cars came by. He finally made me get up higher in the stands. He didn t like that a whole lot. 1 02/19/95 Chevrolet #31 21 15 200 200 $45,015 2 02/18/96 Pontiac #22 13 26 195 200 $54,860 3 02/16/97 Pontiac #22 17 8 200 200 $82,390 4 02/15/98 Pontiac #22 9 25 199 200 $98,805 5 02/14/99 Pontiac #22 18 24 198 200 $111,679 6 02/20/00 Pontiac #22 6 8 200 200 $166,775 7 02/18/01 Dodge #22 10 35 173 200 $165,019 8 02/17/02 Dodge #22 19 1 200 200 $1,409,017 *9 02/16/03 Dodge #22 17 38 105 109 $203,751 10 02/15/04 Chevrolet #0 19 17 199 200 $218,912 Totals/Avg. 15 20 1869 1909 $2,556,223 *Rain Shortened Event 478

Derrike Cope 1990 champion In one of the greatest upset victories in NASCAR history, Washington native Derrike Cope passed Dale Earnhardt on the last lap in Turn 3 to win the 1990 after Earnhardt ran over a piece of bell housing. It was Cope s third start and he became the fourth driver in history to earn his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in The Great American Race. ON EARNHARDT BLOWING HIS TIRE To drive off into Turn 3 and see something happening to his right rear tire, you kind of thought we were probably going to wreck when the car turned sideways. It really had the look of the Days of Thunder slow mo when the car turns sideways. When I got to him, he just masterfully saved the race car. The car just turned right and wiggled up the race track. Anybody else would have probably put that thing into the fence. At that point, I knew that (Terry) Labonte and (Bill) Elliott didn t have anything for me. They tried me two or three laps earlier. They couldn t do it together. I knew I had won it. The cool down lap was about reflecting to my father what we accomplished to get to this point. A lot of naysayer s said we would never amount to anything. Certainly my father and I amounted something that day. 1 02/15/87 Ford #19 23 33 124 200 $10,840 2 02/14/88 Ford #68 22 27 183 200 $15,235 3 02/18/90 Chevrolet #10 12 1 200 200 $188,150 4 02/17/91 Chevrolet #10 33 26 189 200 $28,180 5 02/16/92 Chevrolet #10 20 34 120 200 $23,115 6 02/14/93 Ford #66 35 29 189 200 $29,165 7 02/20/94 Ford #98 16 21 198 200 $36,220 8 02/19/95 Ford #12 22 31 184 200 $35,145 9 02/18/96 Ford #12 22 41 53 200 $43,752 10 02/16/97 Pontiac #36 29 36 124 200 $50,145 11 02/15/98 Pontiac #30 11 37 191 200 $80,605 12 02/14/99 Pontiac #30 20 18 199 200 $110,859 13 02/20/00 Ford #15 12 41 169 200 $82,750 14 02/15/04 Dodge #50 42 30 153 200 $207,962 Totals/Avg. 23 29 2276 2800 $942,123 479

Dale Earnhardt 1998 champion Dale Earnhardt is the all-time winning driver at Daytona International Speedway with 34 victories but the always eluded him. The driver of the famous black No. 3 Chevrolet captured his lone victory in 1998 on his 20th career start in The Great American Race. With the gift of a lucky penny from a young fan glued to his dashboard, Earnhardt led 107 laps, including the final 61, on his way to the Harley J. Earl. Earnhardt s Gatorade Victory Lane celebration was delayed by the scores of crew members that lined pit road to congratulate the new champion. A statue honors him outside the Daytona International Speedway ticket office. 1998 DAYTONA 500 VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW The is ours. We won it, we won it, we won it. 1 02/18/79 Buick #2 10 8 199 200 $22,845 2 02/17/80 Oldsmobile #2 32 4 199 200 $36,350 3 02/15/81 Pontiac #2 7 5 200 200 $37,365 4 02/14/82 Ford #15 10 36 44 200 $14,700 5 02/20/83 Ford #15 3 35 63 200 $37,011 6 02/19/84 Chevrolet #3 29 2 200 200 $81,825 7 02/17/85 Chevrolet #3 18 32 84 200 $17,150 8 02/16/86 Chevrolet #3 4 14 197 200 $61,655 9 02/15/87 Chevrolet #3 13 5 200 200 $64,925 10 02/14/88 Chevrolet #3 6 10 200 200 $52,540 11 02/19/89 Chevrolet #3 8 3 200 200 $95,550 12 02/18/90 Chevrolet #3 2 5 200 200 $109,325 13 02/17/91 Chevrolet #3 4 5 200 200 $113,850 14 02/16/92 Chevrolet #3 3 9 199 200 $87,000 15 02/14/93 Chevrolet #3 4 2 200 200 $181,825 16 02/20/94 Chevrolet #3 2 7 200 200 $110,340 17 02/19/95 Chevrolet #3 2 2 200 200 $212,250 18 02/18/96 Chevrolet #3 1 2 200 200 $215,065 19 02/16/97 Chevrolet #3 4 31 195 200 $72,545 20 02/15/98 Chevrolet #3 4 1 200 200 $1,059,805 21 02/14/99 Chevrolet #3 4 2 200 200 $613,659 22 02/20/00 Chevrolet #3 21 21 200 200 $116,075 23 02/18/01 Chevrolet #3 7 12 199 200 $194,111 Totals/Avg. 9 11 4179 4600 $3,607,766 480

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2004 champion While his legendary father Dale Earnhardt needed 20 starts to win the, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first Great American Race in 2004 on his fifth career start. With President George W. Bush in attendance, Earnhardt Jr., who already won a Budweiser Duel earlier in the week, used a textbook drafting pass late in the race to slip past Tony Stewart to win the. Earnhardt Jr. didn t get a whole lot of time to celebrate as he competed in the rain-delayed Nationwide Series race on Monday where he earned his third trip to Gatorade Victory Lane during Budweiser Speedweeks. ON WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 I m just real excited to have won this race. It s really hard to win it. Some of our greatest competitors come in and out of this sport without taking this trophy home. I m glad I can say I ve accomplished it and I can put the ongoing strive to win it behind me because we really wanted to win it so bad. 1 02/20/00 Chevrolet #8 8 13 200 200 $107,775 2 02/18/01 Chevrolet #8 6 2 200 200 $975,907 3 02/17/02 Chevrolet #8 5 29 171 200 $177,937 *4 02/16/03 Chevrolet #8 2 36 108 109 $243,543 5 02/15/04 Chevrolet #8 3 1 200 200 $1,495,070 6 02/20/05 Chevrolet #8 5 3 203 203 $828,796 7 02/19/06 Chevrolet #8 7 8 203 203 $377,694 8 02/18/07 Chevrolet #8 5 32 195 202 $315,733 9 02/17/08 Chevrolet #88 3 9 200 200 $352,920 *10 02/15/09 Chevrolet #88 14 27 152 152 $291,063 11 02/14/10 Chevrolet #88 2 2 208 208 $1,096,995 12 02/20/11 Chevrolet #88 1 24 202 208 $350,813 13 02/26/12 Chevrolet #88 5 2 202 202 $1,102,175 Totals/Avg. 5 14 2444 2487 $7,716,421 *Rain Shortened Event 481

Bill Elliott Two-time champion (1985 and 1987) Nicknamed Awesome Bill, Elliott won the for Melling Racing in 1985 and 1987 driving the No. 9 Coors Light Ford. Elliott also holds a record that will probably never be broken fastest qualifying lap. In 1987, Elliott won the pole with a fast lap of 210.364 mph, a year before restrictor plates were implemented in NASCAR at Daytona International Speedway. ON THE 1987 QUALIFYING LAP OF 210.364 mph Oh my God, you were out of control. I keep telling people that when I left pit road that day, I didn t think I was coming back. I knew the car was good. I knew if I could hold it onto the floor, it would run well. We all didn t realize it would run that well. 1 02/19/78 Mercury #9 9 8 195 200 $11,935 2 02/17/80 Mercury #9 24 12 192 200 $12,390 3 02/15/81 Ford #9 16 6 199 200 $30,615 4 02/14/82 Ford #9 20 5 198 200 $36,125 5 02/20/83 Ford #9 17 2 200 200 $66,425 6 02/19/84 Ford #9 3 5 200 200 $58,700 7 02/17/85 Ford #9 1 1 200 200 $185,500 8 02/16/86 Ford #9 1 13 198 200 $56,070 9 02/15/87 Ford #9 1 1 200 200 $204,150 10 02/14/88 Ford #9 31 12 200 200 $31,015 11 02/19/89 Ford #9 13 35 72 200 $24,310 12 02/18/90 Ford #9 4 3 200 200 $114,100 13 02/17/91 Ford #9 15 28 188 200 $28,670 14 02/16/92 Ford #11 2 27 178 200 $60,255 15 02/14/93 Ford #11 5 39 99 200 $52,660 16 02/20/94 Ford #11 8 9 200 200 $65,615 17 02/19/95 Ford #94 10 23 199 200 $42,060 18 02/18/96 Ford #94 21 8 200 200 $78,155 19 02/16/97 Ford #94 8 4 200 200 $133,200 20 02/15/98 Ford #94 19 10 200 200 $129,155 21 02/14/99 Ford #94 37 27 194 200 $107,351 22 02/20/00 Ford #94 3 3 200 200 $526,475 23 02/18/01 Dodge #9 1 5 200 200 $392,582 24 02/17/02 Dodge #9 29 11 200 200 $195,268 *25 02/16/03 Dodge #9 14 32 109 109 $211,484 26 02/19/06 Chevrolet #36 33 19 203 203 $257,758 *27 02/15/09 Ford #21 40 23 152 152 $288,160 28 02/14/10 Ford #21 40 27 208 208 $270,070 29 02/20/11 Chevrolet #09 29 12 208 208 $312,171 Totals/Avg. 16 14 5392 5680 $3,982,424 *Rain Shortened Event 482

A.J. Foyt 1972 champion A.J. Foyt won the 1972 with the Wood Brothers Racing in dominating fashion leading 167 laps of the 200. The four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 was named one of NASCAR s 50 greatest drivers in 1998 and was named co-driver of the Century by the Associated Press in 2000. HOW IMPORTANT WAS YOUR DAYTONA 500 VICTORY TO YOUR CAREER? Naturally, it stacks up as one of the top priority races that I ve won because there are a lot people that should ve won this race a lot more than they did including the late great Dale Earnhardt. Look how many times he led it to right to the last minute and lost. If it s your day, you can win it. If it s not, I don t care who you are. Let s face it, he should ve won this thing seven or eight or nine times. He won it just one time. It s hard to believe but that s the way the ball bounces. 1 02/24/63 Pontiac #02 7 27 143 200 $550 2 02/23/64 Ford #00 8 24 127 200 N/A 3 02/25/66 Ford #47 22 33 46 200 $1,085 4 02/26/67 Ford #27 5 37 44 200 N/A 5 02/25/68 Ford #27 19 12 183 200 $2,350 6 02/23/69 Ford #11 9 4 199 200 $5,250 7 02/22/70 Ford #11 28 32 58 200 $1,410 8 02/14/71 Mercury #21 1 3 200 200 $19,000 9 02/20/72 Mercury #21 2 1 200 200 $21,800 10 02/18/73 Chevrolet #50 8 4 196 200 $7,020 11 02/17/74 Chevrolet #50 35 5 199 200 $6,915 12 02/16/75 Chevrolet #28 9 11 188 200 $6,700 13 02/15/76 Chevrolet #28 31 22 143 200 $4,600 14 02/20/77 Chevrolet #51 2 6 197 200 $13,600 15 02/19/78 Buick #51 3 32 68 200 $12,075 16 02/18/79 Oldsmobile #51 6 3 200 200 $38,550 17 02/17/80 Oldsmobile #51 11 31 69 200 $3,575 18 02/15/81 Oldsmobile #51 10 35 120 200 $3,750 19 02/14/82 Oldsmobile #51 9 21 145 200 $8,150 20 02/20/83 Chevrolet #14 9 11 197 200 $20,000 21 02/19/84 Oldsmobile #14 32 39 24 200 $5,450 22 02/17/85 Oldsmobile #14 16 30 90 200 $10,010 23 02/16/86 Oldsmobile #14 21 29 113 200 $11,275 24 02/15/87 Oldsmobile #14 41 42 10 200 $7,870 25 02/14/88 Oldsmobile #14 17 33 105 200 $11,455 26 02/19/89 Oldsmobile #14 24 38 41 200 $11,970 27 02/18/90 Oldsmobile #14 39 21 195 200 $18,380 28 02/16/92 Oldsmobile #14 39 21 195 200 $23,055 Totals/Avg. 16 22 3615 5600 $275,845 483

Jeff Gordon Three-time champion (1997, 1999 and 2005) In the first of Jeff Gordon s three wins in 1997, Gordon became the youngest Daytona 500 winner, but he was more overjoyed for delivering a victory in The Great American Race to his car owner Rick Hendrick, who was back in North Carolina battling leukemia. Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven slipped past Bill Elliott in the final laps of the race to deliver the ailing car owner a 1-2-3 finish. After taking a cell phone call from Hendrick in Gatorade Victory Lane, Gordon received a champagne soaking from his teammates Labonte and Craven. ON WINNING HIS THIRD DAYTONA 500 It s the ultimate race. There s just no better place to win at than Daytona. You know the sport s getting more competitive. It s getting bigger and it s just one of those races if you can pick one, this is the one you want to win. I appreciate this one more than I ever have before because I ve just been in the sport longer. I understand how difficult it is to win these races. I think I recognize more than I ever have how prestigious this event is. ON WHICH DAYTONA 500, OTHER THAN THE RACES HE WON, WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE The first one. The first year that I came here in the Cup car. We won the (Duel) 125 as a rookie, we were battling up front there with Dale Earnhardt at the end of the race and I just remember it being a very surreal moment where five or ten (laps) to go and I was running somewhere in the topfive and I was looking around going, Oh my God, I can t believe that I m part of this right now. At the time I was like, I might have a shot to win this thing, even though realistically I never had a shot at winning it, but I was just happy just to be there in that lead group, going to the finish, watching them battle it out was pretty cool. 1 02/14/93 Chevrolet #24 3 5 200 200 $111,150 2 02/20/94 Chevrolet #24 6 4 200 200 $112,525 3 02/19/95 Chevrolet #24 4 22 199 200 $67,915 4 02/18/96 Chevrolet #24 8 42 13 200 $59,052 5 02/16/97 Chevrolet #24 6 1 200 200 $377,410 6 02/15/98 Chevrolet #24 29 16 200 200 $115,430 7 02/14/99 Chevrolet #24 1 1 200 200 $1,172,246 8 02/20/00 Chevrolet #24 11 34 195 200 $106,100 9 02/18/01 Chevrolet #24 13 30 178 200 $166,411 10 02/17/02 Chevrolet #24 3 9 200 200 $274,063 *11 02/16/03 Chevrolet #24 13 12 109 109 $238,648 12 02/15/04 Chevrolet #24 39 8 200 200 $318,490 13 02/20/05 Chevrolet #24 15 1 203 203 $1,497,154 14 02/19/06 Chevrolet #24 2 26 203 203 $334,879 15 02/18/07 Chevrolet #24 42 10 202 202 $371,679 16 02/17/08 Chevrolet #24 8 39 186 200 $319,599 *17 02/15/09 Chevrolet #24 3 13 152 152 $356,935 18 02/14/10 Chevrolet #24 21 26 208 208 $318,171 19 02/20/11 Chevrolet #24 2 28 173 208 $316,824 20 02/26/12 Chevrolet #24 16 40 81 202 $317,549 Totals/Avg. 12 18 3502 3887 $6,951,930 *Rain Shortened Event 484

Pete Hamilton 1970 champion Driving a second Petty Enterprises Plymouth SuperBird, Hamilton survived a fierce late-race battle with David Pearson to win the 1970. A big difference maker in the victory was taking four tires on his last pit stop while Pearson only took two. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW I was having my misgivings when I was called in on the next yellow after Richard (Petty, his car owner) went out. But he just leaned in the window and yelled, Go get em, kid. It s all yours. But I think he would have had to pry me out of that SuperBird with a crowbar! 1 02/23/69 Dodge #1 17 44 44 200 $1,885 2 02/22/70 Plymouth #40 9 1 200 200 $44,850 3 02/14/71 Plymouth #6 3 28 157 200 $2,050 4 02/18/73 Plymouth #9 2 40 33 200 $2,000 Totals/Avg. 8 28 434 800 $50,785 Kevin Harvick 2007 champion Kevin Harvick nipped Mark Martin at the start/finish line to capture the 2007. Harvick beat Martin by.020 seconds, the closest in finish since the advent of computer scoring in 1993. Harvick s victory was Richard Childress Racing s first win since Dale Earnhardt in 1998. Harvick, who started 34th and led only four laps in the race, became the fifth driver to win both the and the DRIVE4COPD NASCAR Nationwide Series race in the same year. ON THE IMPACT OF WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 It s hard to explain the magnitude of the. It was something I really didn t understand I think until I won the race, just knowing the difference between the and winning a race. It s a huge mark on your resume. To be a part of everything that has gone on has been fun to be part of. It s something that we ve all enjoyed. Hopefully we get to do it again. 1 02/17/02 Chevrolet #29 2 36 148 200 $192,888 *2 02/16/03 Chevrolet #29 31 4 109 109 $569,630 3 02/15/04 Chevrolet #29 10 4 200 200 $610,792 4 02/20/05 Chevrolet #29 30 28 198 203 $288,749 5 02/19/06 Chevrolet #29 28 14 203 203 $302,244 6 02/18/07 Chevrolet #29 34 1 202 202 $1,510,469 7 02/17/08 Chevrolet #29 16 14 200 200 $322,224 *8 02/15/09 Chevrolet #29 32 2 152 152 $1,115,724 9 02/14/10 Chevrolet #29 5 7 208 208 $421,796 10 02/20/11 Chevrolet #29 7 42 22 208 $328,949 11 02/26/12 Chevrolet #29 13 7 202 202 $415,261 Totals/Avg. 19 14 1844 2087 $6,078,776 *Rain Shortened Event 485

Ernie Irvan 1991 champion Ernie Irvan pulled off his biggest victory of his NASCAR career when he won the 1991 Daytona 500. The California driver made a late-race pass on Dale Earnhardt to take the lead. On Lap 197, Earnhardt and Davey Allison crashed forcing the race to end under the caution. But the race wasn t over for Irvan, who was afraid he was running out of gas. In order to squeeze out as much fuel as possible under caution, Irvan drove on the apron of the track and manage to make it to the checkered flag. ON WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 I think I won the one I needed to win. 1 02/19/89 Pontiac #2 33 41 8 200 $9,275 2 02/18/90 Ford #90 18 13 199 200 $31,455 3 02/17/91 Chevrolet #4 2 1 200 200 $233,000 4 02/16/92 Chevrolet #4 7 28 166 200 $43,370 5 02/14/93 Chevrolet #4 8 37 148 200 $40,275 6 02/20/94 Ford #28 3 2 200 200 $190,750 7 02/18/96 Ford #28 2 35 145 200 $85,847 8 02/16/97 Ford #28 5 20 200 200 $72,325 9 02/15/98 Pontiac #36 10 6 200 200 $205,200 10 02/14/99 Pontiac #36 31 14 200 200 $123,584 Totals/Avg. 12 20 1666 2000 $1,035,081 486

Dale Jarrett Three-time champion (1993, 1996 and 2000) Dale Jarrett is a three-time champion and will be making his 20th and final Daytona 500 start in the 50th running of the. He has one win with Joe Gibbs Racing and two triumphs with Robert Yates Racing. His father Ned, a former racer, called the finish for CBS Sports for all of Jarrett s victories. ON HIS MOST MEMORABLE DAYTONA 500 MOMENT In 1976, with Petty and Pearson coming off of (Turn) 4, that s the number one for me. They don t get any more exciting than that. The top two drivers that was just incredible. To have that finish, it was just a great racing moment to me. That s what the is about doing everything that you can to win and having it come down to literally the last 300 yards of the race with two drivers that have won this race multiple times, and it was just an incredible finish. 1 02/14/88 Buick #1 36 16 200 200 $18,845 2 02/19/89 Pontiac #29 20 32 131 200 $15,000 3 02/17/91 Ford #21 17 6 199 200 $74,900 4 02/16/92 Chevrolet #18 35 36 91 200 $19,780 5 02/14/93 Chevrolet #18 2 1 200 200 $238,200 6 02/20/94 Chevrolet #18 41 35 146 200 $38,325 7 02/19/95 Ford #28 1 5 200 200 $119,855 8 02/18/96 Ford #88 7 1 200 200 $360,775 9 02/16/97 Ford #88 3 23 200 200 $70,510 10 02/15/98 Ford #88 5 34 196 200 $111,505 11 02/14/99 Ford #88 8 37 134 200 $121,379 12 02/20/00 Ford #88 1 1 200 200 $1,277,975 13 02/18/01 Ford #88 31 22 186 200 $167,711 14 02/17/02 Ford #88 21 14 200 200 $183,337 *15 02/16/03 Ford #88 11 10 109 109 $256,098 16 02/15/04 Ford #88 31 10 200 200 $279,529 17 02/20/05 Ford #88 1 15 203 203 $307,596 18 02/19/06 Ford #88 25 10 203 203 $326,983 19 02/18/07 Toyota #44 43 22 202 202 $259,575 20 02/17/08 Toyota #44 20 16 200 200 $277,213 Totals/Avg. 18 17 3600 3917 $4,525,091 *Rain Shortened Event 487

Jimmie Johnson 2006 champion Jimmie Johnson outlasted a green-white-checkered finish to win the 2006. On the final lap, Ryan Newman, running second, pulled out of line and made an attempt to pass Johnson on the backstretch. But Newman didn t have any drafting help and ended up in a battle for secondplace honors with Casey Mears and that allowed Johnson to drive away to victory. Johnson won the without his crew chief Chad Knaus, who was sent home by NASCAR following qualifying the previous weekend for rules violations in post-qualifying technical inspection. Darian Grubb served as interim crew chief for Johnson and rallied the No. 48 team to victory. ON WINNING THE 2006 DAYTONA 500 It s amazing to be in this position to win this race and how big this is for my career. I think over the next couple of days and really over the next few years, it will really sink in what this race means to me and how big it is and what it means for my career. 1 02/17/02 Chevrolet #48 1 15 199 200 $162,962 *2 02/16/03 Chevrolet #48 10 3 109 109 $707,526 3 02/15/04 Chevrolet #48 6 5 200 200 $472,189 4 02/20/05 Chevrolet #48 2 5 203 203 $533,579 5 02/19/06 Chevrolet #48 9 1 203 203 $1,505,124 6 02/18/07 Chevrolet #48 21 39 173 202 $298,886 7 02/17/08 Chevrolet #48 1 27 200 200 $329,606 *8 02/15/09 Chevrolet #48 7 31 152 152 $336,149 9 02/14/10 Chevrolet #48 3 35 185 208 $351,858 10 02/30/11 Chevrolet #48 23 27 189 208 $329,649 11 02/26/12 Chevrolet #48 8 42 1 202 $327,149 Totals/Avg. 8 21 1814 2087 $5,354,677 *Rain Shortened Event Robert Glen (Junior) Johnson 1960 champion Junior Johnson, a 28-year-old moonshiner and race car driver from Wilkes County, N.C., captured the 1960 with crew chief Ray Fox and owner John Masoni in a last-minute deal. Masoni had Ray Fox put together a car in seven days and Fox lured Johnson as the driver. Johnson was drafting Bobby Johns late in the race when coming off of Turn 2 on Lap 191, Johns car was hit with a gust of win. The air pressure popped out the rear window and put Johns into a spin. Johnson would go on to win the by a marign of 23 seconds ahead of Johnson. 488

ON WINNING THE 1960 DAYTONA 500 When I found out about the draft, it was a big advantage because I could run 20 mph faster. My car wouldn t even run by itself. It was a big moment in my career. Winning Daytona, that s the cream of the crop. If you don t win that in NASCAR, you did not have a good career. 1 02/22/59 Ford #11 33 14 189 200 $250 2 02/14/60 Chevrolet #27 9 1 200 200 $19,600 3 02/26/61 Pontiac #27 43 47 44 200 $300 4 02/18/62 Pontiac #27 9 34 72 200 $400 5 02/24/63 Chevrolet #3 3 42 26 200 $1,750 6 02/23/64 Dodge #3 3 9 197 200 $1,500 7 02/14/65 Ford #27 2 28 27 200 $1,110 Totals/Avg. 15 25 755 1400 $24,910 Matt Kenseth Two-time champion (2009, 2012) Matt Kenseth drove his No. 17 DeWalt Ford from the 39th starting position to earn his first Daytona 500 victory in 2009. Kenseth s starting position was the lowest ever by a winner and the first time Ford had won the since 2000. Kenseth, who pushed Kevin Harvick to his Daytona 500 win in 2007, had the favor returned as Harvick pushed him past then-leader Elliott Sadler on Lap 146. Caution came out the next lap for an accident and the race was halted for rain on Lap 152. Shortly after, the race was called, and Kenseth was declared the winner and owner Jack Roush celebrated his first win. In 2012, Kenseth captured his second, which was postponed due to weather conditions for the first time in history. The race was held under the lights on a Monday evening and became NASCAR s first ever weeknight primetime race. A red flag on lap 160 put the race to a halt after Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a jet dryer in Turn 3 under caution. Kenseth then held off Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle to win the race, which finally concluded around 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ON WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 It s pretty unbelievable to be able to sit here and be able to actually (race) in the, much less win one. It s just a dream come true. 1 02/20/00 Ford #17 24 10 200 200 $182,875 2 02/18/01 Ford #17 16 21 196 200 $136,584 3 02/17/02 Ford #17 40 33 154 200 $147,662 *4 02/16/03 Ford #17 35 20 109 109 $200,345 5 02/15/04 Ford #17 12 9 200 200 $307,917 6 02/20/05 Ford #17 14 42 34 203 $292,124 7 02/19/06 Ford #17 11 15 203 203 $302,549 8 02/18/07 Ford #17 10 27 202 202 $309,099 9 02/17/08 Ford #17 28 36 194 200 $308,129 *10 02/15/09 Ford #17 39 1 152 152 $1,530,388 11 02/14/10 Ford #17 24 8 208 208 $375,521 12 02/20/11 Ford #17 9 34 133 208 $315,774 13 02/26/12 Ford #17 4 1 202 202 $1,589,387 Totals/Avg. 22 20 2187 2487 $5,998,354 489

Fred Lorenzen 1965 champion Nicknamed The Golden Boy, Fred Lorenzen, driving for Holman-Moody, won the first rain shortened in 1965. Just before the rain hit the speed, Lorenzen was in a tight battle for the lead with Marvin Panch. As Panch and Lorenzen battled off of Turn 2, they made contact and Panch spun down the backstretch. The race was declared official after 133 laps. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW I just never thought I could do it. This is the one I always wanted all my life. 1 02/14/60 Ford #28 5 8 198 200 $1,150 2 02/26/61 Ford #80 45 4 198 200 $3,825 3 02/18/62 Ford #28 34 5 199 200 $2,975 4 02/24/63 Ford #28 2 2 200 200 $15,450 5 02/23/64 Ford #28 34 31 49 200 $725 6 02/14/65 Ford #28 4 1 133 200 $27,100 7 02/27/66 Ford #28 9 4 196 200 $4,250 8 02/26/67 Ford #28 4 2 200 200 $15,950 9 02/14/71 Plymouth #99 9 5 199 200 $3,825 Totals/Avg. 16 7 1572 1800 $75,250 490

DeWayne (Tiny) Lund 1963 champion Before the 1963, DeWayne L. Tiny Lund, didn t even have a ride for The Great American Race. But a heroic action not only earned him a ride but also a victory. Ten days before the, Marvin Panch suffered severe burns when he crashed a sports car during testing for the 250-mile American Challenge Cup race. Among the first to arrive on the scene was Tiny Lund, who helped Panch escape from the burning car. Panch, who was unable to race in the, recommended to the Wood Brothers that Lund be his replacement. The Wood Brothers ended up tapping Lund as Panch s substitute and Lund went on to captured the and was also awarded the Carnegie Medal of Heroism. OWNER LEONARD WOOD ON THE 1963 DAYTONA 500 VICTORY WITH TINY LUND The first one that we won is probably one of the most exciting ones. You re down there for four weeks so are current driver Marvin Panch had qualified the car. Somebody wanted him to driver a sports car. He came down the backstretch and backed off of it and it got loose and got away from and caught fire. Tiny Lund (and a few others) was coming through the tunnel and saw this thing burning upside down. They picked the car up and dragged Marvin out. Of course Tiny gets in and wins the race. It s sort of a Cinderella story. It was very exciting and emotional at the same time. 1 02/22/59 Chevrolet #88 13 40 92 200 $100 2 02/14/60 Oldsmobile #45 64 51 83 200 $100 3 02/24/63 Ford #21 12 1 200 200 $24,550 4 02/23/64 Ford #32 13 11 195 200 $1,200 5 02/14/65 Ford #55 24 29 12 200 $1,105 6 02/26/67 Plymouth #42 11 4 198 200 $6,675 7 02/25/68 Mercury #16 5 9 197 200 $2,500 8 02/22/70 Dodge #55 8 13 187 200 $1,860 9 02/14/71 Dodge #55 23 39 7 200 $1,025 10 02/18/73 Chevrolet #55 19 36 54 200 $1,510 Totals/Avg. 19 23 1225 2000 $40,625 491

Sterling Marlin Two-time champion (1994 and 1995) In 278 races, Sterling Marlin never visited Gatorade Victory Lane. But beginning in 1994, Marlin was suddenly a permanent fixture in Gatorade Victory Lane at Daytona. The son of Coo Coo Marlin and a native of Tennessee, Sterling Marlin became the third driver to win back-to-back s driving the No. 4 Chevrolet for Morgan-McClure Motorsports. In the 1994 Daytona 500, Marlin became the fifth driver to make the his first victory with some cleaver pit strategy. In the 1995, Marlin made his Chevrolet as wide as he could to hold off Dale Earnhardt. ON WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 IN 1994 It was a relief to me to get the monkey off of my back. We had run second a lot and I had run second here in races a lot. Finally coming off of Turn 4, it was like, Thank God, don t run out of gas, nothing happens, we got it. It was great to see the checkered flag in the hand. 1 02/17/80 Chevrolet #14 36 8 194 200 $17,810 2 02/20/83 Chevrolet #17 33 34 69 200 $6,485 3 02/19/84 Chevrolet #10 40 15 197 200 $15,150 4 02/17/85 Chevrolet #95 20 16 188 200 $16,180 5 02/16/86 Chevrolet #1 8 9 198 200 $37,165 6 02/15/87 Oldsmobile #44 10 30 167 200 $16,875 7 02/14/88 Oldsmobile #44 12 8 200 200 $43,765 8 02/19/89 Oldsmobile #94 6 11 199 200 $47,325 9 02/18/90 Oldsmobile #94 21 19 198 200 $26,070 10 02/17/91 Ford #22 12 2 200 200 $133,925 11 02/16/92 Ford #22 1 35 91 200 $34,435 12 02/14/93 Ford #8 14 9 200 200 $54,225 13 02/20/94 Chevrolet #4 4 1 200 200 $258,275 14 02/19/95 Chevrolet #4 3 1 200 200 $300,460 15 02/18/96 Chevrolet #4 3 40 81 200 $70,120 16 02/16/97 Chevrolet #4 9 5 200 200 $121,080 17 02/15/98 Chevrolet #40 3 22 199 200 $122,005 18 02/14/99 Chevrolet #40 17 32 144 200 $100,101 19 02/20/00 Chevrolet #40 38 24 199 200 $104,325 20 02/18/01 Dodge #40 3 7 200 200 $262,354 21 02/17/02 Dodge #40 13 8 200 200 $255,879 *22 02/16/03 Dodge #40 7 17 109 109 $229,745 23 02/15/04 Dodge #40 4 37 75 200 $254,714 24 02/20/05 Dodge #40 18 8 203 203 $341,341 25 02/19/06 Chevrolet #14 39 34 200 203 $248,713 26 02/18/07 Chevrolet #14 38 17 202 202 $280,641 Totals/Avg. 16 17 4513 5117 $3,399,163 *Rain Shortened Event 492

Jamie McMurray 2010 champion Driving for owner Chip Ganassi, McMurray survived a green-white-checkered finish and a hardcharging Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the. McMurray led only the final two laps of the race - the fewest by a champion. The race showcased a record 21 different leaders who exchanged the lead 52 times. ON HIS FAVORITE MEMORY FROM HIS DAYTONA 500 VICTORY The thing that I m going to remember is getting out of the car and running up and grabbing the flag and then running back down and seeing the Daytona (painted) in the infield (grass) and seeing. I don t think I ll ever forget that. That s the memory I have burned in my head right now of the 500; that s something I ll never forget. (NSCS) *1 02/16/03 Dodge #42 19 31 109 109 $171,195 2 02/15/04 Dodge #42 7 36 75 200 $224,137 3 02/20/05 Dodge #42 17 32 184 203 $257,613 4 02/19/06 Ford #26 6 37 196 203 $287,183 5 02/18/07 Ford #26 24 31 195 202 $265,058 6 02/17/08 Ford #26 38 26 200 200 $276,888 *7 02/15/09 Ford #26 21 37 139 152 $274,713 8 02/14/10 Chevrolet #1 13 1 208 208 $1,508,449 9 02/20/11 Chevrolet #1 14 18 208 208 $321,502 10 02/26/12 Chevrolet #1 19 31 188 202 $318,608 Totals/Avg. 18 28 1702 1887 $3,905,346 *Rain Shortened Event 493

Ryan Newman 2008 champion Ryan Newman and the No. 12 alltel Dodge team gave owner Roger Penske his win in the 50th running of "The Great American Race." On the last lap on the backstretch, Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch pushed Newman to victory past fellow Indiana native Tony Stewart. Busch took second while Stewart settled for third place. ON WINNING THE 50TH RUNNING OF THE DAYTONA 500 I don t have the words. It s probably one of the most awesome things that s ever happened to me. To understand all the history of NASCAR, of racing in general, to be looking face to face with all the (previous winners at the driver s meeting) the greats that were on stage up there and now to be part of one of those guys and part of that team, it s just awesome. (NSCS) 1 02/17/02 Ford #12 23 7 200 200 $253,587 *2 02/16/03 Dodge #12 37 43 56 109 $195,663 3 02/15/04 Dodge #12 20 31 149 200 $255,056 4 02/20/05 Dodge #12 9 20 203 203 $306,479 5 02/19/06 Dodge #12 18 3 203 203 $796,116 6 02/18/07 Dodge #12 16 38 175 202 $283,233 7 02/17/08 Dodge #12 7 1 200 200 $1,506,045 *8 02/15/09 Chevrolet #39 36 36 150 152 $295,252 9 02/14/10 Chevrolet #39 17 34 193 208 $295,049 10 02/20/11 Chevrolet #39 22 22 206 208 $321,088 11 02/26/12 Chevrolet #39 18 21 202 202 $336,221 Totals/Avg. 20 23 1937 2087 $4,843,789 *Rain Shortened Event 494

Marvin Panch 1961 champion Marvin Panch, who was running third late in the 1961, won The Great American Race when second place Banjo Matthews spun out after blowing an engine with 18 laps to go and then leader Fireball Roberts also blew an engine with 13 laps to go. Panch finished 16 seconds ahead of runner-up Joe Weatherly with an average speed of 149.601 mph, which set a world record for 500 miles. Panch used his winning to purchase a home in the Daytona Beach area. ON BUYING A HOUSE IN DAYTONA BEACH WITH HIS WINNINGS FROM THE DAYTONA 500 I bought a farm. We still have it. My daughter lives on it now and if I m nice to her she ll let me park my motor home out there. I come down to Daytona Beach in the winter time and I go to North Carolina in the summertime. ON WHERE HE HAS HIS DAYTONA 500 TROPHY I still have the big trophy. It s in (my daughter s) little museum that she s got out at the house. 1 02/22/59 Ford #98 4 17 185 200 $775 2 02/14/60 Ford #98 51 46 117 200 $300 3 02/26/61 Pontiac #20 4 1 200 200 $21,050 4 02/18/62 Dodge #90 37 44 19 200 $400 5 02/23/64 Ford #21 9 4 198 200 $4,350 6 02/14/65 Ford #21 6 6 132 200 $2,750 7 02/27/66 Ford #21 7 26 119 200 $1,820 Totals/Avg. 17 21 970 1400 $31,445 495

Benny Parsons 1975 champion Leading only four laps, Benny Parsons won the 1975 driving the No. 72 King s Row Chevrolet for L.G. DeWitt. To capture his win, Parsons used some late-race drafting help from the lapped car of Richard Petty and the leader David Pearson spun out on Lap 197 after making contact with the lapped car of Cale Yarborough. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW This is it. This is the biggest day of my life better than winning the 1973 Winston Cup championship. 1 02/23/69 Ford #88 11 7 197 200 $2,450 2 02/22/70 Ford #88 14 14 187 200 $1,725 3 02/14/71 Ford #72 12 35 39 200 $1,125 4 02/20/72 Mercury #72 33 4 194 200 $6,650 5 02/18/73 Chevrolet #72 13 30 101 200 $1,695 6 02/17/74 Chevrolet #72 10 22 141 200 $4,900 7 02/16/75 Chevrolet #72 32 1 200 200 $40,900 8 02/15/76 Chevrolet #72 32 3 199 200 $23,680 9 02/10/77 Chevrolet #72 6 2 200 200 $30,400 10 02/19/78 Oldsmobile #72 8 3 199 200 $26,550 11 02/18/79 Oldsmobile #27 5 18 183 200 $10,435 12 02/17/80 Oldsmobile #27 14 5 197 200 $32,375 13 02/15/81 Ford #15 4 31 135 200 $13,750 14 02/14/82 Pontiac #28 1 26 103 200 $21,900 15 02/20/83 Buick #35 14 42 8 200 $5,950 16 02/19/84 Chevrolet #55 8 29 108 200 $10,500 17 02/17/85 Chevrolet #55 5 31 84 200 $14,755 18 02/16/86 Oldsmobile #55 31 5 199 200 $47,415 19 02/15/87 Chevrolet #35 4 2 200 200 $122,420 20 02/14/88 Ford #90 42 31 156 200 $13,390 Totals/Avg. 15 17 3030 4000 $432,965 496

David Pearson 1976 champion David Pearson won the 1976 in one of the most memorable and landmark finishes in NASCAR history. In a last lap battle with Richard Petty, Pearson and Petty crashed exiting Turn 4. When both cars came to rest in the tri-oval grass, they still had not crossed the start/finish line. Petty s radiator was pushed back into the fan on the front of the engine and the car wouldn t restart. But Pearson dumped the clutch and kept the car in neutral keeping it from stalling. Pearson straightened out his damaged machine and slowly crossed the start/finish line to capture the only victory of his career. The finish has become the iconic image of the Petty-Pearson rivalry. DAVID PEARSON ON THE 1976 FINISH You can t hardly be interviewed now without that race being brought up. RICHARD PETTY ON THE 1976 FINISH More people know about that race more than the seven I won. 1 02/14/60 Chevrolet #67 33 28 185 200 $200 2 02/26/61 Pontiac #66 30 21 186 200 $200 3 02/18/62 Pontiac #39 2 6 198 200 $2,075 4 02/24/63 Dodge #6 50 48 12 200 $550 5 02/23/64 Dodge #6 7 30 52 200 $725 6 02/27/66 Dodge #6 12 3 196 200 $7,950 7 02/26/67 Dodge #6 15 24 159 200 $4,730 8 02/25/68 Ford #17 4 5 199 200 $4,750 9 02/23/69 Ford #17 3 6 198 200 $5,600 10 02/22/70 Ford #17 31 2 200 200 $17,650 11 02/14/71 Mercury #17 4 4 199 200 $4,225 12 02/18/73 Mercury #21 20 33 63 200 $1,700 13 02/17/74 Mercury #21 1 35 61 200 $7,925 14 02/16/75 Mercury #21 2 4 198 200 $13,450 15 02/15/76 Mercury #21 7 1 200 200 $46,800 16 02/20/77 Mercury #21 5 21 135 200 $5,440 17 02/19/78 Mercury #21 5 34 60 200 $6,775 18 02/18/79 Mercury #21 9 37 53 200 $3,275 19 02/15/81 Chevrolet #16 9 29 144 200 $4,350 20 02/20/83 Chevrolet #16 15 8 198 200 $25,100 21 02/19/84 Chevrolet #16 11 9 198 200 $25,655 22 02/17/85 Chevrolet #21 4 28 98 200 $19,270 Totals/Avg. 13 19 3192 4400 $208,395 497

Lee Petty Inaugural 1959 champion It took 61 hours for Lee Petty to be declared the inaugural winner. Petty and Johnny Beauchamp were the only contenders for the victory as the race approached its conclusion. As Petty and Beauchamp exchanged the lead in the final laps of the race, Joe Weatherly, whose car was two laps down, was able to latch on to the leaders draft. On the final lap, when the leaders and Weatherly came off of Turn 4 to take the checkered flag, they were three wide with the lap car of Weatherly on the high side, Petty in the middle and Beauchamp at the bottom. Both Petty and Beauchamp drove to Victory Lane and Beauchamp was declared the unofficial winner. While Beauchamp was able to celebrate the win in Victory Lane after the race, Petty would actually be declared the winner 61 hours later after officials reviewed the still photos and newsreel footage. INTERVIEW AFTER BEING DECLARED WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL DAYTONA 500 Man, I d never have believed it myself that there could be a 500-mile race like this one. It was close. Too close. 1 02/22/59 Oldsmobile #42 15 1 200 200 $19,050 2 02/14/60 Plymouth #42 14 4 200 200 $3,650 Totals/Avg. 15 3 400 400 $22,700 Richard Petty Seven-time (1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981) Richard Petty is the all-time leader in wins with seven. Known as The King, he is one of only three drivers to win back-to-back and is one of only two drivers to have won a in three different decades. Other records Petty holds include most laps led (781), most races led (20) and most laps led in a race (184) when he captured the 1964 Daytona 500. ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 When you win any of them, it s a great deal. I always looked at Daytona as it s been three of four months since we ran a Cup race. Everybody gets all enthused and it s the biggest thing going. If you win Daytona, you re a winner for the rest of the year, whether or not you show up the rest of the year. That was the significance of Daytona. I was fortunate as Daytona was growing up, and as NASCAR was growing up, Richard Petty was growing up. So we all grew up together. It was always a big deal for me but it s a big deal for anybody. At Daytona, you start out a winner and you are a winner all year long. 498

1 02/20/59 Oldsmobile #43 6 57 8 200 $100 2 02/14/60 Plymouth #43 19 3 200 220 $6,450 3 02/28/62 Plymouth #43 10 2 200 200 $10,250 4 02/24/63 Plymouth #43 23 6 198 200 $2,500 5 02/23/64 Plymouth #43 2 1 200 200 $33,300 6 02/27/66 Plymouth #43 1 1 198 200 $28,150 7 02/26/67 Plymouth #43 2 8 193 200 $3,750 8 02/25/68 Plymouth #43 2 8 198 200 $4,350 9 02/23/69 Ford #43 12 8 196 200 $3,150 10 02/22/70 Plymouth #43 11 39 7 200 $1,105 11 02/14/71 Plymouth #43 5 1 200 200 $45,450 12 02/20/72 Plymouth #43 32 26 80 200 $2,650 13 02/18/73 Dodge #43 7 1 200 200 $33,500 14 02/17/74 Dodge #43 2 1 200 200 $34,100 15 02/16/75 Dodge #43 4 7 192 200 $9,100 16 02/15/76 Dodge #43 6 2 199 200 $35,750 17 02/20/77 Dodge #43 3 26 111 200 $9,450 18 02/19/78 Dodge #43 6 33 60 200 $11,600 19 02/18/79 Oldsmobile #43 13 1 200 200 $73,900 20 02/17/80 Oldsmobile #43 4 25 157 200 $15,100 21 02/15/81 Buick #43 8 1 200 200 $90,575 22 02/14/82 Pontiac #43 21 27 103 200 $14,300 23 02/20/83 Pontiac #43 6 38 47 200 $22,600 24 02/19/84 Pontiac #43 34 31 92 200 $10,150 25 02/17/85 Pontiac #43 8 34 80 200 $18,040 26 02/16/86 Pontiac #43 10 36 63 200 $10,790 27 02/15/87 Pontiac #43 11 3 200 200 $76,040 28 02/14/88 Pontiac #43 34 34 104 200 $11,475 29 02/19/89 Pontiac #43 34 17 198 200 $19,335 30 02/18/90 Pontiac #43 11 34 183 200 $22,840 31 02/17/91 Pontiac #43 3 19 195 200 $43,120 32 02/16/92 Pontiac #43 32 16 198 200 $32,530 Totals/Avg. 12 17 4860 6420 $735,500 499

Edward Glenn (Fireball) Roberts 1962 champion Glenn Fireball Roberts is the only winner of the born in Daytona Beach. Raised in Apopka, Florida, Roberts was a 33-race winner in NASCAR s top division. A great all-around athlete, Roberts nickname was actually derived from his legend as a baseball pitcher, but a promising career as a hurler was never more interesting to him than racing. Roberts always ran into bad luck in the until 1962, when he dominated the race in the No. 22 Pontiac leading 144 laps and winning by a margin of 27 seconds over Richard Petty. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW I just didn t know if I would make it. I really sweated out those last 10 laps. It s like a dream come true. I m just so happy I can t really believe it s happened. 1 02/22/59 Pontiac #3 46 45 56 200 $650 2 02/14/60 Pontiac #22 3 57 51 200 $400 3 02/26/61 Pontiac #22 1 20 187 200 $4,750 4 02/18/62 Pontiac #22 1 1 200 200 $24,190 5 02/24/63 Dodge #22 1 21 182 200 $650 6 02/23/64 Ford #22 15 37 13 200 $725 Totals/Avg. 11 30 689 1200 $31,365 Darrell Waltrip 1989 champion The numbers finally aligned for Darrell Waltrip when he won his first and only in 1989. His car number was 17, his daughter Jessica was 17 months old and it was his 17th attempt at winning the. Waltrip and his crew chief Jeff Hammond played fuel strategy and squeezed out enough gas for a seven-second victory over Ken Schrader. GATORADE VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW I won the, I won the. Wait, wait, this is the isn t it? Don t tell me this isn t. 500