Top 10 Daytona 500 Moments

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2001: Black Sunday

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TimeQueenOfRome 11 years ago

On February 18, 2001, NASCAR changed forever, as a new broadcasting package was introduced. It was also tragic, as Dale Earnhardt's car was turned by Sterling Marlin into the turn 4 wall on the last lap, causing Earnhardt to suffer a severe basilar skull fracture that killed him.

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Top 10 Daytona 500 Moments

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1998: 20 Years of Trying

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TimeQueenOfRome 11 years ago

Dale Earnhardt won multiple Daytona 500 qualifying races, seven championships, but never the Daytona 500. That is, until 1998.

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2007: Final Lap Drama

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donnell.denson.5254 10 years ago

and on fire

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1979: The Fight

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Matthew Betzner 9 years ago

This was the race that put NASCAR on the map.

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2011: Rookie Win

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TimeQueenOfRome 11 years ago

Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 at 20 years and 1 day, making him the race's youngest winner ever.

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1976: Petty vs Pearson Crash

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1988: Allison Family Finish

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2004: Like Father Like Son

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TimeQueenOfRome 11 years ago

Exactly six years to the day of Dale Earnhardt's 1998 Daytona 500 win, his son Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the race, after a mostly two-way battle for the lead with Tony Stewart.

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