Daytona 500 celebrates its 65th edition in 2023; here's 10 of the most memorable 500s since its debut in 1959.
Stock car racing has always been something of a family sport. Consider the three generations of Pettys and Earnhardts. There have been the Allisons, the Bakers, the Parsons, the Burtons, the Elliotts, the LaJoies, the Waltrips, the Labontes, the Wallaces, the Marlins, the Bodines, the Jarretts, and on and on and on. You get the idea.
So it was that the 1988 Daytona 500 featured one of NASCAR’s best feel-good stories. At 50, Bobby Allison was one of the sport’s “grand old men,” an enormously popular former champion in the No. 12 Buick for Stavola Brothers Racing. His youngest son, 27-year-old Davey in the No. 28 Ranier Racing Ford, was a talented, dedicated, and passionate racer with his father’s grit and determination.
But make no mistake: when long-time fans of the 500 talk about their favorites races, the Bobby-Davey 1-2 will always be among them;
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