NASCAR celebrated the 50th running of the Daytona 500, its marquee event, with a nostalgic drive down memory lane on Sunday. An esteemed collection of 24 past winners gave the famous command: "Gentleman, start your engines." Seven-time winner Richard Petty, "The King" himself, waved the green flag. ...more

February 18, 2008

To reflect and reminisce as the 50th Daytona 500 approached, Eddie Wood of the famed Wood Brothers Racing drove down to the old Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse south of Daytona Beach on Tuesday. ...more

February 17, 2008

It was 1959 when a bunch of hard chargers, some of whom once roared down back roads in moonshine cars, rode through the tunnel into the new racetrack "Big Bill" France had paved with asphalt and dreams down in Florida. ...more

February 17, 2008

Drivers say that even under ideal conditions, NASCAR's new race car is harder to drive than the old one. ...more

February 17, 2008

Whenever a NASCAR celebrity ignited a media blaze, it was Chris Throgmartin's job to put out the flames ...more

February 16, 2008

It took Todd Bodine 17 years to get his first victory at Daytona International Speedway. ...more

February 16, 2008

Kyle Petty remembers the square scoreboard that used to rise above the infield near the start-finish line at Daytona International Speedway in the 1960s. This was back when his father, Richard, still was relatively new to the family business. ...more

February 15, 2008

Boris Said watched part of Thursday's second 150-mile qualifying race from the top of David Reutimann's pit box - not because he's the newest employee of Michael Waltrip Racing, but rather because he was Reutimann's "new best friend." ...more

February 15, 2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr. couldn't win any more with his family's race team. Now that he's with Hendrick Motorsports, he can't lose. ...more

February 15, 2008