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| The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR sprint race that takes | | | | since 1959 it has been replaced by 500 miles. Hence |
| place annually around the mid or end of February on | | | | the name Daytona 500 that it took on since |
| a Sunday at the Daytona Speedway which is located | | | | 1961.The Daytona 500 race that was held in 2000 |
| in Florida. This restrictor place race features 200 laps | | | | had upsetting results. Johnny Benson was leading until |
| that amount to around 500 miles. It celebrated its | | | | he was overtaken by Dale Jarrett owing to a restart |
| 50th anniversary in 2008.Commonly known as "The | | | | just four laps left. It resulted in a lead for Jarrett that |
| Great American Race" and the "Super Bowl of Stock | | | | he maintained for the rest of the laps and |
| Car Racing", it is considered by several to be the | | | | successfully grabbed his third Daytona 500 title.The |
| most illustrious and distinguished event on the | | | | 2007 Daytona 500 race for the first time featured a |
| NASCAR calendar. The scoring is similar to that of | | | | new foreign addition in the form of Toyota. This race |
| the average Sprint Cup races. Its importance can be | | | | was held six years after the demise of Dale |
| judged from the fact that it is the annual opener of | | | | Earnhardt. The race was finished by two of the total |
| NASCAR events, instead of being held at the end of | | | | Toyotas that were contesting in the race. The 2005 |
| the year like the other preeminent events. Since 1995 | | | | winner Dale Jarrett finished 23rd with Waltrip finishing |
| it has been posting the highest ratings for auto races | | | | at 30th. Tony Stewart who was initially leading the |
| of all kinds on US television, surpassing the ratings of | | | | race fell out owing to a crash with Kurt Busch. The |
| Indianapolis 500 that enjoys a higher track | | | | crash is said to be similar to the crash that led to the |
| attendance. In 2006 Daytona 500 successfully | | | | sad demise of Dale Earnhardt. But both the |
| managed to attract an audience of over 20 million | | | | contestants luckily managed to escape unscathed.The |
| which was the sixth highest average of a television | | | | 2008 Daytona 500 race celebrated the 50th |
| telecast that year.The winner bags the Harley J. Earl | | | | anniversary of this race which was first held in 1959. |
| Trophy in Victory Lane and the winning car is put on | | | | This golden jubilee saw the inclusion of NASCAR's Car |
| display for a whole year at the Daytona 500 | | | | of Tomorrow for the very first time in the running, |
| Experience; which is a museum right next to the | | | | after its introduction in 2007. It was also the first |
| Daytona track.Earlier this race was held on the sand | | | | race that was being held under the banner of the |
| and the highway that is adjacent to the beach. | | | | "Sprint Cup, after the merger of Sprint and |
| Instead of 500 miles it originally covered 200 miles | | | | NEXTEL that took place in 2005. |