When the Winston Cup field cranked up their engines on Feb. 15, 1998, there was a different feeling in the air.

Allison was reportedly forced to pit five to six laps earlier than anticipated. Allison's pit stop handed the race lead to six-time Daytona 500 winner and seven-time Winston Cup Series champion ...

In November of 1996, Rick Hendrick, the company's owner and CEO, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a rare form ...

The track and its potential speeds were an unknown quantity to the field. The 1.33-mile Darlington Raceway in South Carolina was perhaps the closest comparison to Daytona, as the 1.5-mile Charlotte ...

80 laps down and in 42nd place, just hunting for points. Tony Stewart has won 19 of the lead-up races to the Daytona 500 over the years, never the big race. The wreck was announced as "Kasey Kahne ...

It was just his eighth career Cup Series start when he fended off Bubba Wallace for the victory in the 2022 Daytona 500 after leading 21 of the race's 201 laps behind the wheel of his #2 Team ...