1979 Daytona 500 picked as NASCAR's most memorable race
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FILE - Bobby Allison, center, holds race driver Cale Yarborough's foot after Yarborough, right, kicked him following the Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)FILE - Stock car racer Richard Petty raises his fingers in victory after winning the 300-mile NASCAR Grand National race in Trenton, N.J., on July 13, 1970. (AP Photo/File)FILE - Dale Earnhardt in victory lane after winning the International Race of Champions in Daytona Beach, Fla. in 1995 (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)FILE - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano celebrates his victory in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)FILE - Tony Stewart is sprayed by teammates as he celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/David Duprey, FIle)FILE - Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)FILE - Bobby Allison, left, and Cale Yarborough fight after the Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. Forty years later, it still resonates as one of the most important days in NASCAR history. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)FILE - Donnie Allison (1) and Cale Yarborough (11) crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)FILE - President Ronald Reagan congratulates stock car driver Richard Petty, who won the Firecracker 400 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla, July 4, 1984. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)FILE - Stock car driver and the winner of the 1984 Daytona Firecracker 400 auto race, Richard Petty of Randleman, N.C., sprays champaign in Victory Lane after he won the race Wednesday, July 4, 1984, the Daytona International Speedway. (AP Photo/Elliot Schecter, File)FILE - Dale Earnhardt smiles in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 15, 1998.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)FILE - Bill France Jr., center, poses with Dale Earnhardt, left, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., after they started two NASCAR cars to officially open the NASCAR Cafe' Monday, Feb. 8, 1999, at Universal Studios CityWalk in Orlando, Fla. (Kelly Jordan/The Daytona Beach News-Journal via AP, File)FILE - Cars take a turn during the first lap of a NASCAR Sportsman's stock car auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 24, 1954. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Seven-time Winston Cup champion Richard Petty, of Level Cross, N.C., smiles as he talks in the garage area at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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FILE - Bobby Allison, center, holds race driver Cale Yarborough's foot after Yarborough, right, kicked him following the Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
