As is usually the case, the race was decided in the last 10, or maybe 15 laps, of this 200-lap signature start of the NASCAR season. Byron was ninth entering the final lap and stayed high as cars ...

The four-time Indy 500 champion's journey into the Daytona 500 has been a bumpy one with limited laps, multiple wrecks, and an ARCA race unlike anything he could have possibly expected.

They watched 59 cars race for a purse of less than $70,000, and the finish was so close it took three days to determine Lee Petty had edged Johnny Beauchamp. So much has changed since then ...