Six drivers failed to make the grid including Don Biederman and Earl Brooks. Tiny Lund ran out of gas while trying to win the race. There were 36 lead changes among 9 drivers.Ĭurtis Turner won the pole at a speed of 180.381 miles per hour or 290.295 kilometres per hour. More than 94,000 people witnessed a 204-minute race where six cautions slowed the pace for a total of 54 laps. This is the only time a person born outside the United States has ever won the Daytona 500. Mario Andretti, better known for his accomplishments in open-wheel and USAC competition, won his first and only NASCAR Grand National Series event, pulling away from 1965 winner Fred Lorenzen in the closing laps. And he was the first foreign born, European and Italian driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race. Mario Andretti won his first NASCAR Cup Series race.

“We're all one, big happy family.The 1967 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on February 26, 1967, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“We all know how versatile Kyle can be,” Andretti said. “It was good for all of us.”Īndretti liked that seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson tried his hand at the NTT Ind圜ar Series in recent years.Īndretti thinks Larson has the skills to do as well at the Indy 500 has he has in NASCAR, where he's won 21 times including the series title in 2021. No driver has attempted the Memorial Day double of racing 500 miles at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and following that up with 600 miles at Charlotte Motor Speedway since Kurt Busch in 2014.īusch finished sixth at the Indy 500, but came up short of finishing the 1,100 miles with a blown engine in the NASCAR race.Īndretti, who ran 14 NASCAR races, recalled chatting with stockcar greats like the the Allison brothers, Donnie and Bobby, and Cale Yarborough about doing more open-wheel events.Īndretti remembered how drivers known for Indy racing like four-time 500 winner A.J. “I think it's so great for the sport in general to have this crossover,” Andretti said. Andretti believes talented drivers can grow all of motorsports by displaying their skills at different venues. He's won 111 races across several disciplines in five decades of racing.Īndretti was a prime draw for NASCAR's annual throwback weekend, where the sport's 75th anniversary will be celebrated.

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