NASCAR: The Most Successful Driver At Each Active Track

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Feb 22, 2015; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; An overall view as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon (24) leads a restart during the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

Daytona – Richard Petty

Wins: 10
Top 5’s: 28
Top 10’s: 37
Laps Led: 1,231
Poles: 4

With 96 races under his belt at Daytona, it’s no mistake that The King has had so much success at NASCAR’s most famous track. When he began back in 1959 in his Oldsmobile, he only completed 8 laps and finished in 57th place and it took him four races to run his first complete race there.

That was just a tease, as we all know what Richard Petty went on to complete and how he ended up doing it. He won his first race at the track in 1964 after leading 184 out of 200 laps. He was able to race at Daytona before it was a major track in the NASCAR circuit and he raced on it when it was the pinnacle of racing.

It’s obvious that we will see him again in this slideshow, but one thing that Petty had on his list of accomplishments was the most wins of all-time at Daytona, and that’s something any driver would want to have.

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