DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - As of Thursday, 33 years and one day after the best Firecracker 400 ever, Richard Petty (who lost) and David Pearson (who won) still were arguing about it. First an eyewitness ...

When the NASCAR haulers rolled into Daytona Beach in the summer of 1975, Richard Petty’s future Hall of Fame plaque was already largely engraved. He’d won five of what would become seven Cup Series ...

In the years since, we’ve seen plenty of presidential candidates — and on a few occasions, a sitting president — come to Daytona on race day hoping some of that NASCAR-man-of-the-people glow would ...

Whether spectator or participant, activity abounds for sports-minded Volusia County residents to celebrate the Fourth of July. The Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway is one of the ...

In 1977, three women lined up to take the green flag at the NASCAR Cup Series' Firecracker 400, a race held at Daytona International Speedway. American open-wheel veteran Janet Guthrie, Formula One ...

You hear it less and less all the time. "Firecracker." Every now and then, you'll overhear a leathery old racer or crewman or fan refer to Daytona's July race as the Firecracker, but not so much ...

When I think of the Firecracker 400, or the Coke Zero 400 as it’s called these days, there are two things that come to mind. First, is the memory of Dale Earnhardt Jr. charging to the front in the ...

(This story originally appeared as exclusive content on the Verizon INDYCAR Mobile app. To download the app for use on smartphones, click here.) As the Verizon IndyCar Series takes the weekend off, ...

Photos from Victory Lane of past winners of the Coke Zero 400, previously known as the Pepsi 400 and Firecracker 400. New CT restaurant made to be cozy, warm, but ‘secret is knowing about it.’ It’s ...

Heavy rain, high winds and a power failure forced promoter Bruce Rogers to postpone the Saturday night show that would have featured the Baro Trucking Firecracker 40 for Late Models, NASCAR 358 ...