The starting grid for the 500 (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
The front row for the 500 - Buddy Baker and Donnie Allison (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
David Pearson and Dave Marcis get set to go (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip roll out for the start (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
The Daytona 500 field takes the green flag (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
An early crash dropped David Pearson to 37th place... Date: 03/10/2009
Cale Yarborough (11) side by side with Buddy Baker (28)... Date: 03/10/2009
Butch Mock heads pit side after and early tangle dropped him to Date: 02/16/2009
Darrell Waltrip (88) duels with Donnie Allison (1)... Date: 03/10/2009
Race winner Richard Petty moves high to pass a smoking Buddy Arrington and Richard Childress... Date: 02/16/2009
J.D. McDuffie (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
D.K. Ulrich heads in for a pit stop. He finished 13th... Date: 03/10/2009
Dick Brooks would finish 27th after the tranny gave up (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Buddy Baker started from the pole but blew an engine on lap 38 and finished 40th... Date: 02/03/2009
Frank Warren drove the Native Tan Dodge to 10th place... Date: 02/03/2009
Dave Marcis leads Harry Gant... Date: 02/03/2009
Chuck Bown leads Butch Mock and Coo Coo Marlin... Date: 02/16/2009
Bud Moore's crew services Bobby Allison's Ford (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Baker leads Yarborough and Parsons... Date: 03/10/2009
3rd place A.J. Foyt takes the high road around Lennie Pond... Date: 02/03/2009
Buddy Arrington (67) going side by side with Dave Watson (37)... Date: 03/10/2009
D.K. Ulrich and Butch Mock making pit stops (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Dale Earnhardt grabbed the 8th spot at the finish... Date: 03/10/2009
Dick Brooks took 27th place... Date: 03/10/2009
Brake failure dropped Lennie Pond to 30th place (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Bobby Allison drove Bud Moore's Ford to an 11th place finish... Date: 03/10/2009
Eventual winner Richard Petty duels with Benny Parsons... Date: 03/10/2009
Grant Adcox came home in 23rd spot... Date: 03/10/2009
Harry Gant would do no better than 33rd (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
J.D. McDuffie took 25th spot... Date: 02/03/2009
James Hylton Date: 02/03/2009
Joe Millikan (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
John Utsman (00) and Geoff Bodine (47) both blew engines finishing 28th and 29th respectively... Date: 02/03/2009
Neil Bonnett and Butch Mock race side by side... Date: 03/10/2009
Paul Fess drove Stan Lasky's Oldsmobile to 22nd place... Date: 02/16/2009
Richard Childress Date: 03/10/2009
Ricky Rudd leads Terry Labonte... Date: 02/16/2009
Ronnie Thomas finished 34th after burning a piston (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Tighe Scott (30) was 6th and Coo coo Marlin (14) took 9th... Date: 03/10/2009
Joe Millikan races to the high side of A.J. Foyt... Date: 02/16/2009
Suspension problems dropped Neil Bonnett to 32nd... Date: 03/10/2009
Tighe Scott in for service (Larry Harrell Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison crash on the final lap handing the Datona 500 to Richard Petty (Rick Feld Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
The wreck led to the now famous infield fight between Allison and Yarborough (Ric Feld Photo) Date: 03/10/2009
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