Legendary racecar drivers Richard and Kyle Petty preview the Daytona 500 and what makes the event special on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

Legendary NASCAR careers are defined by whether or not a driver won the Daytona 500. The elite race has been a cornerstone of motorsports for over 60 years and its winners list is essentially a who's who of stock car racing royalty.

Driving the No. 24 car made famous by Jeff Gordon, now one of his bosses at Hendrick Motorsports, William Byron joined Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Sterling Marlin and Denny Hamlin as the only

Richard Petty once said of the Daytona 500, “It’s better to be lucky than good.” And that proved to be true again last Sunday.

President Donald Trump, second right, shakes hands with NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty at the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025,

Rain has stopped the Daytona 500 after 11 laps, not long after Trump in his heavily armored presidential limousine led the drivers on two laps around the track.

He ran all 200 laps on one set of tires. 1964: Richard Petty cruised to his first Daytona 500 victory by leading 184 laps, a record that still stands. 1965: For the first time, the race did not span 500 miles due to rain. That year, it was the Daytona 332½.

Richard Petty owns a series-best seven Daytona 500 wins, followed by Cale Yarborough with four. Denny Hamlin is the only active driver with multiple victories (3) in the “Great American Race.”

The Daytona 500 is a race every NASCAR driver dreams of winning. Here's a complete list of everyone to claim victory in the Great American Race.

There are just 13 drivers, including Byron, who have won the race multiple times. Nine of them are NASCAR Hall of Famers. Hamlin and Byron are still active. Bobby Allison, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, and Michael Waltrip are the other drivers who have won the race multiple times.