🏁On February 16, 1986 the 28th running of the Daytona 500 was held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Defending race winner Bill Elliott won the pole for the second year in a row, but outside pole sitter Geoff Bodine won the race and led 101 laps, including the final 34. Bodine won this race on fuel mileage after engaging in a long battle with Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt was forced to pit for gas with just three laps to go, then blew the engine leaving the pits. This all

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🏁On February 14, 1988 the 30th running of the Daytona 500 took place at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, as the first race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Bobby Allison won his third Daytona 500, finishing in front of his son, Davey Allison. At age 50, Bobby became the oldest person ever to win the Daytona 500. It also proved to be Allison's 84th and final Cup Series win. The race was also remembered for Richard Petty’s rollover crash on lap 106, initiated when h