It’s true and, these days, hard to believe, but Daytona once delivered a streak ... the Busch race (simpler times). Anyway, Big Bill France had his own form of “radar,” and it was passed ...

DAYTONA BEACH — The seventh Daytona 500 ... It was 37 years before rain got involved again, and over the years, it became ...

Through the 500’s first few decades, in the eyes of casual onlookers ... Except in a prior era, fewer folks realized it. Big Bill France, founder of NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway, was, ...

DAYTONA BEACH — That wasn’t rain that delayed the Daytona 500 on Sunday, it was Bill France ... big track built but also handed over a bit of financial leverage to others. If that first ...