Petty Gets His Last
The last of his astonishing seven Daytona 500 victories was a thriller. Bobby Allison, Neil Bonnett and Buddy Baker traded the lead back and forth all race long. That is until Richard Petty took the lead for the first time of the race in the 174th lap. Once he was in first, he didn’t give it up. He edged out Bobby Allison by 3.5 seconds (as well as Buddy Baker, Ricky Rudd and Dale Earnhardt) to earn the last of his victories as Daytona.