Thousands of drivers have made starts in the NASCAR Cup Series over the years, but five have cemented themselves as the ...

NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen, one of the sport's biggest stars of the 1960s and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday following a long period of battling dementia. He was 89.

via Getty Images) Fred Lorenzen, one of NASCAR’s greatest ... racing career in 1967, competing in just five of the 49 races including a victory in one of the Daytona 500 Qualifying Races ...

Castroneves has accomplished a lot over his incredible racing career. Even with his winning resume including the Indy 500 and ...

However, his wins had dried up by the 1970s. His final victory came in the second 1967 Daytona 500 qualifier. He retired from NASCAR after the 1972 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville. In 2015 ...

Lorenzen won 32 poles and 26 races between 1961 and 1967. Hall of Fame Executive ... Jim France, president and CEO of NASCAR, spoke glowingly of the 1965 Daytona 500 winner.

Source: Imagn Richard Petty won 27 races in a single season (1967), which ... the current NASCAR drivers, flaunting 40 pole wins. Richard Petty and Bill Elliott before the Daytona 500 at Daytona ...

During his tenure with the Holman-Moody Racing team from 1961 to 1967, Lorenzen dominated the tracks with ... The Tampa, Florida native also has three Daytona 500 wins with NASCAR naming him among the ...

In 1965, he won two of NASCAR’s major events —the Daytona 500 and the World 600. Lorenzen retired in 1967 but made a brief comeback from 1970-1972. Lorenzen was an extremely popular driver ...

1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979. Petty has the NASCAR record for the most poles won (123), most wins in a season (27), most consecutive wins (10), most starts (1,185) and most Daytona 500 ...