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1979 Daytona 500 picked as NASCAR’s most memorable race

FILE - Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File) FILE - Tony Stewart is sprayed by teammates as he celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/David Duprey, FIle) FILE - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano celebrates his victory in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File) FILE - Dale Earnhardt in victory lane after winning the International Race of Champions in Daytona Beach, Fla. in 1995 (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File) FILE - Stock car racer Richard Petty raises his fingers in victory after winning the 300-mile NASCAR Grand National race in Trenton, N.J., on July 13, 1970. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Seven-time Winston Cup champion Richard Petty, of Level Cross, N.C., smiles as he talks in the garage area at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) FILE - Cars take a turn during the first lap of a NASCAR Sportsman's stock car auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 24, 1954. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Dale Earnhardt smiles in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 15, 1998.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File) FILE - Stock car driver and the winner of the 1984 Daytona Firecracker 400 auto race, Richard Petty of Randleman, N.C., sprays champaign in Victory Lane after he won the race Wednesday, July 4, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Elliot Schecter, File) FILE - President Ronald Reagan congratulates stock car driver Richard Petty, who won the Firecracker 400 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla, July 4, 1984. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File) FILE - Donnie Allison (1) and Cale Yarborough (11) crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File) FILE - Bobby Allison, left, and Cale Yarborough fight after the Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. Forty years later, it still resonates as one of the most important days in NASCAR history. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File) FILE - Bobby Allison, center, holds race driver Cale Yarborough's foot after Yarborough, right, kicked him following the Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1979. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)