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Today in History

February 15

By NASCAR Wire Service
February 15, 2012 10:03 AM, EST
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1976: David Pearson edges Richard Petty for his only Daytona 500 triumph after their historic last-lap crash coming to the checkered flag. Pearson's crumpled Wood Brothers Mercury limps across the finish line first as Petty's battered Dodge stalls out 50 yards shy of the stripe.

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