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Driving No. 17, on his 17th Daytona 500 start, Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500. There had been other 500’s when Waltrip had the fastest car and found a way to lose. But on this day, he found a way to win. Gambling on fuel mileage, Waltrip passed up an opportunity to get gas in the race’s closing laps when just about everyone else did. Drafting everyone in sight and showing a mastery of the throttle, Waltrip would be pushed into Victory Lane with no gas left but with the biggest win of his great career. Audio courtesy of MRN Radio