NASCAR Cup's wildest modern fights
Fights have long been a part of NASCAR, and it was a post-race brawl that helped propel NASCAR into the national spotlight for the first time. The 1979 Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile NASCAR race to be broadcast live, flag-to-flag, on national television (courtesy of CBS). Much of the east coast was also completely snowed in on that day, so a lot of people were watching the big race. Well ...…
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