Iceberg: The First Daytona Night Race

For modern day NASCAR fans night racing at the Daytona International Speedway is as American as eating apple pie. It’s just right. But for the majority of NASCAR history every race at Daytona would take place during the daytime. This all changed in the 1998 NASCAR Cup Series season, the 50th anniversary season. This is the story of the first Pepsi 400 to be run under the lights and how it almost didn’t happen. This is the first Daytona Night Race.