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The 1959 First 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes at Daytona [2] (now known as the 1959 Inaugural Daytona 500) was the second race of the 1959 NASCAR Grand National Series season. It was held on February 22, 1959, in front of 41,921 spectators. [ 3 ]
The idea of having two individual races to establish the starting lineup of the Daytona 500 dates back to the first race in 1959. [17] That event, advertised as "the 500 Mile NASCAR International Sweepstakes", [ 18 ] featured cars from NASCAR's Grand National division racing against cars in the Convertible division. [ 17 ]
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [ 17 ]
Here is the all-time winners list for the NASCAR Daytona 500, which starts each season and began in 1959. Richard Petty has the most Daytona 500 wins with seven and Cale Yarborough is second with ...
Richard Petty reminisces about the first Daytona 500, held during his rookie year and won by his father, as NASCAR begins its 75th anniversary season.
NASCAR Daytona TV schedule, start time for Coke Zero 400 Green Flag Time: Approx. 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Aug. 24 Track: Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile oval) at Daytona Beach, Florida
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The Daytona 500 on Sunday will start the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and a new era for the series.. Kevin Harvick is retired, the last of the Young Guns era of the early 2000s. There is still ...