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Louise Smith (July 31, 1916, in Barnesville, Georgia – April 15, 2006) was tied for the second woman to race in NASCAR at the top level. She was known as "the first lady of racing." [1] She went as a spectator to her first NASCAR race at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1949. She could not stand watching the races, so she entered her family's ...
Byron won the 166-mile NASCAR Strictly Stock race on the sands of the 4.15-mile Daytona Beach and Road Course. There were 21 of the 28 starters running at the finish. Byron won the caution free race with an average speed of 80.883 mph and won with a gap of 1:51 lead over second-place finisher Tim Flock.
In 2013, Patrick became the first woman in Sprint Cup history to have a full-time ride in the series (with Stewart-Haas Racing), [20] and eventually the first female driver to clinch the pole position and lead a green flag lap, both occurring at the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to lead both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 ...
Brad Davis (1949–1991) Film actor Born in Tallahassee: Johnny Depp (1963–) Film actor Raised in Miramar [6] Dimitri Diatchenko (1968–2020) Film and television actor Lived in Holly Hill [7] and Daytona Beach [8] Creagen Dow (1991–) Film and television actor Born in Sebring [citation needed] Faye Dunaway (1941–) Academy Award-winning ...
Christian competed in the second race at the Daytona Beach Road Course on July 10, 1949, and finished 18th. The 28 car field also included Flock's sister Ethel Mobley and Louise Smith, which made it the first race to include three woman drivers. Frank also competed in the race and finished sixth in his only career start.
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Lauren Conrad/Instagram. Trey Phillips, Lauren Conrad and Dieter Schmitz at their 20th high school reunion; Laguna Beach High School’s Class of 2004 members in photos taken on Nov. 30, 2024
[3] [4] The event is the premier and final race of the three-week Speedweeks series of races and has been the first points-paying round of the NASCAR Cup Series since 1982. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It usually covers 200 laps over a total distance of 500 mi (800 km), [ 1 ] but accidents and other incidents have meant that the race has been extended through ...