The first Daytona 500 was in 1959.
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∙ 2010-10-07 22:32:18The first Daytona 500 was run in 1959. The first Daytona 500 to be the first race on the NASCAR schedule was the 1982 Daytona 500.
The Daytona 500 was first run in 1959.
The first Daytona 500 race was held at the Daytona International Speedway on February 22, 1959.
The first Daytona 500 did not take place until 1959, so there was no Daytona 500 in 1950.
The first Daytona 500 was held on February 22, 1959, it was won by Lee Petty.
The Southern 500 came first, the inaugural race was on September 4, 1950. The first Daytona 500 was on February 22, 1959.
Jeff Gordon won his first Daytona 500 on February 16, 1997.
The time of the first Daytona 500, on February 22, 1959, was 3 hours and 41 minutes.
Lee Petty won the first race at the Daytona International Speedway. It was the 1959 Daytona 500.
The first Daytona 500 race was on February 22, 1959 and won by Lee Petty.
59 cars started the first ever Daytona 500 in 1959.
Dale Earnhardt Sr's first Daytona 500 was in 1979 where he finished 8th.