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β 14y agoThe finish of the first Daytona 500 was one of the most controversial in NASCAR's history.
Lee Petty battled with Johnny Beauchamp during the final 30 laps of the race, it being notable that these two drivers were the only ones on the lead lap. Petty took the lead with 3 laps left, and led at the start of the final lap. Petty and Beauchamp drove side by side across the finish line at the end final lap for a photo finish.
Beauchamp was declared the unofficial winner by NASCAR officials. Petty protested the results and fellow competitor Fireball Roberts, who was standing by the finish line, stated it was clear that Petty had won. After viewing additional photographs and newsreel footage, NASCAR officials declared Petty the winner three days later.
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β 12y agoIn 1950, Billy Mathews was the winner of the Daytona 200.
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β 9y agoThe first Daytona 500 did not take place until 1959, so there was no Daytona 500 in 1950.
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β 13y agoIn 1959, Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500. He drove a 1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88.
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β 15y agoFireball Roberts, Average speed 152.529
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β 15y agoFred Lorenzen, Average speed 141.539 mph
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β 15y agoA Pontiac.
The 2009 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car was the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.
The #4 car wasn't driven in the 2012 Daytona 500.
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It was Juan Pablo Montoya.
Daytona Beach is famous as a vacation destination and for stock car racing. The Daytona 500 race is the first race of the NASCAR season.
For the Daytona 500 it's a Chevrolet SS. They are planning to release the car to the public in Fall of 2013.
They put this car in the Datona Showroom.
Kevin Harvick, racing in the #29 Pennzoil car for Richard Childress Racing won the 2007 Daytona 500 in a down to the wire finish against Mark Martin. This was the first Daytona 500 win for Harvick and the first for Richard Childress Racing since the 1998 victory of Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the 500.
In 1994, Bill Elliott drove the #11 Budweiser Ford for Junior Johnson, in both the Daytona 500 and Pepsi 400 Daytona races.
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Car race is the Indy 500. Horse race is the Kentucky Derby.