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NASCAR runs its first race in Daytona Beach at the beach road course. Red Byron wins in a Ford.
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Wendell Scott becomes the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR’s premier series, beating Buck Baker at Jacksonville (Fla.) Speedway.
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they use the first dodge daytona in the race and it is the first car, the first car that exceeded 200mph
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, prohibit daytona charger by superiority after two years of podiums and for fuel crisis and taxes
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Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500. She qualifies 39th and finishes 12th.
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Richard Petty wins his record seventh series championship, in a chevy monte carlo
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in 1982 Buick tried to celebrate his victories in the Nascar Grand National Series by launching the Buick Grand National
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One of the most significant races in NASCAR history, the 1992 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is Richard Petty’s last race and Jeff Gordon’s first
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NASCAR unveils the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. in 2003
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Danica Patrick makes history by winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first female to win a pole in NASCAR premier series history.