Lee Petty. Not that Richard was looking for any ... Petty was winning in seemingly every make of car there was -- Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet, Buick and Pontiac.

The famous event began in 1959 when Lee Petty won the inaugural race, finishing with an average speed of 135.52 miles per hour. Petty, racing in an Oldsmobile branded car, is also the event's ...

Lee Petty. Not that Richard was looking for any ... Petty was winning in seemingly every make of car there was - Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet, Buick and Pontiac.

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, Richard, claimed the increasingly iconic NASCAR race for the first time. You ...

1959 — Lee Petty, driving an Oldsmobile, wins the first Daytona 500. 1969 — Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first female jockey to win a race at an American thoroughbred track. She rides Cohesian ...