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Daytona
1998 Daytona 500 race

1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history

1996 Daytona 500 race

1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82

1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82

1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500

1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH

1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)

1970 Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida

1970 Tim McRae, born in Daytona, Florida, 154 lbs, 70 kg, weightlifter, Oly-1992, 96

1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously

1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)

1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast

1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer, Daytona 500-1968, 77, 83, 84

1937 Bobby Allison, auto racer, 3 time winner of Daytona 500

1937 Richard Petty, auto race driver, Daytona 500-1979,81

1932 Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona

1931 Lee Hamilton, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Rep-D-Ind, 1965-

1927 Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona

1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona

1905 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach

1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School



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