ballplayer1799 - 14 February 2008 05:36 AM

WooHoo WooHoo WooHoo Race Crazy is back!!!

Thanks for wanting me here and continuing to enjoy the thread. To answer the above posters question-I dont know exactly-I know Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart, and both Earnhardts have come close-if anyone knows-post it.

Today in Nascar History February 14th:

Birthdays:

Susan Russo
Donnie Brown
Emily Beam
Sam Ard
Banjo Matthews (RIP)

Events:

Feb 14th, 1960: Junior Johnson passes a spinning Bobby Johns with nine laps remaining and hustles to victory in the second annual Daytona 500. Driving a 1959 chevy impala, Johnson beats a record 68 car field and wins 19,600 dollars.

Feb 14th, 1965: Fred Lorenzen wins the rain-shortened Daytona 500, finishing a lap ahead of runner-up Darel Dieringer. Fords and Mercurys take the top 13 positions as the factory Chrysler team continues its boycott.

Feb 14th, 1971: Richard Petty wins his third Daytona 500 ahead of Buddy Baker, giving Petty Enterprises a 1-2 finish. Dick Brooks finishes seventh in a winged Dodge Daytona, the final appearance of the exotic aerodynamic wonder in a Nascar event.

Feb 14th, 1982: Bobby Allison blisters the field to win his second Daytona 500. Allison's #88 DiGard Buick finishes a half-lap ahead of runner up Cale Yarborough.

Feb 14th, 1988: In the 30th running of the Daytona 500, Bobby and Davey Allison finish first and second in Nascar's most prestigious event. Richard Petty survives a wild tumble just past the halfway point. Nascar's tire wars begin as ten teams use Hoosier tires at Daytona.

Feb 14th, 1993: Dale Jarrett muscles his way past Dale Earnhardt on the final lap and records a one car length victory in the Daytona 500. Jarrett's last lap heroics thwart Earnhardt's 15th bid for a win in Nascar's biggest event.

Feb 14th, 1999: Jeff Gordon assumes command with 11 laps remaining and holds off Dale Earnhardt to win his second Daytona 500. Gordon makes the decisive pass around Rusty Wallace on the apron of the Speedway.

Races:

Feb 14th, 1960: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Junior Johnson (started 9th), chevy, race avg at 124.740, 13 lead changes among 8 drivers, 4 cautions for 32 laps. Pole Winner: Cotton Owens at 149.892 mph.

Feb 14th, 1965: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Fred Lorenzen (started 4th), ford, race avg at 141.539, 7 lead changes among 4 drivers, 3 cautions for 43 laps. Pole Winner: Darel Dieringer at 171.151 mph.

Feb 14th, 1971: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Richard Petty (started 5th), plymouth, race avg at 144.462, 48 lead changes among 11 drivers, 7 cautions for 44 laps. Pole Winner: AJ Foyt at 182.744 mph.

Feb 14th, 1988: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bobby Allison (started 3rd), buick, race avg at 137.531, 26 lead changes among 12 drivers, 7 cautions 42 laps. Pole Winner: Ken Schrader at 198.623 mph.

Feb 14th, 1993: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Dale Jarrett (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 154.972, 38 lead changes among 13 drivers, 7 cautions for 30 laps. Pole Winner: Kyle Petty at 189.426 mph.

Feb 14th, 1999: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Jeff Gordon (started 1st), chevy, race avg at 161.551, 14 lead changes among 7 drivers, 4 cautions for 20 laps. Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon at 195.067 mph.

Feb 14th, 2007: In one of the "dirtiest" Speedweeks in recent memory, Michael Waltrip is penalized heavily for violations found when an illegal substance was found in the manifold of his Toyota Camry. MWR director of competiton Bobby Kennedy and crewchief for the 55 David Hyder were suspended indefinitely while Hyder was also fined 100,000 dollars. Michael was also fined 100 championship points, one of the biggest penalties in Nascar history. The team's car was confiscated and taken to the Nascar R&D;center for further examination. This penalty caps off a Speedweeks that saw all 4 other cars penalized as well.

Feb 14th, 2008: Denny Hamlin wins 1 of the Gatorade Duels at Daytona, giving Manufacturer Toyota its first win in the Sprint Cup Series and the first for a foreign nameplate in Nascar since the 1950's.

No one has won all three races (Daytona 500, Budweiser Shootout and the Duel Race), but five drivers have won the Shootout and the 500: Bobby Allison (1982), Bill Elliott (1987), Dale Jarrett (1996, 2000), and Jeff Gordon (1997). Winners of the duel races have faired a little better doubling up on wins eight times: Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarbourough (1977, 1984), Bill Elliot (1985), Bobby Allison (1988), Sterling Marlin (1995), Dale Earnhardt (1998), Dale Earnhardt Jr (2004)

Today in Nascar History February 15th:

Birthdays:

Rick Gay
Jimmy Spencer

Events:

Feb 15th, 1948: Red Byron wins the first Nascar sanctioned auto race in a 1939 modified ford owned by Raymond Parks and tuned by Red Vogt. Of the 62 cars that enter, 50 start. A crowd of 14,000 pay 2.50 each to watch the historic moment at the Daytona Beach Road Course.

Feb 15th, 1953: Fonty Flock runs out of fuel on the final lap as Bill Blair drives to victory in the Nascar event on the Daytona beach Road course. It is the first Grand National race to be determined by a last lap pass.

Feb 15th, 1976: David Pearson creeps across the finish line at 20 mph to beat Richard Petty in a stunning finish to the Daytona 500. Pearson and Petty swap the lead four times on the final lap and tangle off the fourth turn. Pearson gets his Mercury staightened out and crosses the finish line first.

Feb 15th, 1981: Richard Petty wins his record seventh Daytona 500. Petty's longtime crew chief Dale Inman quits two days later to accept a job with the Rod Osterlund/Dale Earnhardt team.

Feb 15th, 1987: Geoff Bodine runs out of fuel with three laps to go, allowing Bill Elliott to score his second win in the Daytona 500. Benny Parsons finishes second in his first assignment since replacing Tim Richmond.

Feb 15th, 1998: With the Thunderbird no longer available, Ford introduces the Taurus for competition in Nascar's 50th anniversary season. Dale Earnhardt ends two decades of frustration at the Daytona 500. Earnhardt, making his 20th start in Nascar's super bowl, leads the final 61 laps and edges Bobby Labonte at the finish. It is the 71st win of Earnhardt's careeer and it snaps a victory drought that dates back to 1996.

Feb 15th, 2004: Dale Earnhardt Jooonyer follows his father's footsteps and wins the Daytona 500 6 years to the day after his father won the great american race.

Races:

Feb 15th, 1948: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Red Byron (started 2nd), ford, race avg at 75.747, 4 lead changes among 3 drivers, 0 cautions. Pole Winner: No time trials.

Feb 15th, 1953: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bill Blair (started 6th), olds, race avg at 89.789, 2 lead changes among 2 drivers, 0 cautions. Pole Winner: Bob Pronger at 115.770 mph.

Feb 15th, 1976: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: David Pearson (started 7th), mercury, race avg at 152.181, 19 lead changes among 7 drivers, 7 cautions for 35 laps. Pole Winner: Ramo Stott at 183.456 mph.

Feb 15th, 1981: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Richard Petty (started 8th), buick, race avg at 169.651, 49 lead changes among 9 drivers, 4 cautions for 18 laps. Pole Winner: Bobby Allison at 194.624 mph.

Feb 15th, 1987: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bill Elliott (started 1st), ford, race avg at 176.263, 28 lead changes among 10 drivers, 4 cautions for 15 laps. Pole Winner: Bill Elliott at 210.364 mph.

Feb 15th, 1998: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Dale Earnhardt (started 4th), chevy, race avg at 172.712, 13 lead changes among 8 drivers, 3 cautions for 9 laps. Pole Winner: Bobby Labonte at 189.498 mph.

Feb 15th, 2004: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jooonyer (started 3rd), chevy. Pole Winner: Greg Biffle at 188.387 mph.

Today in Nascar History February 16th:

Birthdays:

Danny Lawrence
Don Wade
Patti Wallace

Events:

Feb 16th, 1975: Benny Parsons takes the lead three laps from the finish and wins the Daytona 500 when leader David Pearson spins on the backstretch. Parsons comes from the 32nd starting position to claim the upset win and the biggest victory of his career.

Feb 16th, 1986: Geoff Bodine outlasts Dale Earnhardt to win the Daytona 500. Earnhardt is poised to slingshot around Bodine for the win, but runs out of fuel with three laps remaining.

Feb 16th, 1992: Davey Allison dodges several wrecks and finishes a car length ahead of Morgan Shepherd to win the Daytona 500. A 14 car crash cripples or takes out nine of the 16 cars running on the lead lap.

Feb 16th, 1997: Jeff Gordon drives past Bill Elliott with six laps remaining and leads a 1-2-3 sweep for the Hendrick Motorsports team in the 39th running of the Daytona 500. Gordon, Terry Labonte, and Ricky Craven gang up on Elliott in the stretch drive and take the top three spots in Nascar's most celebrated event.

Feb 16th, 2003: Michael Waltrip wins his second Daytona 500. The race is rain shortened, only the second time the 500 has ever been shortened.

Races:

Feb 16th, 1962: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Fireball Roberts (started 1st), pontiac, race avg at 156.999, 2 lead changes among 2 drivers. Pole Winner: Fireball Roberts at 158.744 mph.

Feb 16th, 1962: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Joe Weatherly (started 3rd), pontiac, race avg at 145.395, 2 lead changes among 2 drivers, 1 caution. Pole Winner: Darel Dieringer at 155.086 mph.

Feb 16th, 1975: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Benny Parsons (started 32nd), chevy, race avg at 153.649, 19 lead changes among 7 drivers, 3 cautions for 21 laps. Pole Winner: Donnie Allison at 185.827 mph.

Feb 16th, 1986: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Geoff Bodine (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 148.124, 28 lead changes among 10 drivers, 8 cautions for 46 laps. Pole Winner: Bill Elliott at 205.039 mph.

Feb 16th, 1992: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Davey Allison (started 6th), ford, race avg at 160.256, 15 lead changes among 7 drivers, 4 cautions for 22 laps. Pole Winner: Sterling Marlin at 192.213 mph.

Feb 16th, 1997: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Jeff Gordon (started 6th), chevy, race avg at 148.295, 12 lead changes among drivers, 8 cautions for 29 laps. Pole Winner: Mike Skinner at 189.813 mph.

Feb 16th, 2003: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Michael Waltrip, chevy. Pole Winner: Jeff Green.

Today in Nascar History February 17th:

Birthdays:

Jim Long
Marshall Teague RIP

Events:

Feb 17th, 1957: Cotton Owens drives the Ray Nichels Pontiac to victory in the Daytona Beach Nascar event, recording the first Nascar win for the pontiac nameplate.

Feb 17th, 1974: Richard Petty rallies from a flat tire, takes the lead with 11 laps remaining, and drives to victory in the 450 mile Daytona 500. Speedway officials decide to drop the first 20 laps from the race, and count the first lap as lap 21 to maintain the 500 in the name of the race.

Feb 17th, 1980: In his 18th Daytona 500 start, Buddy Baker shakes the monkey off his back with a resounding victory. Baker's oldsmobile average's a record 177.602 mph. Bobby Allison finishes 2nd.

Feb 17th, 1985: Bill Elliott leads 136 of the 200 laps in dominating the Daytona 500. Elliott dominates Daytona's Speedweeks, winning the pole at more than 205 mph and nearly lapping the field in the twin 125 qualifier.

Feb 17th, 2002: Ward Burton leads only the final five laps and scores an upset win in the Daytona 500. Sterling Marlin is penalized by Nascar when he pulls a fender off of his right front tire during a late red flag. Nascar rules prohibit work from being done to a car during a red flag situation.

February 17th, 2008: Ryan Newman passes Tont Stewart with 2 laps to go and wins the 50th annual Daytona 500. The race ends a long winless drought for Newman and he leads a Penske Team 1-2 across the line. It is the first Daytona 500 win for Penske. Dale Jr is his first points race for Hendrick Motorsports finishes 9th.

Races:

Feb 17th, 1957: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Cotton Owens (started 3rd), pontiac, race avg at 101.541, 5 lead changes among 2 drivers, 1 caution. Pole Winner: Banjo Mattews at 134.382 mph.

Feb 17th, 1974: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Richard Petty (started 2nd), dodge, race avg at 140.894, 60 lead changes among 16 drivers , 10 cautions for 53 laps. Pole Winner: David Pearson at 185.817 mph.

Feb 17th, 1985: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bill Elliott (started 1st), ford, race avg at 172.265, 22 lead changes among 9 drivers, 5 cautions for 18 laps. Pole Winner: Bill Elliott at 205.114 mph.

Feb 17th, 1991: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Ernie Irvan (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 148.148, 21 lead changes among 9 drivers, 9 cautions for 36 laps. Pole Winner: Davey Allison at 195.955 mph.

Feb 17th, 2002: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Ward Burton (started 19th, dodge, race avg at 142.971, 20 lead changes among 12 drivers, 9 cautions for 38 laps. Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson at 185.831 mph.

February 17th, 2008: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Ryan Newman (started 7th), dodge, race avg at 152.668, 42 lead changes among 16 drivers, 7 cautions for 23 laps. Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson at 187.075 mph.

Birthdays:

No birthdays.

Deaths:

Dale Earnhardt RIP

Events:

Feb 18th, 1962: Fireball Roberts leads 144 of the 200 laps in his overwhelming triumph in the fourth annual Daytona 500. Roberts caps off a perfect speedweeks, winning the American Challenge invitational event for winners of 1961 events, the pole position for the 500, the twin 100-mile qualifier, and the Daytona 500. Richard Petty, who finishes second, protests Roberts' win, claiming the Yunick's team used more than six pit crewmen during the race. Roberts win is upheld three days later.

Feb 18th, 1973: Richard Petty outlasts a speedy Buddy Baker to post his fourth win in the Daytona 500. Pole-sitter Baker leads most of the way but is foiled by an engine failure while running second with six laps to go.

Feb 18th, 1979: Richard Petty hustles past the crashed cars of Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison to win the Daytona 500, snapping his 45-race winless drought. Yarborough and Allison crash, then fight in the infield following a last-lap incident. The Nielsen ratings for the CBS live telecast are a remarkable 10.5, with the final half hour drawing an amazing 13.5 rating.

Feb 18th, 1990: Dale Earnhardt cuts a tire on the final lap, allowing for Derrike Cope to post his first Nascar win in the Daytona 500. Cope edges Terry Labonte by two car lengths.

Feb 18th, 1996: Dale Jarrett passes Dale Earnhardt with 24 laps remaining and scores his second win in the Daytona 500. Jarrett blocks Earnhardt's final lap moves to post a .12 second victory.

Feb 18th, 2001: Michael Waltrip nips Dale Earnhardt Jooonyer at the finish line to win the Daytona 500, a tragic affair in which Nascar icon Dale Earnhardt is fatally injured in a last-lap crash. Waltrip's first win turns from a joyous occasion to despair after the loss of Nascar's most dynamic competitior.

Feb 18th, 2007: 6 years to the day after the Man in Black's death at Daytona, his old car returned to victory lane in the hands of Kevin Harvick. Harvick claimed his first Daytona 500 win by beating veteran Mark Martin to the line in a photo finish while a wild wreck ensued behind them. The race will go down as one of the most memorable Daytona 500's of all-time.

Races:

Feb 18th, 1962: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Fireball Roberts (started 1st), pontiac, race avg at 152.529, 22 lead changes among 5 drivers, 1 caution for 3 laps. Pole Winner: Fireball Roberts at 158.744 mph.

Feb 18th, 1973: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Richard Petty (started 7th), dodge, race avg at 157.205, 20 lead changes among 5 drivers, 4 cautions for 28 laps. Pole Winner: Buddy Baker at 185.662 mph.

Feb 18th, 1979: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Richard Petty (started 13th), olds, race avg at 143.977, 36 lead changes among 13 drivers, 7 cautions for 57 laps. Pole Winner: Buddy Baker at 196.049 mph.

Feb 18th, 1990: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Derrike Cope (started 12th), chevy, race avg at 165.761, 27 lead changes among 13 drivers, 3 cautions for 15 laps. Pole Winner: Ken Schrader at 196.515 mph.

Feb 18th, 1996: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Dale Jarrett (started 7th), ford, race avg at 154.308, 32 lead changes among 15 drivers, 6 cautions for 26 laps. Pole Winner: Dale Earnhardt at 189.510 mph.

Feb 18th, 2001: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Michael Waltrip (started 19th), chevy, race avg at 161.783, 49 lead changes among 14 drivers, 3 cautions for 14 laps. Pole Winner: Bill Elliott at 183.565 mph.

Feb 18th, 2007: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Kevin Harvick (started 34th), chevy, race avg at ?, 13 lead changes among 9 drivers, 6 cautions for 24 laps. Pole Winner: David Gilliland at 186.320 mph.

Today in Nascar History February 19th:

Birthdays:

Landon Smith
John Paul Jooonyer
Bobby Kennedy
Jeff Purvis

Deaths:

Talmadge Prince RIP

Events:

Feb 19th, 1970: Cale Yarborough and Charlie Glotzbach win the twin 125's at Daytona. Rookie Talmadge Prince is fatally injured in a 19th lap crash in the second qualifier.

Feb 19th, 1978: Bobby Allison ends his 67 race winless skid with a dramatic victory in the Daytona 500. Allison pushes his Bud Moore ford around Buddy Baker with 11 laps remaining and leads the rest of the way.

Feb 19th, 1984: Cale Yarborough wins his fourth Daytona 500. Yarborough passes Darrell Waltrip on the final lap and outruns Dale Earnhardt off the final turn to preserve the victory.

Feb 19th, 1989: In his 17th Daytona 500 start, Darrell Waltrip prevails in an economy run. Waltrip runs the final 132.5 miles without a pit stop and coasts across the finish line 7.64 seconds ahead of runner-up Ken Schrader. Most of the field runs on Hoosier tires as Goodyear pulls out of the race due to safety concerns with its new radial tire.

Feb 19th, 1995: Sterling Marlin holds off Dale Earnhardt to score his second straight victory in the Daytona 500. Earnhardt is running 14th with 11 laps remaining, but charges to second and is edged by Marlin by .61 seconds.

Feb 19th, 2006: Jimmie Johnson wins the Daytona 500.

Races:

Feb 19th, 1970: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Cale Yarborough (started 1st), mercury, race avg at 183.295, 4 lead changes among 4 drivers, 0 cautions. Pole Winner: Cale Yarborough at 194.015 mph.

Feb 19th, 1970: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Charlie Glotzbach (started 2nd), dodge, race avg at 147.734, 4 lead changes among 3 drivers, 1 caution for 13 laps. Pole Winner: Buddy Baker at 192.624 mph.

Feb 19th, 1978: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bobby Allison (started 33rd), ford, race avg at 159.730, 37 lead changes among 6 drivers, 5 cautions for 24 laps. Pole Winner: Cale Yarborough at 187.536 mph.

Feb 19th, 1984: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Cale Yarborough (started 1st), chevy, race avg at 150.994, 34 lead changes among 9 drivers, 7 cautions for 39 laps. Pole Winner: Cale Yarborough at 201.848 mph.

Feb 19th, 1989: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Darell Waltrip (started 2nd), chevy, race avg at 148.466, 26 lead changes among 12 drivers, 7 cautions for 30 laps. Pole Winner: Ken Schrader at 196.996 mph.

Feb 19th, 1995: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Sterling Marlin (started 3rd), chevy, race avg at 141.710, 12 lead changes among 8 drivers, 10 cautions for 41 laps. Pole Winner: Dale Jarrett at 193.498 mph.

Feb 19th, 2006: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Jimmie Johnson (chevy), Pole Winner: Jeff Burton.

Today in Nascar History February 20th:

Birthdays:

Joan Reiff
Gary Myers
Bobby Unser
Roger Penske

Events:

Feb 20th, 1954: A starting field of 136 cars, the largest ever in a Nascar event, take the green flag in the 100 mile modified sportsman race at Daytona. Cotton Owens wins the race.

Feb 20th, 1972: AJ Foyt blisters the field to win the Daytona 500 by nearly five miles. Foyt leads the final 300 miles in the lackluster event. Third-place driver Jim Vandiver finishes six laps off the pace.

Feb 20th, 1977: Cale Yarborough pulls away from Benny Parsons in the final laps to win his second Daytona 500.

Feb 20th, 1983: Cale Yarborough pushes his pontiac around Buddy Baker on the final lap to win his third Daytona 500. Yarborough was in a backup car after crashing his chevy in qualifying. Cale topped the 200 mph barrier on his first qualifying lap but flipped and destroyed the car on the second lap.

Feb 20th, 1994: Sterling Marlin holds Ernie Irvan at bay in the final laps to record his first career Nascar victory in the Daytona 500. Marlin's first triumph comes in his 279th start, the longest is has ever taken a driver to post his first win.

Feb 20th, 2000: Dale Jarrett exercises patience to grab his third victory in the Daytona 500. After following Johnny Benson Jooonyer for 50 miles, Jarrett makes teh decisive pass with four laps to go to beat Jeff Burton.

Feb 20th, 2005: Jeff Gordon holds off Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jooonyer in the closing laps to win his third Daytona 500.

Races:

Feb 20th, 1959: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bob Welborn (started 7th), chevy, race avg at 143.198, 10 lead changes among 4 drivers, 0 cautions. Pole Winner: Fireball Roberts at 140.851 mph.

Feb 20th, 1969: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: David Pearson (started 15th), ford, race avg at 152.181, 5 lead changes among 5 drivers, 2 cautions for 17 laps. Pole Winner: Buddy Baker at 188.901 mph.

Feb 20th, 1969: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Bobby Isaac (started 1st), dodge, race avg at 151.668, 9 lead changes among 5 drivers, 1 caution for 15 laps. Pole Winner: Bobby Isaac at 188.726 mph.

Feb 20th, 1972: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: AJ Foyt (started 2nd), mercury, race avg at 161.550, 13 lead changes among 3 drivers, 3 cautions for 17 laps. Pole Winner: Bobby Isaac at 186.632 mph.

Feb 20th, 1977: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Cale Yarborough (started 4th), chevy, race avg at 152.218, 30 lead changes among 10 drivers, 6 cautions for 37 laps. Pole Winner: Donnie Allison at 188.048 mph.

Feb 20th, 1983: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Cale Yarborough (started 8th), pontiac, race avg at 155.979, 58 lead changes among 11 drivers, 6 cautions for 36 laps. Pole Winner: Ricky Rudd at 198.864 mph.

Feb 20th, 1994: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Sterling Marlin (started 4th), chevy, race avg at 156.931, 33 lead changes among 13 drivers, 4 cautions for 23 laps. Pole Winner: Loy Allen Jooonyer at 190.158 mph.

Feb 20th, 2000: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Dale Jarrett (started 1st), ford, race avg at 155.669, 9 lead changes among 7 drivers, 6 cautions for 24 laps. Pole Winner: Dale Jarrett at 191.091 mph.

Feb 20th, 2005: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Jeff Gordon (started 15th), chevy. Pole Winner: Dale Jarrett at 188.312 mph.

February 21

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Sixty years ago Thursday, the intent of Bill France Sr. became clear. Determined to bring organization to the long-disjointed sport of stock car racing, France had his newly formed sanctioning body -- the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing -- incorporated.

It became official, on Feb. 21, 1948. NASCAR had been born.

nascar.com