NASCAR's premier race, the Daytona 500, made its first run in 1959 at the newly opened 2.5 mile Daytona International Raceway. Lee Petty was a photo finish winner of the first Daytona. Petty and Jonny Beauchamp were so close together at the finish line it took three days to declare the winner. Newsreel footage revealed Petty beat Beauchamp to the line.
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