On February 15, 1998, after 20 years of trying, racing great
Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally wins his first Daytona 500, the
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing season
opener and an event dubbed the “Super Bowl of stock
car racing.”

Driving his black No. 3 Chevrolet, Earnhardt recorded an
average speed of 172.712 m.p.h. and took home a then-
record more than $1 million in prize money.

Following his victory, crews from competing teams lined
the pit road at the Daytona International Speedway in
Daytona Beach, Florida, to congratulate Earnhardt, who
drove his car onto the grass and did several celebratory
doughnuts, or circles.         
       
        
        
   
       

Earnhardt’s win that February in 1998 represented his sole Daytona
victory. Tragically, on February 18, 2001, Earnhardt died at the
age of 49 during a crash at that year’s 43rd Daytona 500.

Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was
an American social reformer and women’s rights activist who
played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.

Born into a Quaker family in Adams, Massachusetts, committed
to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the
age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for
the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum.