From Scientific American Magazine, 1898

The Winton automobile

The Winton Motor Carriage Company was one of the first American companies to
sell a motor car. On March 24, 1898, 70 year old Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania became the first person to buy a Winton after seeing the first ad for
a automobile in Scientific American magazine. The company later bought the car
back and donated it to the Smithsonian Museum in 1929.

Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford Motor Co. whose signature creation,  
the supposedly futuristic but ultimately ill-fated Edsel, became a synonym
for bold, bad ideas not long after it was introduced in 1957, died on Feb. 24 
in Michigan.

1958

Driver Lee Petty in the #42 race car battles with Johnny Beauchamp during the 
final lap of the inaugural Daytona 500 held at the International Speedway in 
Daytona Beach, Florida.

Lee Petty, father of NASCAR’s all-time race winner Richard Petty.

A 25 year old Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon won his first Daytona 500 in 1997, becoming the youngest
driver in history to win the race, a record that would stand until Trevor
Bayne‘s Daytona win in 2011.

Trevor Bayne’s 2011 Daytona win. He will turn 22 on February 19.