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May

‘’HANDSOME HARRY GRANT’’ IS THE OLDEST

Who Is Harry Gant? Everything About the Cup Series Veteran in the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of ...

On May 6, 1991, 51-year-old race car driver Harry Gant racked up
his 12th National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Winston Cup career victory in the Winston 500 in Talladega,
Alabama.

In doing so, Gant bettered his own record as the oldest man ever
to win a NASCAR event.





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Gant (86) retired as a driver at the end of the 1994 season was
inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as part of the Class of
2026 in April.

NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2026: "Mr. September" Harry Gant

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Feb

FIRST DAYTONA RACE WINNER ON THIS DAY

1959 Daytona 500 - Wikipedia
Lee Petty winning the Daytona 500 in the first-ever photo
finish in the history of the sport.

On February 22, 1959, Lee Petty defeated Johnny Beauchamp
in a photo finish at the just-opened Daytona International
Speedway in Florida to win the first-ever Daytona 500.

The race was so close that Beauchamp was initially named
the winner by William France, the owner of the track and
head of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

However, Petty, who was driving a hardtop Oldsmobile 88,
challenged the results and three days later, with the help of
news photographs, he was officially named the champ.