Lee Petty[?] won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959.
Daytona 500 winners:
... the town has a total area of 13.1 km² (5.1 mi²). 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and 1.2 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area ...