Lee Petty[?] won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959.
Daytona 500 winners:
... United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.3 km² (4.4 mi²). 10.6 km² (4.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is ...