Lee Petty[?] won the first Daytona 500 on February 22, 1959.
Daytona 500 winners:
... (162) Charles C. Pinckney[?] 14 Federalist Rufus King (14) Other elections: 1792, 1796, 1800, 1804, 1808, 1812, 1816 Source: U.S. Office of the Federal ...