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25,557 [ 1 ] ISSN. 1525-2493. Website. news-journalonline.com. The Daytona Beach News-Journal is a Florida daily newspaper serving Volusia and Flagler Counties. It grew from the Halifax Journal, which was started in 1883. The Davidson family purchased the newspaper in 1928 and retained control until bankruptcy in 2009.
Laps. 67. Winner. No. 27. Junior Johnson. John Masoni. The 1960 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series stock car race that was held on February 14, 1960, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It was the 5th race of the 1960 season, and was won by Junior Johnson in a 1959 Chevrolet.
T. K. Wetherell. Thomas Kent Wetherell (December 22, 1945 – December 16, 2018) was an American politician and educator. He served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1980 to 1992, and was president of Florida State University from 2003 through 2009. [2][3][4]
Mandatory HANS device use. On the afternoon of February 18, 2001, American stock car racing driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt was involved in a final-lap collision in the 2001 Daytona 500, in which he crashed into a retaining wall after making contact with Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader. He was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center a ...
Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, "beachside" on left (east) of the Halifax River, mainland on right (west) According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 64.93 sq mi (168 km 2 ). of which 58.68 sq mi (152 km 2 ) is land and 6.25 sq mi (16 km 2 ) is water, with water thus comprising 9.6% of the total area.
Racing career. "Fireball" Roberts' 1957 NASCAR Ford. Roberts' 1962 Daytona 500 winning car. He attended the University of Florida and raced on dirt tracks on weekends. In 1947, at the age of 18, he raced on the Daytona Beach Road Course at Daytona, for the first time. He won a 150-mile race at Daytona Beach the following year.
Bob Ross. Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter and art instructor who created and hosted The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, CBC in Canada, and similar channels in Latin America, Europe and elsewhere.
August 13, 1977. Winston 200. Hickory Speedway. Race. Late Model Sportsman Division. Having stopped in the pits, Isaac collapsed due to heat exhaustion and later had a heart attack, of which he died on August 14, 1977, the next day. [115] Bill Baker (USA)[116] August 12, 1978. Winston Sears Point 100.