1957 NASCAR Daytona Beach & Road Course Race – It was exactly 60 years ago today, Feb 17 1957, the era of Pontiac Performance officially began with Cotton Owens giving Pontiac their first NASCAR victory. Back in 1957 the automotive competition call Speed Weeks culminated with the 160 mile Daytona beach & road course race. For the start of the race, Pontiacs occupied 3 of the top 6 grid positions, with Banjo Matthews on the pole in car #8, Cotton Owens 3rd on the grid in car #6 and Darel Dieringe

Dodge produced three separate models with the name Dodge Charger Daytona, all of which were modified Dodge Chargers. The name was taken from Daytona Beach, Florida, which was an early center for auto racing and still hosts the Daytona 500, NASCAR's premier event. The original Dodge Charger Daytona was designed to beat the competition in NASCAR racing. In 1970, Buddy Baker drove this Cotton Owens #6 Charger Daytona to a second place finish in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona, fourth at Atlanta, six

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