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Sports
Auto Racing
| Daytona 500 Champions |
| Year |
Driver |
Make |
Avg. mph |
Start |
Owner |
Pole |
| 2006 | J. Johnson | Chevrolet | 142.734 | 9 | R. Hendrick | J. Burton |
| 2005 | J. Gordon | Chevrolet | 135.173 | 15 | R. Hendrick | D. Jarrett |
| 2004 | D. Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 156.345 | 3 | T. Earnhardt | G. Biffle |
| 2003 | M. Waltrip | Chevrolet | 133.870 | 4 | T. Earnhardt | J. Green |
| 2002 | W. Burton | Dodge | 142.971 | 19 | B. Davis | J. Johnson |
| 2001 | M. Waltrip | Chevrolet | 161.783 | 19 | D. Earnhardt | B. Elliott |
| 2000 | D. Jarrett | Ford | 155.669 | 1 | R. Yates | D. Jarrett |
| 1999 | J. Gordon | Chevrolet | 161.551 | 1 | R. Hendrick | J. Gordon |
| 1998 | D. Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 172.712 | 4 | R. Childress | B. Labonte |
| 1997 | J. Gordon | Chevrolet | 148.295 | 6 | R. Hendrick | M. Skinner |
| 1996 | D. Jarrett | Ford | 154.308 | 7 | R. Yates | D. Earnhardt |
| 1995 | S. Marlin | Chevrolet | 141.710 | 3 | Morgan-McClure | D. Jarrett |
| 1994 | S. Marlin | Chevrolet | 156.931 | 4 | Morgan-McClure | L. Allen |
| 1993 | D. Jarrett | Chevrolet | 154.972 | 2 | J. Gibbs | K. Petty |
| 1992 | Da. Allison | Ford | 160.256 | 6 | R. Yates | S. Marlin |
| 1991 | E. Irvan | Chevrolet | 148.148 | 2 | Morgan-McClure | Da. Allison |
| 1990 | D. Cope | Chevrolet | 165.761 | 12 | B. Whitcomb | K. Schrader |
| 1989 | D. Waltrip | Chevrolet | 148.466 | 2 | R. Hendrick | K. Schrader |
| 1988 | B. Allison | Buick | 137.531 | 3 | Stavola | K. Schrader |
| 1987 | B. Elliott | Ford | 176.263 | 1 | Melling | B. Elliott |
| 1986 | G Bodine | Chevrolet | 148.124 | 2 | R. Hendrick | B. Elliott |
| 1985 | B. Elliott | Ford | 172.265 | 1 | Melling | B. Elliott |
| 1984 | C. Yarborough | Chevrolet | 150.994 | 1 | Rainer | C. Yarborough |
| 1983 | C. Yarborough | Pontiac | 155.979 | 8 | Rainer | R. Rudd |
| 1982 | B. Allison | Buick | 153.991 | 7 | DiGard | B. Parsons |
| 1981 | R. Petty | Buick | 169.651 | 8 | Petty | B. Allison |
| 1980 | B. Baker | Oldsmobile | 177.602 | 1 | Rainer | B. Baker |
| 1979 | R. Petty | Oldsmobile | 143.977 | 13 | Petty | B. Baker |
| 1978 | B. Allison | Ford | 159.730 | 33 | B. Moore | C. Yarborough |
| 1977 | C. Yarborough | Chevrolet | 153.218 | 4 | J. Johnson | D. Allison |
| 1976 | D. Pearson | Mercury | 152.181 | 7 | Wood | R. Stott |
| 1975 | B. Parsons | Chevrolet | 153.649 | 32 | L.G. DeWitt | D. Allison |
| 1974 | R. Petty | Dodge | 140.894 | 2 | Petty | D. Pearson |
| 1973 | R. Petty | Dodge | 157.205 | 7 | Petty | B. Baker |
| 1972 | A.J. Foyt Jr. | Mercury | 161.550 | 2 | Wood | B. Isaac |
| 1971 | R. Petty | Plymouth | 144.462 | 5 | Petty | A.J. Foyt Jr. |
| 1970 | P. Hamilton | Plymouth | 149.601 | 9 | Petty | C. Yarborough |
| 1969 | L. Yarborough | Ford | 157.950 | 19 | J. Johnson | B. Baker |
| 1968 | C. Yarborough | Mercury | 143.251 | 1 | Wood | C. Yarborough |
| 1967 | Ma. Andretti | Ford | 146.926 | 12 | Holman-Moody | C. Turner |
| 1966 | R. Petty | Plymouth | 160.627 | 1 | Petty | R. Petty |
| 1965 | F. Lorenzen | Ford | 141.539 | 4 | Holman-Moody | D. Dieringer |
| 1964 | R. Petty | Plymouth | 154.334 | 2 | Petty | P. Goldsmith |
| 1963 | T. Lund | Ford | 151.566 | 12 | Wood | F. Roberts |
| 1962 | F. Roberts | Pontiac | 152.529 | 1 | S. Yunick | F. Roberts |
| 1961 | M. Panch | Pontiac | 149.601 | 4 | S. Yunick | F. Roberts |
| 1960 | J. Johnson | Chevrolet | 124.740 | 9 | J. Masoni | C. Owens |
| 1959 | L. Petty | Oldsmobile | 135.521 | 15 | Petty | B. Welborn |
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Trivia
Captain James Cook was the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle in 1773.
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