Iconic 1969 Dodge Daytona Show Car

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The tour moves to the first car visible from the road, a 1969 Dodge Daytona. Colbert explains it was originally built by Petty Enterprises for Dave Marcus. When NASCAR outlawed this car model, it was sold to Goodyear and became a show car, painted in Petty blue for Richard Petty. Winston later acquired it, painted it in Winston colors, and showcased it at the last race of the Winston Cup era in 2003. Richard Petty drove the car for the final lap as "The King," accompanied by Matt Kenseth's car driven by Jack Roush. The car currently has a "426 C.I." engine, though it's noted not to be an authentic Petty Enterprises Hemi.

Goal: Learn about the history and significance of the 1969 Dodge Daytona show car.

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1969 Dodge Daytona Racecar Dodge — Main exhibit for this segment
426 C.I. Engine — Engine bay detail

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people probably don't know about. Now they do. This is the first thing you have in here. You can see it from the road. What is this car? Well, that is a 1969 Dodge Daytona built by Petty Enterprises for Dave Marcus. Uh when Dave um when NASCAR outlawed that car, Dave sold it to Goodies. It became the Goodies uh um show car. They painted it petty blue because Richard was their spokesperson and they used it until they got out of racing. [clears throat] Then Will bought it. Winston had to get out of uh racing in 2003. Uh Will and JKS um painted the car up and in the Winston colors and they took it to Homestead for the last race and Richard Petty the King uh drove it uh they called it the final lap. Uh he drove it and then Jack Roush drove Matt Kenz's car around the track for one lap uh after afterwards. So, you had your first Winston Cup champion and your last Winston Cup champion. So, is that an authentic Petty Enterprises Hemi? Uh, no. It's not a Petty Enterprises Hemi, but the car is a Petty Enterprises car. We have not been in here yet, so we have no idea what we're expecting. You got my favorite paint scheme back there.

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