NASCAR’s GRAND TOURING, GRAND AMERICAN SERIES HIT THE DAYTONA ROAD COURSE IN LATE 1960S, EARLY 1970S WITH NOTABLE DRIVERS

From the time Daytona International Speedway opened for the DAYTONA 500 in 1959, the trioval/road course had been utilized primarily for sports cars for the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and motorcycles for the DAYTONA 200, with the exception of a two-race stint (1960-61) when Compact Cars tackled the storied layout. That changed from 1968-72.