| Marshall Teague, who was known as the "King of | | | | back at Daytona. It would be his last run. Teague |
| the Beach" for his races at his hometown track, | | | | was killed trying to set a closed court record in a |
| won seven NASCAR Grand National Races | | | | reconfigured Indy car at the newly opened |
| between 1949 and 1952. Before the 1951 season, | | | | Dayton Interntional Speedway. The test session |
| he traveled to Michigan to Hudson, where he | | | | was just prior to the April debut of the USAC |
| showed up without an appointment. By the end of | | | | championship in Indy-styled roadsters, and eleven |
| the visit, he had laid the foundation for a | | | | days before the first Daytona 500. Marshall's |
| relationship with the company that would make | | | | death bothered Bill France so much that he never |
| the car and driver dominant in the circuit until | | | | again held Indy-style racing at the Daytona |
| 1953. Teague left NASCAR that year, in a dispute | | | | Speedway. |
| with the circuit founder, Bill France, Sr. He went on | | | | Teague's career highlights |
| to drive in the AAA and USAC circuits. | | | | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics |
| Nine years to the day after his historic race in the | | | | *23 races run over 4 years. |
| Hudson Hornet, on February 11, 1959, he was | | | | |