<P> On Friday, Banjo Matthews won the 125 - mile (201 km) Sportsmen / Modified race, while on Saturday, Curtis Turner won the 160 - mile (260 km) Convertible race . </P> <P> By 1953, France knew it was time for a permanent track to hold the large crowds that were gathering for races . Hotels were popping up all along the beachfront . On April 4, 1953, France proposed a new superspeedway called Daytona International Speedway . France began building a new 2.5 - mile (4.0 km) tri-oval superspeedway in 1956 to host the new premiere event of the series--the Daytona 500 . In 1958, the Daytona Beach road course hosted its last event . The first Daytona 500 was held in 1959 . Daytona Speed Week on only the beach sand and not the adjoining road, continued however through 1961 with time / distance records for the standing mile and flying mile in multiple classes . The six fastest stock cars ever on the beach were the 1960 Chrysler 300F Specials . </P>

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