@Hpindy per Wiki;
“With the racing failure of the previous limited edition 1968
Dodge Charger 500 in
NASCAR and Plymouth's superstar
Richard Petty leaving them for
Ford, the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was created. It was intended to be a high-performance, limited-edition version of the
Dodge Chargerproduced in the summer of 1969 for the sole purpose of winning high-profile NASCAR races. It won its first race, the inaugural
Talladega 500, in the fall, although the top names had left the track on Saturday in a boycott of the race.
Buddy Baker, in the No. 88 Chrysler Engineering Dodge Charger Daytona, was the first driver in NASCAR history to break the 200 mph (322 km/h) mark, on March 24, 1970, at Talladega. The 1969 Dodge Daytona won two races in 1969 and another four in 1970 for a total of six. Its successor, the 1970
Plymouth Superbird, won eight races - all in 1970. Dodge Daytonas also won on the USAC and ARCA race circuits. They set numerous race and pole records.”