Video: Twin-Turbo Hemi Pushes ‘69 Dodge Daytona Runs 277mph

Undoubtedly, you know how Dodge’s aero warrior, the 1969 Charger Daytona was intended for NASCAR supremacy. Bobby Isaac drove the #71 K&K Insurance Daytona at the Talladega Superspeedway to a new closed course lap record of 201.104 MPH (breaking the record set by the #88 Chrysler Engineering Daytona earlier that year). But after the Daytona’s subsequent outlawing that year, Chrysler’s attention was focused on the 1971 models, leaving Isaac’s achievement almost completely unsung.

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