Dodge built the 1969 Charger Daytona to beat Ford on NASCAR’s fastest superspeedways after six straight years of losing the manufacturers’ championship. An 18-inch nose cone tested in an aircraft wind tunnel and a towering rear wing turned a struggling full-size Charger into the first stock car to break 200 miles per hour. It worked so well that NASCAR rewrote its own rules just to slow it down. Read on for how a two-season career made this the most collectible Mopar most casual fans still can’t quite place.
