Plymouth brought its own Wing car to the party a little later. (Image: 1969 Dodge Daytona by Doug Fawley | CC BY 3.0) Note the flush backglass in place of a typical stock Charger’s flying buttress C-pillars-another aerodynamic lesson learned from the Charger 500. In addition to the signature nose and wing, the Daytona features other aerodynamic upgrades, including reverse air extractor scoops above a pair of cutouts on each fender to mitigate lift. The initial Charger 500 didn’t see much track time before Dodge engineers took what they learned in the wind tunnel and cranked it to 11 to create the Charger Daytona. That earlier Charger 500 had some key aerodynamic enhancements like a modified front grille and flush rear backglass to help it slip through the air. The Dodge Charger Daytona was an evolution of the Dodge Charger 500. And a few months later, a Charger Daytona became the first car to break NASCAR’s 200 mph barrier. In addition to winning that inaugural Talladega 500, a Charger Daytona would go on to win the Texas 500 to close the 1969 season.
While Dodge’s new “Charger Daytona” had an unorthodox profile and probably received some confused looks from the spectators, everything made sense once the race began. On Septeman odd-looking Mopar rumbled onto the track for NASCAR’s first-ever Talladega 500-its sky-high rear wing making it stand out like a biplane amongst the other cars in the field. Here, a red Charger Daytona leads the pack. A few years back, Summit Racing welcomed a small reunion for Mopar’s famous “Wing” cars.
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