The finish of the first Daytona 500 NASCAR race, held in 1959, was so close that the wrong person was initially declared the winner. Three days later, news photographs revealed the mistake, and the actual winner was crowned.

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Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

The naming of racehorses is governed in the U.S. by the Jockey Club. They have the difficult task of deciding which names are permissible and which are not. Names must be unique (unless they are deemed old enough to be used again—some famous names, like Seabiscuit, are off-limits forever), and in a