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Indianapolis, IN driver Ray Atkinson drove his Dodge to a 7th place finish in the 1956 Convertible race (Courtesy Bill Skinner)
Date: 02/02/2016
Views: 515
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Lining up for time trial runs in 1957...
Date: 02/05/2016
Views: 412
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Dink Widenhouse's Modified in the pits near the South Turn circa 1957 (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 02/06/2016
Views: 700
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Jimmy Thompson leans against Marion Cox Modified Ford he drove in 1958 finishing 2nd (Mike Cox Collection)
Date: 02/09/2016
Views: 609
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Larry Odo's Chevy is abandoned after running off the Southy Turn in the '56 Convertible race...
Date: 02/16/2016
Views: 438
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Frankie Schneider and the Clark-Warwick Oldsmobile get set for GN racing in 1952...
Date: 02/16/2016
Views: 965
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Ed Samples kicks up some sand on the North Turn during the 1949 Modified race...
Date: 02/16/2016
Views: 632
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Betty Skelton behind the wheel of the 1956 Chevy Corvette Pace Car...
Date: 02/23/2016
Views: 379
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Gober Sosebee won the Modified race in 1950 and the Sportsman race in 1951...
Date: 02/23/2016
Views: 332
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Curtis Turner #14 and Dick Joslin #71 pass the wrecked car of Tommie Elliott during the 1954 Modified race...
Date: 02/24/2016
Views: 416
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Doug Yates' Chrysler is towed in after a wheel broke on lap 25 of the 1952 GN race...
Date: 02/25/2016
Views: 461
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Billy Myers #14w took second in the 1956 GN race driving a Mercury for Bill Stroppe...
Date: 02/27/2016
Views: 401
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Don Oldenberg making a qualifying run for the 1957 GN race driving Bob Osiecki's Plymouth - He finished 14th in the race...
Date: 03/01/2016
Views: 531
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Start of the 1955 Modified race (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 03/01/2016
Views: 487
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Paul Goldsmnith in Smokey Yunick's Chevy - Finished 24th in the 1957 GN race (Courtesy Scott Peterson)
Date: 03/12/2016
Views: 455
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Larry Frank leads Gene Blair and George Bumgardner during the 1956 Convertible race...
Date: 03/01/2016
Views: 598
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Before the races in 1947, the Mayor of Daytona Beach and Bill France present the 1946 NASCAR Championship trophy to Ed Samples..
Date: 03/16/2016
Views: 512
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1955 GN race - Herb Thomas in a Packard for the only time in his GN career - Engine troubles put him out after just 22 laps...
Date: 03/22/2016
Views: 474
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1957 Modified race - Florida drivers Marty Handshaw #237 and Phil Orr #114 battle with Maryland's Jimmy Mairs #0...
Date: 04/06/2016
Views: 393
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Curtis Turner drove for car owner Charlie Schwam in the 1956 GN race...
Date: 04/09/2016
Views: 360
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The Julian Buesink-owned Chrysler that was driven to a 10th place finish in the 1952 GN race by Lloyd Moore...
Date: 04/12/2016
Views: 412
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Ralph Moody's Ford #12 passes Pete Yow's #203 Buick on his way to finishing 3rd in the '56 GN race - Yow was scored 50th...
Date: 04/12/2016
Views: 480
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Bunk Moore #399 and Red Farmer hit the fence off turn two during the 1956 Modified race (Courtesy Red Farmer)
Date: 04/18/2016
Views: 511
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Dink Widenhouse of Concord, NC ran both Modifieds and NASCAR GN on the beach...
Date: 04/27/2016
Views: 569
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Fonty Flock driving for Bob Fish...
Date: 04/28/2016
Views: 557
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Al Stephens of West Palm Beach at the 1952 Modified race with his Plymouth-Powered Ford...
Date: 04/30/2016
Views: 446
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Dick Rathman driving the Pure Sensitized 1954 Hudson during the 1954 GN race - Car was owned by John Ditz - Finished 4th...
Date: 04/30/2016
Views: 521
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Modified race day in the early-1950s...
Date: 04/30/2016
Views: 432
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1952 GN race - Californian Dick Meyer broke a transmission late in the race but his Lincoln was still scored in 17th...
Date: 04/30/2016
Views: 403
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Joe Weatherly started on the pole in the 1956 Convertible race and led the first 5 laps before dropping out on lap 20...
Date: 05/10/2016
Views: 451
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This may be Johnny Roscoe in 1954...
Date: 05/14/2016
Views: 487
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Fonty Flock's 1939 Al Dykes's Ford lies in palmetto bushes after tumbling off the course during the Rayson Memorial race in 1948
Date: 05/17/2016
Views: 415
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