Aerial view of the crowd for the first Daytona 500 in 1959 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Richard Petty - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Lee Roy Yarbrough #12 and Richard Petty #43 lead eventual winner Sam McQuagg #98 and Curtis Turner #13 - '66 Firecracker 400...
Date: 04/29/2009
1968 Firecracker 400 - Charlie Glozbach's Cotton Owens Dodge (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
The wrecked and burning Maserati that Marvin Panch was badly burned in while practicing for the '63 Daytona Continental...
Date: 04/30/2009
Bill Dennis in Junie Donleavey's Sportsman Ford (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Richie Evans passes Alan West on his way to winning the 1980 Modified 200 (Mike Feinberg Photo)
Date: 01/30/2009
1962 Firecracker 400 - Florida U.S. Senator George Smathers gets a close look at Bobby Johns' Pontiac (State Archives of Florida
Date: 12/04/2008
Cale Yarborough goes low to make a late race pass on Lee Roy Yarbrough to win the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
Fireball Roberts - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Engine Failure cut short David Pearson's run in the '67 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
1970 24 Hours - Winning Porsche 917 of Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen (Westerman Photo)
Date: 08/02/2008
Bobby Allison and Roger Penske with the Matador (bobbyallison.com)
Date: 12/03/2008
Banjo Mathews plays to the camera in 1962 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Ned Jarrett - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
1967 ARCA 200 - Andy Hampton #68 battles Iggy Katona #30...
Date: 04/30/2009
Johnny Beauchamp's Chevy after sailing over the wall with Lee Petty in 1961 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Buddy Baker with the Ray Fox Dodge - 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/30/2009
Race patch from 1974 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 09/02/2008
James Hylton in 1966
Date: 04/16/2008
Bobby Issac's car rolls out for the 1967 Firecracker 400 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Winning Ford Mark II P of Lloyd Ruby and Ken Miles - 1966 24 Hours...
Date: 05/15/2009
Sam McQuagg in victory lane after winning the 1966 Firecracker 400...
Date: 06/02/2009
Cars line up on pit road for final practice before the 1967 Daytona 500 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Cecil Gordon races with Dave Marcis in the 1974 Daytona 500 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Dale Earnhardt (2) and Neil Bonnett (21) battle to the checker in the 1979 Firecracker 400 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Leroy Yarbrough's 1965 Modified-Sportsman Pontiac (Bill Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Lee Roy Yarbrough swept the 1969 GN events...
Date: 05/14/2009
Larry Flynn - 1965
Date: 04/16/2008
David Rodgers in the 1982 Permatex 300 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
George Waltman drove to Daytona in this Morgan Plus 4 for the 1968 24 Hour race. He drove the entire race by himself..
Date: 11/11/2004
Bobby Allison's Chevelle - 1968 Firecracker 400 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Cale Yarborough hits the wall during the 1969 Daytona 500 (Philip Hoyt Photo)
Date: 05/14/2009
David Pearson - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
Fireball Roberts in the Holman-Moody Ford - 1964...
Date: 04/29/2009
1969 Firecracker 400 - Henley Gray in a little bit of trouble (Phil Whitlow Photo)
Date: 05/14/2009
Haskell Willingham's Ford after a Permatex 300 crash (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp race side by side in the late stages of the 1959 Daytona 500 (Associated Press Photo)
Date: 12/16/2008
Curtis Turner - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Start of the 1980 Daytona 500 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Tiny Lund (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Pappy Crane after a crash in 1960 (Duane Brown Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
What the outside of the track looked like back in 1967 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Banjo Matthews - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Jack Smith - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Bobby Allison with Mario Rossi's Dodge in 1968 (bobbyallison.com)
Date: 12/03/2008
Buddy Baker - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
Talk about brave... Flagman on the apron as the 1959 Sportsman-Modified race begins (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Lee Petty was seriously hurt in one of the 1961 qualifying races (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Emanuel Zervakis #85 and David Pearson #6 - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Hans Hermann on his way to victory in a Porsche 910 at the 1968 24 Hours (courtesy hanshermann.com)
Date: 11/20/2008
Fireball Roberts - 1962 Firecracker 400 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Earl Balmer - 1966
Date: 06/26/2007
Richard Petty with his 1959 Daytona 500 ride...
Date: 12/16/2008
Maynard Troyer speeds away from a spinning Gary Myers during the 1974 Permatex 300 (Howard O'Reilly Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
Rex White - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
The John Wyer Ford GT 40 of David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood - 1969 24 Hour race (Westerman Photo)
Date: 08/02/2008
Studebaker Modifieds of Red Farmer (top) in 1963, Rene Charland (middle) in 1962 and Ralph Smith (bottom) in 1963 (Walt Wimer)
Date: 04/01/2009
1960 Daytona 500 - Bill Lutz #44, David Pearson #67, Whitey Gerkin #63 and Larry Frank #76...
Date: 04/16/2008
Buck Baker - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
Jimmy Means - 1980 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Bobby Allison just before the start of the 1965 Firecracker 400 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 12/03/2008
1966 Modified-Sportsman race - Larry Frank (Bill Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
An early photo of Miami's Bobby Johns who made 141 NASCAR GN starts in his career... He then became a successful tire dealer...
Date: 04/16/2008
Bobby Allison's Chevy that he ran in the 1963 Modified-Sportsman race (Bobby 5X5 Day photo - Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Jack Duffy at Daytona in 1974 in a Coupe purchased from Buzzie Reutimann (Howard O'Reilly Photo)
Date: 04/01/2009
Richard Petty - 1980 Daytona 500 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Junior Johnson - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
Hoss Ellington's mangled Mercury after crashing in the '69 Firecracker 400 (Steve Smith Photo)
Date: 05/14/2009
Early 60s NASCAR bumper sticker (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 07/24/2008
Jimmy Helms - 1964 (Dr. John Craft Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Just part of the 37 car wreck in the 1960 Modified-Sportsman race...
Date: 04/16/2008
Bobby Allison at Daytona in 1966 driving for Betty Lilly (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 12/03/2008
1975 - Bruce Jacobi
Date: 12/26/2008
Short track star Freddy Fryar finished 3rd in the '67 Permatex 300...
Date: 06/09/2009
Larry Flynn of Holly Hill with the car he drove in the very first Modified-Sportsman race in 1959..
Date: 04/16/2008
Marion Cox was a fixture with his #50 cars at Daytona's Sportman races - He looks under the hood in 1964. Mutt Powell drove..
Date: 04/16/2008
Orlando's Mike Brockman poses before the 1970 24 hour race. He co-drove a Camaro with John Tremblay(Westerman Photo)
Date: 08/02/2008
Joe Weatherly - 1961
Date: 04/16/2008
1968 24 Hours - Winning Porsche 907 driven by Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Rolf Stommelen, Hans Hermann & Joe Buzzetta
Date: 05/15/2009
Pete Boland #63 and Johnny Beauchamp's cars after crashes in the '61 qualifiers (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Iggy Katona on his way to winning the 1974 ARCA 200 (Howard O'Reilly Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
Field lines up on pit road before the start of the 1963 Daytona 500 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Sonny Hutchins 1961 Junie Donleavy Ford just before the 1965 Modified-Sportsman race (Bill Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Dennis Bennett spins during the 1980 Sportsman 300 (Larry Riveland Photo)
Date: 01/30/2009
Fred Lorenzen - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
Paul Goldsmith spins in front of David Pearson and Tiny Lund during the 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/30/2009
Bobby Allison's first GN car at Daytona in 1961 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 12/03/2008
Ralph Latham in the Porter Lanigan Plymouth on his way to winning the ARCA 250...
Date: 03/17/2009
Paul Newman on the road course during the 1974 Modified race...
Date: 07/07/2009
The start of the 1960 Modified-Sportsman race (Clyde Mangum Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Maynard Troyer at the 1970 Daytona 500 before he rolled this car multiple times...
Date: 10/20/2007
Troyer's car sits near the infield after the wreck..
Date: 10/20/2007
Daytona Decal from 1961 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/25/2008
Iggy Katona - 1972 ARCA 200
Date: 04/29/2009
Start of the 1962 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
Richard Petty celebrates his historic 200th win at Daytona in July 1984...
Date: 06/02/2009
1964 Firecracker 400 - Jim Paschal leads Lee Roy Yarbrough and Buck Baker...
Date: 05/04/2009
Jerry Titus spins his Shelby Mustang during the 1968 24 Hour race. He still took first in his class...
Date: 04/30/2009
1981 Firecracker 400 - Neil Bonnett (Jim Jones Photo - Rodney Barnes Collection)
Date: 04/21/2009
Mario Andretti's Ford after a crash during the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
Orlando Sentinel story on Rick Knotts' death in a 1980 Twin 125 by Brian Schmitz...
Date: 01/29/2009
Several top cars took a beating during the 1968 24 Hour race...
Date: 05/27/2009
Bobby Johns in his 57 Chevy Modified makes a pass (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 05/06/2008
Earl Brooks had to be held at the catch fence after a wreck in the '68 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
Bill Elswick slides off turn four in the Rahmoc Buick during the '81 Firecracker as Lennie Pond passes (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Bobby Johns in 1966 in his '66 Chevelle (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 06/12/2008
The Howmet Turbine Car in the infield course during the 1968 24 Hours...
Date: 05/27/2009
1967 Permatex 300 - Joe Thurman #30 leads Paul Clark #67 and Bill Wimble #70...
Date: 04/30/2009
Jim Reed - 1962
Date: 04/16/2008
Jack Ingram (94) passes Rick Wilson on his way to winning the 1980 Sportsman 300 (Larry Riveland Photo)
Date: 01/30/2009
Miami-area driver Bob Davis ran a limited NASCAR GN schedule in 1973 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 06/30/2008
David Pearson (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Phil Hill in a Chaparral 2F leads the opening lap of the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bill Hess ran this '60 Ford Modified at Daytona in the M-S race in 1966 (Beetle Bailey Photo from Marty Little Collection)
Date: 07/24/2008
Speedweeks Ad from 1969...
Date: 08/02/2008
1970 24 Hours - This Porsche 911 lost a bout with an infield guard rail (Westerman Photo)
Date: 08/02/2008
1960 Daytona 500 - Junior Johnson passes Curtis Turner on his way to winning the race...
Date: 12/16/2008
Jim Vandiver
Date: 12/26/2008
1968 ARCA 300 - Huge crash involving Bobby Mausgrover and Gerry Wooland..
Date: 05/15/2009
Hans Hermann (R) consults with his co-driver before the 1966 Daytona Continental (courtesy hanshermann.com)
Date: 11/20/2008
1962 Firecracker 400 - Banjo Matthews leads Bobby Johns (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
1967 - Bobby Allison with his trusty 1966 Chevelle...
Date: 12/03/2008
Track Patch - 1960s (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 09/02/2008
Bobby Johns gets a little TV time in 1962 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Pace lap for the 1963 Daytona 500 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
The late Rodney Orr with his Winston Cup car (Don Bok Photo)
Date: 06/26/2008
Richard Petty slaps the wall during the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
Mike Swaim after winning the Goody's Dash race in 1998 (Hidaka-Gordon Photo)
Date: 06/08/2009
Start of the 1977 Daytona 500 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Darrell Waltrip takes the checker to win the 1989 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
The pit area before the 1962 Firecracker 400 (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
Grid for the '63 M-S race. On the pole Bobby Johns' '57 Chevy and outside LeRoy Yarbrough in a '53 Studebaker (Marty Little)
Date: 12/09/2008
1960 Daytona 500 - Cotton Owens finished 40th after transmission failure...
Date: 12/16/2008
Darrell Waltrip (48) and Jimmy Means (92) crash during the 1974 Permatex 300 (Rich Benyo Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
1961 Daytona 500 - Rex White leads Tim Flock...
Date: 06/26/2007
1980 Daytona 500 - Dave Marcis (State Archives of Florida)
Date: 12/04/2008
1961 Daytona 500 winner Marvin Panch with Smokey Yunick...
Date: 12/16/2008
David Pearson - 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/30/2009
1979 - Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison crash on the final lap handing the Daytona 500 to Richard Petty (Ric Feld Photo)
Date: 12/16/2008
The wreck led to the now famous infield fight between Allison and Yarborough (Ric Feld Photo)
Date: 12/16/2008
1987 was last Daytona 500 before the restrictor plate era. Bill Elliott qualified for the pole at 210.364 MPH. This still stands
Date: 12/16/2008
Dodges dominated the '64 Firecracker 400. Bobby Issac leads Buck Baker, David Pearson and eventual winner A.J. Foyt...
Date: 05/04/2009
Action from the 1960 Compact Car event... Richard Petty is #43 and Larry Frank #76...
Date: 12/16/2008
Cale Yarborough on his way to winning the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 12/16/2008
Richard Petty's spectacular crash on the 106th lap of the 1988 Daytona 500 spewed parts all over the front stretch...
Date: 06/02/2009
Elmo Langley (10) during the 1959 Daytona 500...
Date: 12/16/2008
Michael Waltrip - 1986 (Dick Berggren Photo)
Date: 06/08/2009
Junior Johnson had a big early lead in the '65 500, but crashed on the 28th lap when a right front tire blew...
Date: 06/09/2009
Mario Andretti in his Ferrari during the 1970 24 Hour race...
Date: 05/27/2009
Fireball Roberts poses with his 1962 Daytona 500 winning Pontiac...
Date: 12/16/2008
Benny Parsons crashed while leading the 1968 ARCA 300...
Date: 05/13/2009
Ricky Rudd - Busch Clash flip...
Date: 03/09/2011
Fireball Roberts leads Marvin Panch during the 1961 Daytona 500...
Date: 12/16/2008
1971 Daytona 500 - Dick Brooks drives the Mario Rossi Dodge Daytona under Pete Hamilton's Cotton Owens Plymouth...
Date: 01/06/2009
Joe Weatherly in 1963...
Date: 12/16/2008
1967 Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti...
Date: 04/30/2009
Fred Lorenzen battles Joe Weatherly during the 1960 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/26/2007
Curtis Turner driving Joie Chitwood's Camaro in the 1967 Paul Revere 250...
Date: 04/30/2009
1966 - David Pearson with the Cotton Owens Dodge Charger...
Date: 06/26/2007
Jacksonville's Jack Etheridge before the 1967 Permatex 300...
Date: 12/18/2008
Dick Hutcherson
Date: 03/24/2003
Grant Adcox
Date: 04/11/2007
1968 24 Hours - Nino Vaccarella's Alfa leads a Ford Mustang...
Date: 05/27/2009
Curtis Turner in Smokey Yunick's Chevelle - 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/30/2009
Richard Petty after winning the 1966 Daytona 500 while father, Lee, helps him celebrate with the family (Orlando Sentinel)
Date: 12/16/2008
1980 Mod 200 story from National Speed Sport News...
Date: 01/30/2009
1964 Dodge ride for Bobby Issac out of the Ray Nichels garage...
Date: 01/06/2009
Maynard Troyer in trouble during the 1980 Modified 200 (Henry Plesnarski Photo)
Date: 01/30/2009
David Pearson goes high to pass Darel Dieringer during the '67 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/15/2009
Mike Skinner - 1998 (Callahan Photo)
Date: 06/08/2009
Tiny Lund leads Bobby Allison during the 1966 Firecracker 400...
Date: 06/02/2009
Georgia's Talmadge Prince lost his life in a 1970 Daytona qualifier...
Date: 01/06/2009
Jack Shanklin flips his Dodge during the 1969 ARCA race...
Date: 01/09/2009
Red Farmer's ride for the 1962 Daytona 500. He finished 40th..
Date: 03/10/2009
Dan Gurney leads A.J. Foyt during the 1964 Continental 250 km...
Date: 05/13/2009
Don McTavish just before his final race in the 1969 Permatex 300...
Date: 01/13/2009
The remains of the McTavish Comet after hitting a cross-over gate and being hit by Sam Sommers' Ford...
Date: 01/13/2009
Sommers' car came to rest in turn one... Sam was shaken but not seriously hurt...
Date: 01/13/2009
Where MacTavish's car hit the end of the wall...
Date: 03/12/2010
The engine of MacTavish's car was completely ripped out of the car...
Date: 03/12/2010
What's left of Jack Shanklin's car after a big wreck and flip in the 1967 ARCA 200...
Date: 04/30/2009
Dave Marcis gives Delma Cowart a rear end full of radiator during the 1980 Sportsman 300 (Larry Riveland Photo)
Date: 01/30/2009
1967 Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti goes high to pass Jerry Grant #40 and Henley Gray #97...
Date: 05/15/2009
Friday Hassler - 1971
Date: 12/26/2008
Bill Kimmell's car rests on it's roof after a crash during the 1971 ARCA 300... At least the number was the same either way...
Date: 01/13/2009
John Anderson's car after his crash in 1982...
Date: 03/09/2011
1974 Daytona 500 - A pair of Dodges for Dick Brooks and Joe Frasson (Rich Benyo Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
Walt Hansgen in his Ford leads the Ferrari of Pedro Rodriguez during the 1966 24 Hour race...
Date: 05/15/2009
Dutch Hoag with the car he finished 2nd with in the 1969 Permatex 300 (Ray Masser Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
Don House Studebaker Modifieds driven in 1962 by Wally Dallenbach (top) and Joe Kelly (bottom) in 1963 (Walt Wimer Photos)
Date: 03/24/2009
Ralph Latham in his winning ARCA car...
Date: 03/17/2009
1966 - Paul Goldsmith with the Ray Nichel's Plymouth...
Date: 04/29/2009
1966 Permatex 300 winner Curtis Turner...
Date: 04/29/2009
Bill Slater #11 spins during the pace lap crash at the 1965 Modified-Sportsman race...
Date: 04/29/2009
Darrell Waltrip on his way to winning the 1984 Goody's 300...
Date: 06/08/2009
Donnie Allison limps down pit road after tagging the wall during the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
Jack Duffy (30) tangles with Paul Newman (0) on the opening lap of the 1974 Modified race (Rich Benyo Photo)
Date: 04/01/2009
The winning Ferrari from the 1967 24 Hour Race driven by Chris Amon and Lorenzo Bandini...
Date: 05/15/2009
Donnie Allison in 1967
Date: 03/02/2010
Buck Baker awaits a wrecker after a crash during the '66 Firecracker 400 as Bobby Allison passes...
Date: 04/29/2009
Cale Yarborough in Banjo Matthews' Ford - 1966 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/29/2009
Jack Smith's car at the 1962 Daytona 500 (Lee Gregory photo from the Marty Little collection)
Date: 04/22/2009
Fireball Roberts leads Dan Gurney - 1964 Daytona Continental...
Date: 04/29/2009
David Pearson drafts Buddy Baker during the 1967 Firecracker 400...
Date: 05/30/2009
1981 Firecracker 400 - Bobby Allison (Jim Jones Photo - Rodney Barnes Collection)
Date: 04/21/2009
Mario Andretti blows an engine during the '66 Firecracker 400...
Date: 04/29/2009
Plymouth Valiants lead the way in a 1961 Compact Car race...
Date: 04/29/2009
Sam Sommers - 1977
Date: 12/26/2008
Rex White in 1963...
Date: 04/29/2009
1967 ARCA 200 - Bill Kimmel #69 leads Jack Shanklin #9 and Shad Wheeler #4...
Date: 04/30/2009
The Howmet Turbine Car chases a Porsche 907 during the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona...
Date: 04/30/2009
1967 Daytona 500 - Sam McQuagg #15 and Dorus Wisecarver #41 sandwich Big John Sears #4...
Date: 04/30/2009
1974 - Walter Ballard
Date: 01/18/2007
1967 Permatex 300 with Paul Goldsmith #9 leading Hank Thomas #92 and Dr. Don Tarr #72..
Date: 04/30/2009
Daytona Silver Anniversary decal - 1983 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 07/24/2008
1968 Daytona 500 ride for Darel Dieringer...
Date: 04/30/2009
Dale Earnhardt took the Wrangler sponsorship to the Richard Childress operation for the 1984 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bobby Issac finished 19th in the 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 04/30/2009
'68 24 Hours of Daytona winning Porsche 907 had five different drivers...
Date: 04/30/2009
FL driver Billy Taylor dropped out of the 1967 Permatex 300 after his hood flew off, breaking the windshield (Kevin Ruic Photos)
Date: 04/30/2009
Crew checks over Fred Lorenzen's car after a '64 Firecracker 400 qualifier wreck with Paul Goldsmith...
Date: 05/04/2009
Goldsmith's car was also badly damaged in the wreck...
Date: 05/04/2009
Les Snow was fast qualifier for the 1967 ARCA 200 but blew an engine just two laps into the race...
Date: 04/30/2009
Cale Yarborough inches ahead of Mario Andretti - '67 Daytona 500
Date: 05/15/2009
The winning Ferrari at the 1964 Continental driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Phil Hill...
Date: 05/13/2009
Davey Allison takes his unsponsored #28 Ford under #35 Benny Parsons during a 1987 Twin 125-miler...
Date: 06/02/2009
David Pearson and Tiny Lund racing in the 1968 Daytona 500
Date: 05/13/2009
David Pearson leads Bobby Johns, Nelson Stacy, Fred Lorenzen and Larry Frank on his way to winning the 1961 Firecracker 250...
Date: 05/13/2009
1968 24 Hours - The Peter Gregg-Sten Axelsson driven Porsche 911 #59 took 9th overall and first in class...
Date: 05/27/2009
Eventual winner Andy Hampton goes high to pass Jim Clark and Dub Simpson during the 1968 ARCA 300...
Date: 05/13/2009
Johnny Rutherford spins the Yunick Chevy early in the 1963 Daytona 500.. He was fast qualifier for the race...
Date: 05/13/2009
Daytona's Bunkie Blackburn passes Red Farmer on his way to winning the 1968 Permatex 300...
Date: 05/13/2009
Jacksonville's Rod Eulenfeld #71 triggered this massive crash on the first lap of a 100-mile Qualifier in 1965...
Date: 05/15/2009
Richard Petty on his way to winning his first Daytona 500 in 1964...
Date: 05/13/2009
Bob Burdick #53 leads a pack of cars during the 1960 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
Marvin Panch was burned in this crash while practicing for the 1963 Daytona Continental...
Date: 05/13/2009
Kentucky's N.D. Copley poses before the 1973 ARCA 200...
Date: 12/23/2009
James Hylton awaits help after hitting the wall - '68 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/13/2009
1967 Daytona 500 - Neil Castles...
Date: 05/14/2009
'69 Daytona 500 - Bill Champion #10, Billy Taylor #53 and Cale Yarborough #21...
Date: 05/14/2009
Parnelli Jones with Bill Stroppe's Mercury in 1963...
Date: 05/15/2009
A NASCAR inspector checks out Sam McQuagg's Dodge Charger before practice for the '66 Firecracker. McQuagg won the race...
Date: 05/14/2009
Car owner Junior Johnson and crew ride to victory lane with Lee Roy Yarbrough after their win in the '69 Firecracker 400...
Date: 05/14/2009
Willy T. Ribbs in Will Cronkite's Ford - 1978...
Date: 06/02/2009
Ferraris swept the top spots in the 1967 Daytona 24 Hour race...
Date: 06/02/2009
Paul Goldsmith in a Pontiac at the 1961 Daytona 500 (Wayne Bryant Photo)
Date: 05/14/2009
Parnelli Jones leading Lloyd Ruby in the 1969 Citrus 250...
Date: 05/14/2009
Pete Hamilton leads Bugs Stevens during the 1967 Permatex 300...
Date: 05/14/2009
Richard Petty finished 8th in the 1968 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/14/2009
1964 Firecracker 400 Qualifying Race - Paul Goldsmith spins...
Date: 05/15/2009
1966 24 Hours - Ford Mark II P driven by Dan Gurney and Jerry Grant...
Date: 05/15/2009
Johnny Roberts crashes during the 1967 ARCA 300...
Date: 05/15/2009
1967 Daytona 500 - Fred Lorenzen leading Mario Andretti and Paul Goldsmith...
Date: 05/15/2009
Jimmy Pardue poses in 1964...
Date: 05/15/2009
1968 24 Hours - The Howmet Turbine driven by Ed Lowther, Jerry Thompson and Ray Heppenstal...
Date: 05/15/2009
Dick Hutcherson crashes during the 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/15/2009
Dale Earnhardt battles Alan Kulwicki in 1992...
Date: 06/02/2009
The Phil Hill-Mike Spence driven Chaparral makes a pit stop during the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona...
Date: 05/15/2009
1970 Daytona 500 - Bobby Issac leads David Pearson and eventual winner Pete Hamilton...
Date: 05/27/2009
Neil Bonnett's #12 Chevy dives down to the apron as Joe Ruttman's #26 Buick darts toward the wall in the 1986 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
Pete Hamilton drove this '63 Ford in the 1966 Permatex race...
Date: 05/27/2009
Ferrell Harris - 1982
Date: 03/09/2011
1970 24 Hour-winning John Wyer Porsche driven by Leo Kinnunen and Pedro Rodriguez...
Date: 05/27/2009
Bobby Allison raises his hand to let David Pearson know the caution has come out for rain during the 1967 Firecracker 400...
Date: 05/30/2009
Darrell Waltrip drove his Tide Chevrolet into the lead four laps from the finish and went on to win the 1989 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/26/2007
Ed Pieniazek during the 1974 Modified race...
Date: 07/07/2009
1966 Firecracker 400 - Buddy Baker #3 and Darel Dieringer #16 put a lap on J.D. McDuffie...
Date: 06/02/2009
Richard Petty at the first Daytona 500 in 1959...
Date: 05/30/2009
Frank Secrist's Studebaker Modified in 1962 (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 03/09/2011
The last-lap crash between Richard Petty and David Pearson in the 1976 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
...David Pearson guides his car across the start finish line to win the race...
Date: 06/02/2009
.. while Petty's car sits wrecked just short of the start-finish line...
Date: 06/02/2009
David Pearson stands in victory lane following the fantastic finish in the 1976 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
1962 Daytona 500 winner Fireball Roberts...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bobby Allison on his way to victory in the 1988 Daytona 500.
Date: 06/02/2009
Cars line up for the 1960 Daytona 500 - Cotton Owens #6 was the polesitter (Robert Petersen Photo)
Date: 06/02/2009
Pole-sitter Cale Yarborough jumps out to an early lead at the start of the 1984 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
A.J. Foyt before the 1963 Daytona 500 with a Ray Nichels Pontiac...
Date: 06/02/2009
Davey Allison took the lead in the final six laps and motored his Ford to victory in the 1989 Pepsi 400.
Date: 06/02/2009
Fred Lorenzen, in a self-owned #28 Ford, battles Joe Weatherly's #12 Holman-Moody Ford early in the 1960 Daytona 500..
Date: 06/26/2007
Greg Sacks' Chevrolet spins during the 1986 Firecracker 400...
Date: 06/02/2009
Janet Guthrie made history by starting in the 1977 Daytona 500, the first female driver to do so...
Date: 06/02/2009
Red Farmer 397 and Jerry Cook #70 wait out a rain delay during the 1969 permatex 300.
Date: 03/17/2010
Johnny Beauchamp after he thought he won the 1959 Daytona 500. Photos later showed Lee Petty had won..
Date: 06/02/2009
Mark Martin's Ford slides through the tri-oval area after a 55th-lap incident in the 1989 Pepsi 400...
Date: 06/02/2009
Sam McQuagg before the 1966 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
Part of the largest crash in NASCAR history on 2-13-60, just after the start of the 250-mile Modified-Sportsman race...
Date: 06/02/2009
Ned Jarrett in 1965...
Date: 06/02/2009
Terry Labonte in Billy Hagan's Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet in 1984...
Date: 06/02/2009
The Banjo Matthews Ford of A.J. Foyt gets a template check before the 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/02/2009
Fireball Roberts with Smokey Yunick's Pontiac in 1961...
Date: 06/02/2009
1984 Daytona 500 winner Cale Yarborough...
Date: 06/08/2009
Wendell Scott in 1963...
Date: 06/02/2009
Red Farmer - 1977
Date: 03/09/2011
1971 Firecracker 400 - Eventual winner Bobby Issac #71 puts a lap on Joe Frasson #18 and Bill Dennis #90...
Date: 06/08/2009
1984 Goody's 300 - Neil Bonnett leads Bobby Allison and Lake Speed...
Date: 06/08/2009
Joe Nemecheck in victory lane after winning the 1998 BGN race...
Date: 06/08/2009
Ricky Rudd's huge crash during the 1984 Busch Clash (Herb Dodge Photos)
Date: 06/08/2009
Maynard Troyer Modified from 1977...
Date: 03/09/2011
'67 Permatex 300 saw Billy Taylor lose a hood and subsequently, a windshield...
Date: 06/09/2009
1965 Daytona 500 - Junior Johnson #27 and eventual winner Fred Lorenzen #28...
Date: 06/09/2009
Bill Wimble with his ride for the 1962 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
G.C. Spencer #49 and Roy Mayne #46 get ready for the '67 Daytona 500.
Date: 03/02/2010
Dale Earnhardt after finally winning the Daytona 500 in 1998 (Chris O'Meara Photo)
Date: 06/09/2009
Buddy Baker blows an engine in the Ray Fox Dodge during the '67 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
Cale Yarborough - 1963
Date: 06/09/2009
1983 - Jody Ridley
Date: 03/09/2011
Harold Smith and crew check over his Studebaker before the start of the '59 Daytona 500. He finished 31st...
Date: 06/09/2009
Marvin Panch with the Wood Bros. Ford that Tiny Lund won the '63 500 with after Panch was injured in a practice crash...
Date: 06/09/2009
Joe Mihalic - 1977
Date: 03/09/2011
Fireball Roberts #22 wins the '63 Firecracker in a close finish with Fred Lorenzen #28 and Marvin Panch #21...
Date: 06/09/2009
Phil Hill behind the wheel of the Ferrari he shared with Pedro Rodriguez in winning the 1964 Continental...
Date: 06/09/2009
Derrike Cope scored an upset victory in the 1990 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
Cale Yarborough leads the '66 500. He had to settle for being runner-up as Richard Petty won the race by more than 2 laps...
Date: 06/09/2009
Parnelli Jones during a Feb. Trans-Am race in 1967...
Date: 06/09/2009
Fireball Roberts #22, Tiny Lund #0 and Junior Johnson #3 during the 1963 Firecracker...
Date: 06/09/2009
Richard Petty with his Ford - 1969
Date: 06/09/2009
The engine blows in Curtis Turner's Smokey Yunick Chevelle on lap 143 of the 1967 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/09/2009
Tiny Lund with his ride for the 1963 Firecracker 400...
Date: 06/09/2009
Billy Taylor and crew before the 1967 Permatex 300 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/2009
1962 Modified-Sportsman race - Jean Paul Cabana is driving the #5...
Date: 06/22/2009
Cecil Gordon - 1975
Date: 06/22/2009
Rene Charland prepares for an early Modified-Sportsman race...
Date: 06/22/2009
1975 Modified race - Gene Felton
Date: 06/22/2009
1965 Modified Sportsman race - Tiny Lund #87 passes Carl Burris...
Date: 06/22/2009
Indy Roadsters ran just once in 1960 - Inset photo shows Florida driver Jim Rathman...
Date: 06/22/2009
1970 - Charlie Glotzbach #99 and Fred Lorenzen #28
Date: 07/22/2010
1975 Firecracker 400 - Carl Adams #65 and J.D. McDuffie #70...
Date: 06/22/2009
Bob Park in the infield road course during one of the Friday Modified races...
Date: 06/25/2009
Jean Paul Cabana came from Canada in 1962...
Date: 06/22/2009
Ramo Stott's Plymouth ARCA car
Date: 06/19/2010
Tiny Lund passes Fred Lorenzen on his way to winning the 1963 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/22/2009
The KK Dodge Charger of Bobby Issac backs out of the stall getting ready for the 1968 Firecracker 400 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Richard Petty and Bobby Allison give Cale Yarbrough a hand at the '73 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/22/2009
David Sisco - 1975
Date: 06/22/2009
Cale Yarborough - 1967
Date: 06/25/2009
Ned Jarrett - 1963
Date: 06/25/2009
Modified-Sportsman get set to go on a very cold day in 1967...
Date: 06/25/2009
Ray Hendrick during one of the Friday Modified races....
Date: 07/02/2009
Curtis Crider's crew works on his car which finished 15th in the 1959 Modified-Sportsman race...
Date: 06/25/2009
Tom Pistone - 1961
Date: 06/25/2009
Tiny Lund after winning the 1963 Daytona 500...
Date: 06/25/2009
Lee Roy Yarborough - 1967
Date: 06/25/2009
Jerry Cook with an early '70s Permatex ride...
Date: 07/02/2009
1975 Firecracker 400 - Donnie Allison #88 and Cale Yarborough #11 pass Grant Adcox #41 (Howard O'Reilly Photo)
Date: 07/07/2009
Paul Radford at Daytona - Mid '70s
Date: 07/07/2009
Natz Peters' car after the qualifying race wreck in 1984...
Date: 07/07/2009
Johnny Rutherford on his roof in 1964...
Date: 07/14/2009
Ray Nichels with driver Paul Goldsmith and Ray Fox with driver Earl Balmer after winning the 1966 Twin 125's (Courtesy Ray Fox)
Date: 06/13/2011
Bill Amick rolled the Woods Bros. Ford prior to the '62 500... They had no back-up car, so skipped the race that year...
Date: 07/14/2009
Bobby Allison crashes the Miller High Life car...
Date: 07/14/2009
Cars line up for the 1969 Citrus 250...
Date: 07/14/2009
A very crowded pit area in 1962...
Date: 07/14/2009
Donnie Allison - 1968
Date: 07/14/2009
1959 Daytona 500
Date: 07/14/2009
Fireball Roberts - 1960
Date: 07/14/2009
Iggy Katona with his ARCA car
Date: 06/19/2010
Bobby Dotter escapes his burning car after a crash - 1985...
Date: 07/14/2009
Johnny Rutherford with Smokey Yunick's Chevy - 1963...
Date: 07/14/2009
Kyle Petty's ARCA-winning Dodge Magnum...
Date: 07/14/2009
Larry Hess with a Rambler Marlin in 1966...
Date: 07/14/2009
1982 Dick Brooks leading Ron Bouchard...
Date: 03/09/2011
In the pits 1963 - Tiny Lund #21, Johnny Rutherford #13 and Rex White #4...
Date: 07/14/2009
Merv Treivhler working on his Modified...
Date: 07/14/2009
Sam McQuagg in 1967 with the Bud Moore Comet Cyclone...
Date: 01/04/2009
Bill Kimmell before the ARCA 200 in 1970...
Date: 03/06/2010
This is how you got to Daytona back in the '60s...
Date: 07/14/2009
Johnny Bryant's Gremlin-bodied Modified in the pits...
Date: 07/22/2009
Bob Burcham gets ready for the Modified Sportsman race in 1963 (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 03/06/2010
1967 Daytona 500 - Curtis Turner #13, Fred Lorenzen #28 and Lee Roy Yarbrough #12
Date: 03/02/2010
Ken Ragan
Date: 03/06/2010
Al Straub - 1971
Date: 03/06/2010
Bosco Lowe ARCA ride in the early '80s...
Date: 03/06/2010
Dave Marcis - 1969
Date: 03/06/2010
1969 Daytona 500 action...
Date: 03/06/2010
Mario Andretti - 1968
Date: 03/06/2010
N.D. Copley - 1971
Date: 03/06/2010
Smokey Yunick outside his shop in Daytona Beach...
Date: 03/12/2010
ARCA driver Andy Hampton
Date: 03/12/2010
Dan Gurney - 1963
Date: 03/12/2010
Benny Parsons - 1968 ARCA race
Date: 03/12/2010
Fred Lorenzen - 1963
Date: 03/12/2010
Dick Trickle's Mercury on the trailer after a 3rd lap crash in the 1975 Daytona 500...
Date: 01/19/2011
Pontiac Tempest of Paul Goldsmith in 1961 from Road & Track Magazine
Date: 03/13/2010
Cars line up for the M-S race in 1963 - Note the football field still set up in the tri-oval...
Date: 03/13/2010
Delmar Clark crashes during an ARCA 200 race...
Date: 03/13/2010
Delma Cowart - Early 80s
Date: 10/21/2011
Don Yenko after winning the Citrus 250...
Date: 03/13/2010
Frank Warren's Dodge Magnum in 1979
Date: 03/15/2010
Darrell Waltrip's Terminal Transport Mercury
Date: 03/15/2010
Art Arfons' Green Monster during pre-race ceremonies in 1967...
Date: 03/15/2010
Travis Tiller
Date: 03/15/2010
Shot from outside the track in 1963... It sure looks a lot different now.
Date: 03/15/2010
1969 Permatex 300 - Red Farmer spins...
Date: 03/17/2010
Orlando's Vince Giamondo (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 02/03/2009
Dr. Don Tarr
Date: 04/03/2008
Talmadge Prince #78 races with Charlie Glotzbach #99 prior to the crash which took his life in one of the 1970 qualifying races.
Date: 07/22/2010
1969 - Donnie Allison in Banjo Matthew's Torino Cobra (Billy Barnwell Collection)
Date: 03/05/2008
Billie Harvey (Brian Norton Collection)
Date: 06/19/2008
Iggy Katona in victory lane after an ARCA 200 win
Date: 12/19/2009
Gordon Johncock drove the K&K Insurance Dodge in 1965
Date: 06/19/2010
Buck Newland
Date: 07/22/2010
Dick May
Date: 07/22/2010
Part of the big Modified-Sportsman crash in '60 - #74 is Dick Freeman, #26 is Jack McLaughlin and #10 is Carl Tyler...
Date: 07/29/2010
Johnny Banks
Date: 08/10/2010
Richie Evans
Date: 02/17/2010
Marty Robbins gets set for a Twin-125 (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 04/13/2012
Joe Holley hits the back stretch wall during the 1976 ARCA 200
Date: 08/10/2010
Dave Sorg of Ft. Wayne, IN - 1970
Date: 12/15/2010
Florida's Billy Taylor, who now lives in NC, ran this 1960 Ford in two Sportsman races (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/2008
Ricky Rudd flips during the 1984 Busch Clash...
Date: 08/27/2010
Dick Joslin poses with Ned McQuade's '39 Plymouth Modified in 1960. (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 09/03/2010
1989 - Dale Earnhardt's Busch GN car is taken to the pits following a practice crash...
Date: 09/08/2010
Ramo Stott - 1970
Date: 11/12/2010
RedFarmer's car after a huge crash in the 1975 Permatex 300...
Date: 01/19/2011
Red Farmer's car on the trailer after a crash in the 1975 Permatex 300...
Date: 01/19/2011
Leon Vanatta
Date: 11/12/2010
Buck Newland poses with the car he ran in the 1973 ARCA 200...
Date: 01/19/2011
Mike Duvall - 1978 Modified race
Date: 01/31/2011
1960 Daytona 500 - Bob Burdick leads this group in his Ford...
Date: 03/09/2011
1977 - Neil Bonnett
Date: 03/09/2011
This Ford GT-40 finished second in the 1966 Continental driven by Jerry Grant and Dan Gurney..
Date: 05/30/2009
1963 - Dan Gurney
Date: 06/09/2009
Red Farmer with his Modified ride in 1963 (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 03/09/2011
1979 - John Anderson
Date: 03/09/2011
Geoff Bodine with his Modified - 1977
Date: 03/09/2011
Tim Flock's T-Bird in the garage area - 1959
Date: 10/18/2009
Andy Hampton #2 on his way to winning the 1972 ARCA 200...
Date: 04/29/2009
1982 - Ron Bouchard
Date: 03/09/2011
Randy LaJoie crashes in one of the '84 Qualifiers...
Date: 03/09/2011
Freddy Fryar ready for the Modified-Sportsman race - 1963 (Walt Wimer Photo)
Date: 03/09/2011
Blackie Wangerin's car after a crash in the 1981 Twin 125's (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Ferrell Harris #69 passes Bob Schacht on his way to winning the 1983 ARCA 200...
Date: 03/23/2011
Fatal Rick Knotts crash - 1980 Twin 125 race (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 04/20/2011
Ray Fox with driver Junior Johnson after winning one of the twin 125's in 1964 (Courtesy Ray Fox)
Date: 06/13/2011
Ken Ragan
Date: 08/03/2011
Art Bennett's NASCAR career lasted all of one lap during a qualifying race in 1970.
Date: 10/19/2011
1966 - Richard Petty
Date: 08/05/2011
1977 Permatex 300 - Canadian Claude Aubin racing Jax, FL driver Terry Mock (Courtesy Smyle Media)
Date: 08/05/2011
Marvin Panch during one of the Compact Car events of the early 60s...
Date: 09/12/2011
Jack Ingram ready for the Permatex 300 in the mid 70s (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 09/13/2011
Deland's Danny Kelley secured some Central FL sponsors for his ARCA car but failed to qualify for the race in 1996...
Date: 09/29/2011
Delma Cowart - 1997
Date: 10/21/2011
Butch Lindley BGN car
Date: 11/18/2011
Rick Wilson #62 racing Neil Bonnett #21 (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 04/13/2012
Sam Sommers
Date: 11/18/2011
Natz Peters starts to spin during a Daytona 500 consy race that led to his huge crash...
Date: 11/18/2011
Salt Walther
Date: 11/18/2011
Ron Bouchard spins during one of the Modified 200 races in the late 70s...
Date: 11/18/2011
Joe Mihalic
Date: 11/18/2011
Marion Cox's Ford Fairmont in the garage prior to a Permatex race...
Date: 11/18/2011
D. K. Ulrich
Date: 11/18/2011
Miami's George Dalton ran this car in the 1984 Permatex 300...
Date: 11/18/2011
Joe Frasson with the ever-present hat...
Date: 11/18/2011
Randy Tissot gets set to go racing in his Tilitco Ent. Chevy in 1975. (Henry McKenzie Photo)
Date: 04/13/2012
Phil Finney
Date: 11/18/2011
Jimmy Crowe gets set for a qualifier - Try as he could, Crowe missed making the Daytona 500. (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 04/13/2012
Mark Martin drove Bud Reeder's Pontiac to a 14th place finish in the '81 Daytona LMS race (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 05/01/2012
Billie Harvey's car in the garage - February 1981 (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 05/01/2012
Orlando, FL driver David Rogers finished 9th in the LMS race in 1981 (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 05/15/2012
Mark Martin's ride for the 1986 Daytona 500...
Date: 05/15/2012
