FLORIDA (USA)
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DAYTONA SPEEDWAY
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1953 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY IS BORN
By 1953 Bill France Senior decided it was time to build a modern speedway complex that would cater for the ever increasing speeds and large crowds that wanted to watch American Stock Car Racing.
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1954 - JOHNNY ROBERTS
Turn 5 Turn Around facebook Photo feature
1954 - Johnny Roberts on the sand at Daytona Beach. Photo: Brian Tidball collection.
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1955 - DAYTONA BEACH ROAD CIRCUIT
France began construction of the new 2.5mile Super Speedway in 1956 while the street and beach circuit continued to hold events.
1960 DAYTONA BEACH CIRCUIT LOCATION
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1958 DAYTONA SPEEDWEEK
With the closure of the Daytona Beach road circuit in 1958 and the opening of Daytona Speedway in 1959, racing in the form of distance and speed records over the standing quarter mile did continue on the beach only until 1961.
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1958 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY OPENSWith the closure of the road and beach circuit Daytona International opened on the 23rd of Febuary 1958, with the running of the first Daytona 500 the following year.
1959 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 500 22nd February 19591959 saw the running of the first Daytona 500 race on the 22nd of February 1959, this event was won by Lee Petty in an Oldsmobile from Johnny Beauchamp and Charlie Griffith in third, the race distance being two hundred laps.
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1967 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CONTINENTAL 24 HOUR RACE 3rd February 1967 |
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Old Motor Racing Photographs - Australia facebook Photo feature
3rd February 1967 - A very young Allan Moffat with the mark 1 Cortina that he ran in the 24 hour event. Photographer: unknown.
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1976 - JACK BLAND Nascar
Turn 5 Turn Around Photo feature
1976 - Jack Bland's Peter Babb owned number 41 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY 24 HOUR CHALLENGE 30th January 1982 |
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY UNC TWIN 125 11th February 1982
David Allio / Racing Photography Archives facebook Pictorial feature
11th February 1982 - The crews of the Bobby Allison number 88 DeGard Buick Regal and the Stirling Marlin number 41 Oldsmobile Cutlass push there cars through the garage area before the UNO Twin 125 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National qualifying event at Daytona. Photographer: David Allio.
11th February 1982 - Jim Sauter in the number 5 JD Stacy Racing Buick Regal, Rusty Wallace in the number 72 Buick Regal, Joe Millikan number 50 Pontiac Grand Prix, AJ Foyt number 51 Oldsmobile Cutlass, Carl Yarborough number 26 Buick Regal, Bobby Allison number 88 DiGard Buick Regal race off turn 4 in a UNO Twin 125 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National qualifying event at Daytona International Speedway. Photographer: David Allio.
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 500 14th February 1982 |
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 200 MOTORCYCLE CLASSIC 7th March 1982 |
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY SUMMER SPEED WEEK 4th July 1982 |
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1982 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY IMSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE 28th November 1982 |
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1992 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ROLEX AT DAYTONA 24 2nd February 1992 |
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1992 - GATORADE TWIN 125 Race 2 13th February 1992
David Allio / Racing Photography Archives Photo feature
13th February 1992 - Davey Allison in the number 28 Robert Yates Racing owned, Ford Thunderbird races Morgan Shepherd in the 21 Wood Brothers owned Ford Thunderbird. The race was the second of the Gatorade twin 125's, To determine the starting line up for the 34th annual Daytona 500. Photographer: David Allio.
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1992 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 500 16th February 1992 |
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1992 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY DAYTONA 200 8th March 1992 |
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1992 - DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY PEPSI 400 4th July 1992 |
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DAYTONA 500 HONOUR BOARD
195922nd January 1959200 laps |
1st Lee Petty2nd Johnny Beauchamp3rd Charley Griffith |
Oldsmobile?? |
196024th Febuary 1960200 laps |
1st Junior Johnson?? |
Chevrolet?? |