Tim Flock crosses the start-finish line during one of the early races on the Daytona Beach-Road Course.
February 15, 1957: An aerial photo of action in the north turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course during the NASCAR Modified race.
Before the asphalt was laid, Bill France, Sr., and members of his NASCAR staff parked these cars on a turn of the under-construction Daytona...
February 26, 1955: An aerial view looking south of the 4.2-mile Daytona Beach-Road Course as the field of NASCAR Modified stock cars enters the north...
1950s: An aerial view of cars negotiating the north turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course during a mid-1950s NASCAR Cup race. After turning off the...
Lee Petty driver of the Oldsmobile poses in front of his car before the first 1959 Winston Cup Daytona 500 race at the Daytona International Speedway...
February 26, 1956: Cars turn south onto Highway A1A during the pace lap for the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Getting ready for...
February 14, 1953: A huge crowd estimated at 10,000 people looks on as the field prepares for the start of the NASCAR Modified race on the Daytona...
February 17, 1957: Cotton Owens takes the checkered flag in front of a huge crowd to win the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course driving...
February 10, 1952: Herb Thomas drove this Hudson Hornet to a second place finish in the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. The car was...
Although the Daytona Beach course in Daytona Florida was a temporary track built on the beach and a stretch of public highway, Bill France, Sr., and...
February 21, 1958: The pace lap for the final NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race to be held on the 4.2-mile Beach-Road Course. Glen Wood starts from the...
Woman kisses racecar driver Tim Flock while Miss NASCAR congratulates him with a hug. Flock , who won the NASCAR Grand National championships in 1952...
Tim Flock won the '56 beach modified-sportsman race at Daytona. Also shown here are Joe Lee Johnson , Bunk Moore , Spud Murphy , Terry Flynn , and...
February 17, 1957: Jim Russell in a 1957 Ford leads Joe Lee Johnson's 1956 Dodge during the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona Beach & Road Course.
February 17, 1957: The field of cars head south down highway A1A as they line up behind the pace car prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup race on the...
Gober Sosebee at speed in his 1939 Ford on the way to winning the NASCAR Modified race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course.
Fireball Roberts won the first annual Firecracker 250 at Daytona. Shown here are Bennie Rakestraw , Larry Frank , George Alsobrooke , and Dick Foley .
February 1953: Steve McGrath of New Canaan, CT, with the Lincoln Special before speed trials for the NASCAR Speedway Division cars on the Daytona...
February 14, 1953: Things got very exciting exiting the North Turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course during the NASCAR Modified race.
Fonty Flock at the wheel of Frank ChristianÕs Air Lift Oldsmobile during the NASCAR Cup race at the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Flock went on to...
Blue Atlantic Ocean waves break on the shoreline as Grand National stock cars slam their way around the North Turn on Daytona's beach race course in...
February 14, 1953: The start of the NASCAR Modified race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Cotton Owens started from the pole position and went on to...
The site and location where it all began, the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach. Preliminary meetings for the formation of NASCAR were held here in...
February 21, 1954: Cars exit the south turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course during the NASCAR Cup race. Tim Flock in a 1954 Oldsmobile took the...
February 22, 1958: Marvin Panch in a 1957 Ford tries to hold off the 1958 Ford of Curtis Turner during the NASCAR Convertible Division race on the...
Photographer Jack Cansler set up this booth to sell pictures at the Daytona Beach Armory during Speed Weeks.
Curtis Turner kicks up some sand on his way to winning the NASCAR Convertible Series race at the Daytona Beach-Road Course.
Lee Petty in the Dodge car races along the beach as Junior Johnson in the Pontiac car spins out during the Daytona Beach and Road Course on February...
February 14, 1953: Abandoned cars litter the outside of the exit of the North Turn on the Daytona Beach-Road Course during the running of the NASCAR...
February 14, 1953: Fans are treated to some wild action during the running of the NASCAR Modified race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Some 10, 000...
Construction of the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1958 during the asphalt stages. The foresight of Bill France Sr. Is...
February 26, 1956: An airplane flies along the beach as a big crowd gathers while cars line up for the start of the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona...
Lee Petty driver of the Oldsmobile races to the line against Johnny Beauchamp driver of the Holman Moody Ford during the first 1959 Winston Cup...
Paul Goldsmith drove Smokey Yunick's '58 Pontiac to victory in the final NASCAR stock car race on the sands of Daytona Beach.
Dave Lundman in the Chevrolet car races around the beach during the Daytona Beach and Road Course on February 26, 1956 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Ralph Moody won the pole for the Modified-Sportsman race, which drew 12,500 spectators. Banjo Matthews won amid a fiery crash, which occurred on the...
Race scoring of the first Daytona 500 was handled by volunteers, placed in this hastily assembled area. Each worker kept track of his or her assigned...
After winning 160-mile stock car race in which he drove a 1957 Mercury to set a new record of 101.47 miles over a sand and asphalt course, Tim Flock...
Daytona 500: Closeup portrait of Tim Flock in his Chrysler during speed trials at Daytona Beach & Road Course. Cover Inset. Daytona Beach, FL...
February 16, 1957: Glen Wood of Stuart, VA, digs into the sand as he accelerates his 1956 Ford during the NASCAR Convertible Division race on the...
February 22, 1959: Cars are prepared along pit road for the start of the first Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race at the new Daytona International Speedway....
February 23, 1958: Phil Orr in a Ford mixes it up with the Pontiac of Fireball Roberts early in the running of the NASCAR Cup race on the Daytona...
Bobby Myers in the Chevrolet races past Junior Johnson in the Pontiac after Johnson spun out during the 1956 NASCAR Daytona Beach and Road Course...
Al Keller in the Chevrolet car races along the beach during the Daytona Beach and Road Course on February 26, 1956 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Joe Weatherly keeps his Ford in front of the Mercury of Billy Myers during the Convertible race on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Weatherly and Myers...
Miss NASCAR , name unknown, makes her appearance for Speed Week 1957. In the background are some of the tent concession stands.
Most Happy Fella. Daytona Beach, Fla.: Glenn "Fireball" Roberts appears to be jubilant after he had set a new national speed record in winning the...
February 1956: Herb Thomas of Olivia, NC, gets set for NASCAR Cup action on the Daytona Beach-Road Course with Smokey Yunick’s 1956 Chevrolet. Thomas...
Car owner and builder Henry “Smokey” Yunick tries out the driver’s seat of his 1957 Ford NASCAR Cup machine in his Daytona Beach shop, the “Best Damn...
February 27, 1955: Dick Joslin spins his No. 47 Buick in the south turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course, as Volney Schulze avoids him during the...
The remaining cars in a 100-mile modified and sports type stock car race at Daytona's speedway roar past the six entries involved in a chain reaction...
February 26, 1956: Jack Smith in a 1955 Ford leads the 1955 Buick of Tommy Thompson and Charlie Scott’s Kiekhaefer 1955 Chrysler during the NASCAR...
September 7, 1953: General view of a standing-room-only crowd looks on as the field lines up for the start of the Southern 500 NASCAR Cup race at...
Marshall Teague had the first factory-supported NASCAR racing effort, as the brand reigned 1952-54. Here on Daytona Beach in 1951, the local...
