Daytona Plaques ( Hudson Wins ) Pictures

Matt1950
Matt1950 Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
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I just got back from Daytona and I thought I would a few pics of the Hudson Items I found on my visit.
The Plaques are located on the boardwalk just north of the pier and there is a plaque for each year commemorating the highlights.

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  • Matt1950
    Matt1950 Senior Contributor
    The Car was located outside the track by the turn four grandstands.

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  • Matt1950
    Matt1950 Senior Contributor
    Click on this to get to the picture folder link for better picture resolution.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Was that really a repro Herb Thomas car, or Jack Miller's original?
  • StillOutThere
    StillOutThere Expert Adviser
    Did you find anything to do with Daytona Speed Weeks which was run on the same beach stretch up through 1961? NASCAR seems to have forgotten about these races /records when you talk to their historians.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    1958 was the last race on the beach. 1959 was the first race at Daytona race track. I was there for both of them. Walt.
  • Lee ODell
    Lee ODell Senior Contributor
    Did you notice Tim Flocks win was disqualified because of installing a wooden roll bar in his car? I wonder if it was made of balsa wood to save weight.
    Lee O'Dell
  • 53jetman
    53jetman Senior Contributor
    Park - That was Jack Miller's original Herb Thomas car Jack takes it down every February.

    Jerry
  • StillOutThere
    StillOutThere Expert Adviser
    edited March 2012
    walts garage-53 wrote:
    1958 was the last race on the beach. 1959 was the first race at Daytona race track. I was there for both of them. Walt.

    The last Daytona Speed Week on the sand of the beach was 1961. Speed Week included events like Standing Mile and Flying Mile. Yes, the paved oval speedway opened in 1959 but the beach events continued through 1961.

    For example, here is Andy Granatelli in a 1960 Chrysler 300F obviously running on the Daytona sandy beach and this was after he bought the used race car from Chrysler, added dual Paxton superchargers and brought it back on February 18, 1961 to run a flying mile of 179.427 mph, the fastest time that was ever recorded by a stock bodied car at that venue.


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