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11. NASCAR’s measured mile, 1950s
NASCAR used this mile for stock car qualifying. Anybody could run most any type car through the course. Any driver averaging 100 mph on a two-way was certif
ie
d as part of the “Century Club.”
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| 12. Beach & Road Course, 1948-58: Stock cars and motorcycles raced on the 4.1 mile course. Which was two miles of asphalt and two miles beach with turns cut through the dunes at either end of the make shift racetrack. The North Turn Restaurant is located at the north turn of the old course. |
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| 13. Olds Hall: (
340 S. Ridgewood Ave.
,
Daytona Beach
) The hall was founded by Ransom E. Olds as a retirement home for ministers. A car built by Olds was involved in the first speed run on the beach in 1903. |
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14.
Orange Avenue
Fire Station at
Beach Street:
(downtown
Daytona Beach
) The fire department would sound an alarm heard city wide in the 1920s and 30s when a land speed was imminent. |
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15. Lloyd Buick- Cadillac:
(
354 N. Beach St
.
,
Daytona Beach
When William H.G. France first moved here from
Washington
,
D.C.
he took a job as a mechanic for owner Saxton Lloyd the dealership was known as Daytona Motors in the 1930s. When
France
built DIS, he named the man made lake in the middle of the
facility
Lake
Lloyd.
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16. Marshall Teague’s Pure Oil Gas Station:
(
500 N. Ballough Road
Daytona Beach
)Teague was one of
Daytona Beach
’s earl
ie
st stock–car racers. He won five NASCAR events in 1951 campaigning the “Fabulous” Hudson Hornet. Teague influenced the likes of Fireball Roberts and Ray Fox as young racers |
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17. National Guard Armory:
(
North Ballough Road
) A starting and inspection area For NASCAR in the 1950s. |
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18. Former site of the Fish Carburetor Garage and Ray Fox Engineering:
(land under the south span of the
S
eabreeze
Bridge
.
Daytona Beach
) Fox built the Chevrolet that won the 1960 Daytona 500. |
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19. Best Damn Garage in Town:
(
957 N. Beach St
.
,
Daytona Beach
) Smokey Yunick’s automotive Laboratory. The garage was recently demolished to make way for a new development. Yunick was a genius who built stock cars for NASCAR and entr
ie
s for the
Indianapolis
500. |
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20.
Daytona
Memorial Park:
(
Daytona
Memorial Park
Daytona Beach
) Formerly known as Bellevue Memorial Gardens. This cemetery is the final resting place of local racing greats Fireball Roberts and Marshall Teague |
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