Fireball Roberts, Smokey Yunick, Junior Johnson, etc

[Seldom Seen Slim]

60 years ago:

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/video-fireball-roberts-and-smokey-yunick-dominate-the-1962-daytona-500/?fbclid=IwAR3Mk0QT-cUOtfDgWuAqOq89UDCDuty3hsMgCo-bFINtjqqv3tcoilBSVUs

[MAYOMAN]

65 years ago they were running land speed records on the Beach at Daytona.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGObNSK82A4

Bill Norkett was a hot rod friend of mine in Chicago, raced his 1955 Ford Thunderbird and rolled it at 130 miles per hour.
He kept the wreck in his garage behind the house for many years.