Our Racings Heroes "Return to Daytona"
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Racings "Historic North Turn" restaurant hosts the
"Legends Beach Parade" each February during Speed Week at
Daytona Beach just prior to the Daytona 500 race.
The Racing Legends Parade is a celebration of the racing heroes that built the sport of Stock Car Racing. Participants drive the original Daytona race track southbound on A1A then hit the south turn and back up the beach to the North Turn. It a road trip down memory lane for all that participate and attend the event.
This Year, Bill Blair Jr., returned with his 1953 Olds Tribute Car
he built for his father to commemorate Bill Blair Sr. winning the Daytona Beach Race.
Bill also brought along his dad's 53' Daytona Winners Trophy.
The trophy had not been back to Daytona in 65 Years.
In this episode of "Our Racing Heroes" Bill re-traces his dad's win on the beach and reflects on what it was like to be present for the
Daytona Beach races before they were moved to the Daytona Super Speedway.
Bill also brought along a couple stowaways (his grandkids) in the back and his good friend, Todd Morris, to capture it all.
We dedicate this episode to Bill Blair Sr. and to all the other Pioneers
of Stock Car Racing that built this sport.
It was your passion and dedication to racing that carved out the history that we celebrate today.
You will always be
"Our Racing Heroes"
A special "Thank You" to
Rhonda and Walter Glasnak of "Racings North Turn"
and the Volunteers as well as the Daytona Community for
supporting and making this historic event possible.
#WellDone
Historical photos courtesy of the; Bill Blair, Ed Samples, David Sosebee and North Turn Collections.
When i was running my early Hemi on the Salt in Australia i was given an aluminium twin four barrel manifold for a 331 Hemi to suit twin Carter WCFB's.. it had a Bohnalite name cast into it,but a mopar Number # E-1530220,. Turns out it was made for one of the Flock Brothers cars to run at Daytona.
People look at these old cars and what seem to be very low speeds against what you see today but they forget that in the 30's, 40's and 50's, these were the same cars that people bought at their local dealerships. They weren't made for racing like the European and U.S. Indy cars. There were no big money teams and it was up to the drivers to do whatever they could to make their cars a little faster or better handling than the next guy's car. For all intents and purposes, the main component for winning in this era was the skill of the driver. This starting changing in the 1960's with big money from the factories and sponsors and by the 70's and 80's the cars being driven weren't even remotely what the average person bought at the dealership. Today's drivers are certainly skilled in their own way, but never think these older guys couldn't have competed today. In fact if they were still around they might dominate. 120 MPH in a 1950 mofel car on a mostly unimproved track is comparatively much faster than 200MPH in a purpose built race car on a super-speedway today.
Well Said!!!
My big brother took me to the dirt track in West Memphis Arkansas as a 7&8 year old back in 59 & 60. I’ll never forget the smell of gasoline exhaust, noise, and dirt a flying.
Thanks for preserving that piece of history, and thanks for sharing the video!
Man, this is awesome!
They cannot allow this to get tossed and forgotten...
I promise you that they will make sure everyone will remember. Daytona Beach racing is a part of history!
What an awesome era to be into cars imo, there wasnt a set formula to go fast like today, everyone had to have a good head on their shoulders if you wanted to go fast, now you just need a fat wallet on your shoulders boy how much time has changed.
My Grandfather Marion Edwards raced at Daytona and Palm Beach Speedway .