Daytona 1960's

Can anybody tell me where I can find photos of the Daytona track taken in the 60's. I especially need to know if there was a grandstand on the back stretch and if so, how big it was. buzz

No backstretch grandstand until 2 or 3 years ago. About the same time they lighted it. There's a really nice area behind the backstretch now which used to be a wasteland. Too bad you weren't home at noon EST today. Speedvision showed the 1960 race at Dayona on their "Victory Circle" series. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

Thanks for your answer. I'm actually in Australia, so, no speedvision. Do you know if there was even bleachers over on the back stretch? or was it similar to Pocono's backstretch, with trees and camp area? buzz

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> >Can anybody tell me where I can find photos of the Daytona track taken > >in the 60's. I especially need to know if there was a grandstand on the > >back stretch and if so, how big it was. > >buzz > No backstretch grandstand until 2 or 3 years ago. About the same time > they lighted it. There's a really nice area behind the backstretch > now which used to be a wasteland. Too bad you weren't home at noon > EST today. Speedvision showed the 1960 race at Dayona on their > "Victory Circle" series. > Regards, > Brett C. Cammack > That's Racing! Motorsports > Pompano Beach, FL

As I recall from the Speedvision shots, there were no bleachers, just sandy hills and brush. -- don "Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident... everything else is driver-error." > Thanks for your answer. I'm actually in Australia, so, no speedvision. Do > you know if there was even bleachers over on the back stretch? or was it > similar to Pocono's backstretch, with trees and camp area? > buzz > > >Can anybody tell me where I can find photos of the Daytona track taken > > >in the 60's. I especially need to know if there was a grandstand on the > > >back stretch and if so, how big it was. > > >buzz > > No backstretch grandstand until 2 or 3 years ago. About the same time > > they lighted it. There's a really nice area behind the backstretch > > now which used to be a wasteland. Too bad you weren't home at noon > > EST today. Speedvision showed the 1960 race at Dayona on their > > "Victory Circle" series. > > Regards, > > Brett C. Cammack > > That's Racing! Motorsports > > Pompano Beach, FL

Shame you can't snag it off satellite. Great channel. The area behind the back straight at Daytona abuts against the property of the Daytona municipal airport. The area was undeveloped until about five or less years ago. In the show I mentioned (1960), it really was an undeveloped wasteland with construction debris, an old semi-truck trailer or two, mounds of dirt, scrub brush, etc. There were never any backstretch bleachers or grandstands until a couple years ago when the backstretch area was finally developed. Now, there's a tremendous stretch of grandstands behind which is called something like "Superstretch Village", with small carnival rides, food vendors, and a larged paved area for showing cars, swap-meet vendor booths or whatever. My wife and I visited the new area one evening during the November "Turkey Run" where hot-rodders from all over the southeast congregate (and have for the last quarter century) in the Daytona infield. You cannot imagine just how many custom cars and hot rods can fit in there! There were thousands! Highly recommended... Personally, we love going there to race more than anything. 140 MPH on the highbanks in a 1st generation Mazda RX-7 is a HOOT! <g> Hope this helps. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

Buzz O'Dea <[email hidden]> wrote: >Thanks for your answer. I'm actually in Australia, so, no speedvision. Do >you know if there was even bleachers over on the back stretch? or was it >similar to Pocono's backstretch, with trees and camp area? I was there July 4, 1965. There was =nothing= on the backstretch but sand and scrub. I fourteen years old, in the infield, turning round, and round, and round... Saw a lot of interesting characters, and my all time hero driver: Mario Andretti.

thanks, chris. I've dumped the backstretch grandstand and replaced it with some trees. roy Chris Noto wrote:

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> Buzz O'Dea <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Thanks for your answer. I'm actually in Australia, so, no speedvision. Do > >you know if there was even bleachers over on the back stretch? or was it > >similar to Pocono's backstretch, with trees and camp area? > > I was there July 4, 1965. There was =nothing= on the backstretch but sand > and scrub. I fourteen years old, in the infield, turning round, and round, > and round... Saw a lot of interesting characters, and my all time hero > driver: Mario Andretti.