Before the Car of Tomorrow and huge driver salaries a bunch of old school drivers used to take their street cars with some motor mods and head to the speedway. Starting in 1903 the beach at Daytona became a favorite spot to see just how fast a car could go.
In 1955 'big Bill' France announce plans to build a 2.5 mile paved superspeedway at Daytona and in 1959 the first Daytona 500 was run.
In 1960 Daytona Superspeedway hosted this sportsman race. The then maximum of 68 cars entered into the race. Coming out of turn four 37 cars get into a massive wreck where at least six cars get on their roofs.
It's incredible that there were no serious injuries or fatalities in this incredible wreck.
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