Milt Marion had to receive special permission to run his car without certain gaskets in the 240-mile AAA modified beach race. The goal was to test...
Milt Marion was one of the first stock car racers to have sponsorship. Mechanic on his '36 Ford was none other than Bill France, who also competed in...
Group of street cars gather through a turn on the beach-road course as a publicity photo a few days prior to the AAA race.
Milt Marion, who had to be towed out of the sand at least five times, was declared the winner in the '36 beach modified race, which was all but...
The first organized race on Daytona Beach for stock cars was in 1936, sanctioned by AAA, prior to NASCAR being formed.
Early-1930s: Bill Cummings at the wheel of a Cummins diesel-powered car on Daytona Beach. Not only did Cummings compete in speed runs on the beach,...
March 8, 1936: Sam Collier drove this Willys 77 to a seventh place finish in the first organized stock car race to be held on the Daytona Beach-Road...
March 1936: Major Goldie Gardner , Wild Bill Cummings and Doc McKenzie were three of the 27 competitors in the first organized stock car race to be...
March 1936: Driven by Doc McKenzie, this Buick pace car was used in a number of publicity shots preceding the first organized stock car race to be...
March 8, 1936: Bill Schindler of Middletown, NY, had the only Dodge in the field of cars that competed in the first organized stock car race on the...
March 8, 1936: A huge crowd was on hand to watch the first organized stock car race to be held on the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Despite the overflow...
March 8, 1936: With not many grandstands available, quite a few fans watched the first organized stock car race to be held on the Daytona Beach-Road...
