I loved this video. I did not make it to Daytona until the mid 60s when they were no longer on the beach. One of the cooler parts of this video is when Cotton Owens made a pit stop and they poured water from a radiator bucket on the windshield and then Cotton turned the windshield wipers on to clear the windshield.
57 Plymouth with w Chrysler hemi did 161. somehin 1 way and 157 something on the return to take the top place.
Cotton Owens for the win in a # he ran for decades # 6..........but damn that Smoky's car # 3 was sure giving it hell.........thanks for posting !