|| *Comments on Beach & Road Course:* View the most recent comment <#11> | Post a comment <#post> 1. bduddy posted: 03.01.2010 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Not really a "road course" as currently known; it was 2 miles down the road, then turn around, 2 miles back up the beach, and repeat. I guess it's not "P" or "D" though... 2. Cooper posted: 03.27.2010 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Track was instrumental in the creation of NASCAR. Events were run between 1949 and 1958, in which NASCAR's new and most prestigious track was built "Daytona International Speedway". The location was very well known for many land speed records and other legendary events. The course started on the pavement of highway A1A (at 4511 South Atlantic Avenue, Ormand Beach. A restaurant named "Racing's North Turn" now stands at that location. It went south two miles parallel to the ocean on A1A (S. Atlantic Ave) to the end of the road, where the drivers accessed the beach at the the south turn at the Beach Street approach , returned two miles north on the sandy beach surface, and returned to A1A at the north turn. The lap length in early events was 3.2 miles, and it was lengthened to 4.2 miles in the late 1940s. 3. xxSHAKEnBAKE11 posted: 06.20.2011 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's referred to here as the "beach and road course" referring to how part of the track was on the road and part was on the beach. It wasn't being called a "road course" like Sonoma, Watkins Glen, etc. 4. NoLongerAnonymous posted: 06.17.2013 - 9:51 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Technically, it was a street course. 5. racefangurl posted: 01.26.2015 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A NASCAR street race sounds cool. 6. Anonymous posted: 12.24.2015 - 9:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Races were run on the beach starting in the middle 1930's. NASCAR ran modified races in 1948 and 1949 prior to the start of the strictly stock division 2/15/48 won by Red Byron 8/8/48 won by Fonty Flock 1/16/49 200 mile modified race won by Marshall Teague, followed by Speedy Thompson, Guy Waller, Bill Snowden and Fonty Flock. 7. RaceFanX posted: 08.21.2017 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back in the 1950s when races were held at this track the area was very rural but today this entire area is developed with a lot of beachfront businesses. Racing began here in 1936 but took a break from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II just like virtually every track in the United States. Once the war was won racing resumed again in 1946 and continued through 1958. 8. Andy U posted: 12.12.2018 - 9:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) take a lap: https://www.nascar.com/video/franchise/all-videos/explore-nascars-beginnings-lap-around-original-daytona-course/ 9. Andy U posted: 12.12.2018 - 9:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hard to say for sure but it looks like the north turn was at a bar called Racing's North Turn at 4511 S. Atlantic Ave, Ponce inlet FL. The south turn was at 4891 S. Atlantic. There is a beach access there now with a checkered pattern on the crossing. From videos (195 race) it looks like the S/F line was about two lots north of the south turn on the road. There is nothing there on Google Map street view to note this location...why? The North Turn is well noted and matches the 1958 map, plus there is a large structure that must be the stands. NOTE..A1A was straight at this time (58) and now just out of the turn to the road, the road itself has been moved away from the water. There is a line of parking lots and tennis courts where the road was. I wonder if the old road is still there in another use now. I have to say my best guess is that the S/F line was at the US Hwy 1 sign and fire hydrant about 50-75 yards north of the intersection. 10. TheDewCrew posted: 03.23.2020 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I know it's not real, but out of all the tracks on NASCAR Thunder 2004, this one was my 2nd favorite after Pocono. I never won at Daytona Beach. Once, I was leading on the last lap, when I overdrove 1/2, hit the wall, and Ricky Rudd slipped by me just enough to beat me. The one that got away 11. Canadianfan posted: 08.06.2020 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some photos of the track. The view from the North Turn looking South. The South Turn is well before the kink in the road. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/february-26-1955-an-aerial-view-looking-south-of-the-4-2-news-photo/157766300?adppopup=true A view from above looking North at the North Turn. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/1950s-an-aerial-view-of-cars-negotiating-the-north-turn-of-news-photo/108936580?adppopup=true Location of the Start/Finish Line which very close to the exit of the North Turn. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/february-17-1957-the-field-of-cars-head-south-down-highway-news-photo/143636920?adppopup=true The seldom seen South Turn. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/an-aerial-shot-of-the-cars-heading-onto-the-beach-from-the-news-photo/102660812 The entrance to the South Turn. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/february-27-1955-dick-joslin-spins-his-no-47-buick-in-the-news-photo/145021612?adppopup=true The exit of the South Turn. https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/february-21-1954-cars-exit-the-south-turn-of-the-daytona-news-photo/166166523?adppopup=true ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. 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