We unearthed this radical ancient video
of Modified jalopies whooping
it up on the Daytona Beach circle track in the late ’40s or early ’50s. These guys really thrashed the
cars, almost to the point of complete destruction. Hang on for the end
of the video to see things get really out of control. It’s obvious that
these racers knew that a fresh race car was just 10 or 20 bucks away at
the nearest wrecking yard. Yeah, the old-school oval-trackers were
every bit as neat as the early drag machinery, and this video prooves
why.
When the cars start flying out of control in the end quarter of the video, pay attention to how well they seem to handle flying through the air and landing roof down. Granted, they are landing on sand for the most part, but we’d have expected lots more pancaking of roofs. Maybe those threaded pipe roll bars really work!
