Year

1962-02

Video Details

01:45; B&W; sound; AA174; V-251; S828

Description

This short, narrated promotional film shows the 1962 Daytona 500 and its qualifying races. It shows spinouts and crashes by drivers Art Brady (#9), Tommy Irwin (#85), and Buck Baker (#87); footage filmed from within a racecar; pitstops by Joe Weatherly (#8) and Darel Dieringer (#39); and a win and victory celebration by Fireball Roberts (#22). This film was produced by the Florid Development Commission.

Corporate Creator

Florida Development Commission

Corporate Subject

Daytona 500

Geographic Subject

Daytona Beach

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Personal Subject

Roberts, "Fireball" (Edward Glenn), 1929-1964
Dieringer, Darel Eugene, Sr., 1926-1989
Baker, "Buck" (Elize Wylie, Sr.), 1919-2002
Irwin, Tommy, 1928-2010
Brady, Art (Arthur)
Weatherly, Joe (Joseph Herbert), 1922-1964

Subject

Daytona 500 (Automobile race)
Automobile racing
Stock Car Racing