1959 Daytona 1000 Kilomita

Daytona 100 ya kasance tseren mota na USAC wanda aka gudanar a Daytona International Speedway a Daytona Beach, Florida a ranar Asabar 4 ga Afrilu, 1959. Ita ce tseren mota na Indy na farko kuma kawai da aka gudanar a kan manyan bankunan Daytona, kuma ta ga saurin gudu mai ban mamaki da "roadsters" na gaba suka juya. "Tseren ya kasance wani ɓangare na karshen mako mai kai uku wanda ke nuna tseren ga motocin gasar cin kofin USAC, Formula Libre, da tseren tseren motsa jiki na USAC-FIA.

Jim Rathmann ne ya lashe gasar Champ Car da Formula Libre. Koyaya, ƙarshen mako ya lalace saboda mummunan mutuwar George Amick, wanda aka kashe a hadari a ƙarshen tseren Champ Car. Mutuwar Amick ta zo kasa da watanni biyu bayan an kashe Marshall Teague a gwajin wani Indy roadster da aka gyara sosai a kan hanya. Duk da hasashen taron sama da 30,000 masu kallo don karshen mako,  yawan masu halarta ya kasance abin takaici. Tare da kimantawa kamar 7,000 zuwa 10,000 a cikin halartar Asabar,  an kuma ga taron a matsayin wanda bai yi nasara ba kuma ya rasa kudi.  A cikin mummunan yanayi, an yi la'akari da saurin saurin makantarwa da haɗari ga hanya, kuma motocin Indy ba za su sake tsere a kan Daytona International Speedway oval ba. Motocin wasanni, duk da haka, za su dawo kuma Daytona Continental daga baya ya zama taron shekara-shekara, wanda yanzu aka sani da 24 Hours of Daytona.

Construction on the Daytona International Speedway broke ground on November 25, 1957. NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. constructed the facility as a replacement for the Daytona Beach Road Course. He envisioned the track as having the steepest banking possible to allow the cars to reach high speeds and to give spectators the best view of the cars on track. The inaugural Daytona 500 was scheduled for February 22, 1959, and the race was to become the most prestigious stock car race in the county. The track was intended to not only be a showcase for stock cars, but was designed to host Championship Cars, sports cars, motorcycles, and closed-course speed record runs.

Duk da mummunan hadarin Marshall Teague, jami'an USAC sun yanke shawarar cewa ba lallai ba ne a dakatar da tseren mota na Afrilu. An sake gudanar da gwajin a ranar Alhamis 12 ga Fabrairu. Motoci biyu suna kan hanya da ake shirya, amma babu wanda ya dauki kowanne zagaye a ranar Alhamis. Mai mallakar mota Art Lathrope yana da mai ba da izini mai suna Kuzma / Offenhauser tare da direba Jim Rathmann. Sauran motar motar motar Nisonger / Chevrolet ce mallakar Bill Sadler, tare da direba Bob Said. USAC ba ta ba da izinin Said ya tuka a ranar Alhamis ba, har sai an gudanar da bincike kan tsaro.
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