Beach racers
Subtitle: Daytona before NASCAR
By: Dick Punnett.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780813032603
Subjects: Automobile racing -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- History; Automobile racing -- Florida -- Ormond Beach -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: Auto racers discover a natural highway : first annual Ormond/Daytona Beach automobile races, March 26/28, 1903; title: Morgan silences the critics; title: The record cascade begins : second annual Ormond/Daytona Beach automobile races, January 28/February 1, 1904; title: Yankee ingenuity : two twin-engine cars surprise the world, third annual Ormond/Daytona Beach automobile races, January 24/31, 1905; title: The European invasion peaks : fourth annual Ormond/Daytona Beach automobile races, January 23/29, 1906; title: A motorcycle triumph : a steam car fizzle, fifth annual Ormond/Daytona Beach automobile races, January 21/25, 1907; title: Distance racing takes over : sixth annual Daytona Beach automobile races, March 3/6, 1908; title: A racing potpourri : seventh annual Daytona Beach automobile races, March 23/26, 1909; title: The man with the cigar steals the show : eighth annual Daytona Beach automobile races, March 16, 22/24, 1910.