Big thanks to Cody for braving the Florida heat and almost losing his drone in the production of this video. Check him out here: th-cam.com/channels/vRQCXRprU0iYYRxrTPXr_A.html
Not gonna lie, on-location shoots are super hard for folk who make your style of content to get right, but between the audio mixing and getting a flow of talking outside of a studio, you absolutely nailed it.
Funnily enough, this has happened in F1. 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, first lap, a wave crashes into the harbour, flooding the Tabac corner, and half the field got wiped out in the wreck.
I agree, just a 50 lap exibition race for $1 million. (And just for a little extra spice, make it a "semi unlimited race." Spec chassis, no rules on motor, tires, brakes, areo... so on)
Was just there, the north turn restaurant was closed from the hurricane. We did go in the streamline and of course drove the beach, we even went up the lighthouse at Ponce inlet
That shot at 9:00 had me a little shocked at how close people dared to stand in those days. As a motorsport photographer I’m all for getting near the action but damn... (Edit: I know Group B was the same deal. Big rally fan here! Part of why this surprised me more is that they are pack racing at top speed. One bump or side tap and it’s over)
Group B Rally my friend. If you wanna see spectators getting way too close to the action that's by far the best example. Literally inches away in a lot of cases.
Spectators at Rally events during the Group B era used to try and touch the cars as they went by, a lot of mechanics said they found severed fingers in the grills and engine compartments.
@BlackWatchAmbush oh I’ve seen it many times. And to be honest I just had to build a reputation at my local tracks and events. I still haven’t gotten where I want to be yet, as I’d like to be full time for NASCAR or IndyCar. But it all takes time, patience, and practice
@BlackWatchAmbush initially yes I had to pay. But after building a relationship with drivers and staff you will eventually have friends there and typically people will want to see you out there shooting for them. In the drift community specifically I’ve noticed a lot of appreciation for media in general, and I’m sure that applies to other types of independent or small team racing. Many tracks and events have media applications for each event as well. If you have something to show or know people, they’ll usually start accepting you. And I don’t have much Fuji experience but I shoot Olympus Micro Four Thirds and it’s a perfect system for me. A decent telephoto lens is all you really need. I started out with an ancient Canon 5D with an 80 dollar zoom lens and just being out there let me improve a lot. (That and TH-cam guides on panning and capturing motion)
S1ap at his IRS audit: Yes, those 10 bottles of sunscreen were a business expense and this, th-cam.com/video/M7OQ8_kLPTI/w-d-xo.html, is the video that shows it.
It's so surreal watching these races from the 40s, 50s and early 60s. Dudes wore button shirts or t-shirts and a moped helmet sitting on a bench seat, smoked cigarettes and as the stories go, on occasion they even had a beer or two during the race
Just found your old/abandoned track videos. Gonna work my way through them all. You put so much work into these and I like your perspective as a true race fan. Fantastic work, much appreciated.
This is a really interesting channel. I've watched quite a few of your vids in the past few weeks and learned a lot. I don't watch NASCAR any more (the chase and the stages ruined it for me) but watching the old races is great and learnbing something new every time. Thanks man
Daytona Beach is a classic track, but the Superspeedway needed to be built. Had the track still exist today, the amount of safety standards that the track would break would be longer than all of the comments in the comment section combined.
not only that, good luck convincing the city council to do an event like this. There was a bike race that was proposed to them that would run in downtown Daytona Beach on the exact same area but the city government wouldn't budge.
Impressive quote at 8:16 -- "...but even then, the commerce of vice often comes with a heavy price, and is surrounded by the graves of so much lost potential."
Red Byron was NASCAR's first champion in 1948 when Modifieds were their only series. He was also their second champion in 1949 when he switched to the new pure stock division. Byron was also a decorated bomber aviator during world war two.
Slap is the premier nascar historian, as an Aussie who’s not massively into the sport, you’ve really peaked my interest in the sport and it’s history. I hope one day nascar recognise this and make you apart of the media team somehow. Keep doing what you do man, love the channel
Nascar may not be able to take the race to the beach, but I'd propose they take the beach to the race by covering Daytona's back stretch with sand giving the raceway a similar racing surface as drivers dealt with back when the beach race was a thing.
S1ap, ik it would be a hike for you, but I'd love for you to come to PA and do Nazareth speedway, the track (as well as the smaller dirt course) have so much history to it.
In later years something the motorcycle beach course had, that the cars didn't, were two places on the paved straight where 90 degree square corner "chicanes" were used to slow them down. The motorcycles were running the course faster than the cars!
I still need a history of the Truck Series. Why was it created, why are they trucks, and how are they different from other nascar series? As far as I can tell, nobody has told the story on TH-cam.
You loved the beach!!! haha. A racer...Big Bill...Joe Weatherly was the Yunick car. Don't forget the Flocks! Uber cool they still have checkered flags hanging. Great video Slapshoes.
This was a really great, really informative video. Also appreciate the song at the end, brought a big ol' smile on my face. I may not be the biggest NASCAR fan, but I can appreciate a well done video.
The turns were plowed & shaped with a bulldozer. They were loose compared to the hard-packed beach straight. Most of the early drivers were also moonshiners so they were well adapt to different & changing surfaces.
Thanks Tank Slapper, Been to the 500 several times, Yes, even the JPMJetdryer 500 that lasted past 2am... (My wife almost left that night)Spent time at the beach too, but couldn't find as much info as you had, I could get one fact or two from 'anybody' on the beach, but nothing nearly as comprehensive. As usual, thank you so much - Caio Caio
The first race in the late 1930s was held downtown Daytona with the paved part of the course running right down the main drag. Needless to say, it produced a massive sand storm and left "a ton" of sand to be shoveled up.
i was at the beach when i went to the 500 this year. The sand is really really hard, almost like concrete. It’s a really really great experience and i recommend if you find yourself out there
Paul Goldsmith is the undisputed master of the beach course. He is the only one to win races there on two wheels & four. In 1953 he won the 200 riding a factory-backed Harley (which Smokey had "played with"). In 1958 he won the very last beach race driving a Smokey Yunick Pontiac. The Grand National beach races were 40 laps, 160 miles.
![[HD] 1957 Daytona Beach Race 335 Mercurys, Supercharged Fords, Fuel Injected Chevrolets](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/84PbuAK3icQ/mqdefault.jpg)
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God I love this channel. It's good enough to where even people that aren't NASCAR fans can enjoy this 🙂🤘🏻
Return to NASCAR’s roots..... We had Bristol dirt.....future beach race? 🤔
Not gonna lie, on-location shoots are super hard for folk who make your style of content to get right, but between the audio mixing and getting a flow of talking outside of a studio, you absolutely nailed it.
@@hooters9800that would be awesome
Imagine a big wave crashing onto the backstretch and destroying half the field...
_Truly would be _*_THE TRACK IS WET_*_ moment_
Oh for petes sake
Yeah except its pretty easy to know the timing of tides.
Bernie Ecclestone's dream come true
Funnily enough, this has happened in F1. 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, first lap, a wave crashes into the harbour, flooding the Tabac corner, and half the field got wiped out in the wreck.
@@mandude03VideosYT What a way to start this event
You know how cool it would be if this was a fantasy track in the next NASCAR game
Nascar thunder 2004 had it
@@dylanhale7300 The NASCAR games from 2000 through 2006 were some of the best.
I wish they'd just remake those with present day physics.
@@dylanhale7300 Yeah there are some things from that game that they should bring back
It was in NASCAR Thunder 2003 but I think it was shorter version.
YES
Before NASCAR ever raced on _asphalt, concrete, other dirt, or even rain..._
We had *SAND.*
S A N D
S A N D
*S A N D*
*S. A. N. D.*
NASCAR raced on any surface, be it sand, dirt or asphalt; anywhere they could draw a finish line. 100 miles turned into 200. 200 into 500.
If I was the CEO of NASCAR, I would have a race on Daytona Beach on every 10th anniversary of the 1st NASCAR race here. We can afford it.
I agree, just a 50 lap exibition race for $1 million. (And just for a little extra spice, make it a "semi unlimited race." Spec chassis, no rules on motor, tires, brakes, areo... so on)
@@dylanhale7300 amazing idea bro
Good luck convincing the city though.
@@dylanhale7300 Or do what they did for the Dirt race, let them run that type of car here.
Run the Clash at the beach. Now that would be something
So glad everyone gets to finally see this, so fun to work on this with you! Can't wait to do another! ;)
Nice camerawork 👍
Cody, how did you find out about the cruise? I'd love to go to one
Was just there, the north turn restaurant was closed from the hurricane. We did go in the streamline and of course drove the beach, we even went up the lighthouse at Ponce inlet
That shot at 9:00 had me a little shocked at how close people dared to stand in those days. As a motorsport photographer I’m all for getting near the action but damn...
(Edit: I know Group B was the same deal. Big rally fan here! Part of why this surprised me more is that they are pack racing at top speed. One bump or side tap and it’s over)
Watch some old group B rally events, it makes this look almost tame
Group B Rally my friend. If you wanna see spectators getting way too close to the action that's by far the best example. Literally inches away in a lot of cases.
Spectators at Rally events during the Group B era used to try and touch the cars as they went by, a lot of mechanics said they found severed fingers in the grills and engine compartments.
@BlackWatchAmbush oh I’ve seen it many times. And to be honest I just had to build a reputation at my local tracks and events. I still haven’t gotten where I want to be yet, as I’d like to be full time for NASCAR or IndyCar. But it all takes time, patience, and practice
@BlackWatchAmbush initially yes I had to pay. But after building a relationship with drivers and staff you will eventually have friends there and typically people will want to see you out there shooting for them. In the drift community specifically I’ve noticed a lot of appreciation for media in general, and I’m sure that applies to other types of independent or small team racing. Many tracks and events have media applications for each event as well. If you have something to show or know people, they’ll usually start accepting you. And I don’t have much Fuji experience but I shoot Olympus Micro Four Thirds and it’s a perfect system for me. A decent telephoto lens is all you really need. I started out with an ancient Canon 5D with an 80 dollar zoom lens and just being out there let me improve a lot. (That and TH-cam guides on panning and capturing motion)
In Cars 3 there was the Fireball Beach based on obviously Daytona Beach, and named after obviously Fireball Roberts
This video brought to you by Slap writing his beach vacation off as a business expense.
Those were business margaritas. All 10 of them.
S1ap at his IRS audit: Yes, those 10 bottles of sunscreen were a business expense and this, th-cam.com/video/M7OQ8_kLPTI/w-d-xo.html, is the video that shows it.
Just like Curtis Turner woulda done it.
Back when the philosophy of racing was “if they die, they die”
Back when they had enough viewers to pay off the court
It's so surreal watching these races from the 40s, 50s and early 60s. Dudes wore button shirts or t-shirts and a moped helmet sitting on a bench seat, smoked cigarettes and as the stories go, on occasion they even had a beer or two during the race
@@TheRatic0n A beer or two would be fine. I can drink 5 shots of Jack Daniels and my BAC barely reaches .02.
This track should in the next NASCAR game as a DLC
YES
YES
Or right outta the box. Dlc breeds greed.
I do know that track was in an old NASCAR game made by EA Sports. I forgot which one though...
@@KayDizzelVids I know thunder 04 had it
F1 race, last night's Supercars races, Jimmy Broadbent upload, S1ap upload. Today is a good day.
yup
Not just S1ap. But S1ap on location 😭😭😂
"A guy named Bill France"
Never heard of him. :P
Have you heard of his drunken Grandson?
also don't forget Milt Marion won the first ever race in 1936 winning the 1700 Dollar prize while bill pocked 500 dollars finishing 5th
F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, AND S1apSh0es all in one weekend? You're too good to us
Look, Slap really wanted to make a visit to Daytona Beach and needed a reason
I'm so early s1apsh0es hasn't slapped someone yet
We need to stop this violent criminal
George Russel has though!
I'm surprised he hasn't slapped anyone else's shoes yet
Just found your old/abandoned track videos. Gonna work my way through them all. You put so much work into these and I like your perspective as a true race fan. Fantastic work, much appreciated.
I’m glad you pointed out the tracks beginnings as a Land Speed Record course. I didn’t know that until a few months ago. Great video!
I remember racing on the beach course in Nascar 2004. So cool.
S1ap uploads are the absolute best uploads.
The Daytona USA arcade game nostalgia there at the end was just (*chef’s kiss*).
Congratulations on hitting 100k S1ap🥳
14:33 Did anyone else see the #6 car, the Fabulous Hudson Hornet by any chance? 😃
Excellent catch.
@@LadyAnuB Thank you ☺️
I wanna see this return in NASCAR NXT
This is a really interesting channel. I've watched quite a few of your vids in the past few weeks and learned a lot. I don't watch NASCAR any more (the chase and the stages ruined it for me) but watching the old races is great and learnbing something new every time. Thanks man
"we know who designed the circuit"
God
Daytona Beach is a classic track, but the Superspeedway needed to be built. Had the track still exist today, the amount of safety standards that the track would break would be longer than all of the comments in the comment section combined.
not only that, good luck convincing the city council to do an event like this. There was a bike race that was proposed to them that would run in downtown Daytona Beach on the exact same area but the city government wouldn't budge.
Excellent work, loved the research and production. Look forward to the next one
Slap and I'm one of your patreon supporters thank you so much for your content. as a longtime Nascar fan it's greatly appreciate
I don't even watch NASCAR, i'm almost exclusively an F1 fan. But boy are your videos entertaining! I love them.
I lived in Daytona from 1981 to 86. This video definitely brought back good memories.
Impressive quote at 8:16 -- "...but even then, the commerce of vice often comes with a heavy price, and is surrounded by the graves of so much lost potential."
ending song brought such a big smile to my face
Had the pleasure of going down to a diner along the old turn in 2019. So much history there.
I remember I had NASCAR Thunder 2004 on the PC & I remember running races at the daytona beach track in the game. Man I miss playing it
Slap on the beach with the blinding bright light behind him is a definite metaphor of him as a devine saviour of motorsport brought to us
Awesome Vid! Peep the flying WV at 11:49
Red Byron was NASCAR's first champion in 1948 when Modifieds were their only series. He was also their second champion in 1949 when he switched to the new pure stock division. Byron was also a decorated bomber aviator during world war two.
DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAA aahhaa, the end made me grin so much.
Slap is the premier nascar historian, as an Aussie who’s not massively into the sport, you’ve really peaked my interest in the sport and it’s history. I hope one day nascar recognise this and make you apart of the media team somehow.
Keep doing what you do man, love the channel
Excellent. More detailed info. of the exact location than i've ever seen before.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nascar may not be able to take the race to the beach, but I'd propose they take the beach to the race by covering Daytona's back stretch with sand giving the raceway a similar racing surface as drivers dealt with back when the beach race was a thing.
Forget dirt at Bristol. THIS is the real vibe Nascar need to recreate!
S1ap, ik it would be a hike for you, but I'd love for you to come to PA and do Nazareth speedway, the track (as well as the smaller dirt course) have so much history to it.
In later years something the motorcycle beach course had, that the cars didn't, were two places on the paved straight where 90 degree square corner "chicanes" were used to slow them down. The motorcycles were running the course faster than the cars!
Loved racing on this track on NASCAR Thunder 2004
Awesome installment of S1ap on Location!
Where it all began for NASCAR... One of the most iconic tracks in NASCAR history.^^
Haven't watched your channel in a hot minute, but it looks like your presentation quality keeps getting better. Awesome job.
I still need a history of the Truck Series. Why was it created, why are they trucks, and how are they different from other nascar series? As far as I can tell, nobody has told the story on TH-cam.
Seconded
S1AP is bacc
NASCAR Thunder 2003
Nice work and packed with info. Thanks
Amazing video as always
YAY ANOTHER S1AP UPLOAD!
2:30 damn that is like what, 70 drivers on a track ? Wild.
Awesome !!! S1ap on raceday !!! Wooooooo !!!
Makes me wonder how well a modern half dirt oval would be received on the current NASCAR circuit
good luck convincing the city council to do this.
Really dig the production quality on this vid
You loved the beach!!! haha. A racer...Big Bill...Joe Weatherly was the Yunick car. Don't forget the Flocks! Uber cool they still have checkered flags hanging. Great video Slapshoes.
Surely this most inspiring story is a significant feather in the cap of The Great American Dream!
This was a really great, really informative video. Also appreciate the song at the end, brought a big ol' smile on my face. I may not be the biggest NASCAR fan, but I can appreciate a well done video.
Nascar went back to the dirt this year. This seems like the next logical step. 👀
No
Good luck convincing the city though.
Great video! Lots of cool information. Thank you.
I would love to see this track in a nascar video game as a mod like in NR2003
It was in both Nascar thunder 2003 and 2004
Good lord those cars racing right next to spectator's cars is insane @6:14
Excellent work as always, thank you
The turns were plowed & shaped with a bulldozer. They were loose compared to the hard-packed beach straight. Most of the early drivers were also moonshiners so they were well adapt to different & changing surfaces.
GG on 100K Slap
Loyd seay was good but don't forget about Roy Hall he was also good during that time as well in 1940 he was 19 gained fame as well
Never knew the Lloyd Seay story before. What a fascinating guy.
Awesome work as always, S1ap!
Thanks Tank Slapper,
Been to the 500 several times, Yes, even the JPMJetdryer 500 that lasted past 2am... (My wife almost left that night)Spent time at the beach too, but couldn't find as much info as you had, I could get one fact or two from 'anybody' on the beach, but nothing nearly as comprehensive. As usual, thank you so much - Caio Caio
To debut the Next Gen car, they should run it out there where it all began. Thank you for the history lesson S1ap.
People today: Look I can rally in my 200,000$ custom built purpose car, I’m talented.
Stock Car drivers in the early years: That’s cute.
They should put this on next year's cup schedule
ain't possible. The city council wouldn't budge on that.
Hey Slap, if you ever come to Kannapolis, let me know. I'm from there and can help you around town.
Love NASCAR & the Daytona race track !
The first race in the late 1930s was held downtown Daytona with the paved part of the course running right down the main drag. Needless to say, it produced a massive sand storm and left "a ton" of sand to be shoveled up.
Finally another s1ap on location
Bring it back, we had dirt at Bristol this year. Why not have the beach at Daytona next year?
I've been to that location to pay respects for the origin of it all. There is still a restaurant at the North Turn with a cool deck to eat on
I love your video dude! Why? I don't know particularly, but your view and take on all things NASCAR just resonates well with me.
Way cool man, keep up the quality content
15:39 what a great guy for doing that. 100% agree with that #. A real mvp, just like all the supporters of S1ap on Patreon.
Not a huge NASCAR fan but I enjoy history. Love your videos man!
Great video! 👍 love the channel
Those looked like class 10 buggies in the beginning and I thought ‘wtf is s1ap at the San Felipe 250?’
Love your videos slap!
Yes I’m a nerd and know almost everything about NASCAR but this still surprise me about it
this was the episode ive been waitin for!
Great video. I hope to go down there some day and check it out
i was at the beach when i went to the 500 this year. The sand is really really hard, almost like concrete. It’s a really really great experience and i recommend if you find yourself out there
NASCAR: You’ve heard of the Throwback Race, you’ve heard of the Bristol Dirt Race. Now, WE DO THEM BOTH!! IN DAYTONA!!!
Paul Goldsmith is the undisputed master of the beach course. He is the only one to win races there on two wheels & four. In 1953 he won the 200 riding a factory-backed Harley (which Smokey had "played with"). In 1958 he won the very last beach race driving a Smokey Yunick Pontiac. The Grand National beach races were 40 laps, 160 miles.
If Slap wants to have a fun day, he's going to drive his Hyundai
Daytona USA theme had me cracking up lol
You should do a video about the Myrtle Beach Speedway
done
SLAP IS BACK WAKE THE HOUSE UP