I used to feel honored when the late Bill France, Senior used to ask me not to forget his invitation to our annual Speedweeks Wrangler Party at Daytona on Thursday night following the Twin Qualifying races for the Daytona 500.
Our party began in 1981 and we were very late to the game.
Check out this story from 1957 about "Official" Speedweeks parties with extensive coverage. Guess whose photo is featured at one of the biggest affairs? Of course, it's Curtis Turner!
The same page from the Febryary 17, 1957 Daytona Beach Morning Journal has a J.C. Penney ad featuring $5.99 curtains, a Goody's Shoe ad for $1.99 Dress Shoes and a local beauty salon ad that reads, "LONG LIVE BILL FRANCE!"
Check it out.
This is a pretty cool clipping from Google News Archives:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w54oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fcwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=646,2739928&dq=curtis+turner+new+smyrna&hl=en
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM