1966 Ford Galaxie Driven by Cale Yarborough in the Daytona 500, February 1966

Summary

Cale Yarborough finished second at the 1966 Daytona 500, behind Richard Petty. Yarborough drove the #27 1966 Ford Galaxie for the Holman-Moody racing team. The following season, Yarborough's Galaxie was acquired by Wendell Scott, who drove it under #34 through 1968. Scott, the first African American driver to compete in NASCAR full-time, stretched his limited budget with secondhand equipment.

Cale Yarborough finished second at the 1966 Daytona 500, behind Richard Petty. Yarborough drove the #27 1966 Ford Galaxie for the Holman-Moody racing team. The following season, Yarborough's Galaxie was acquired by Wendell Scott, who drove it under #34 through 1968. Scott, the first African American driver to compete in NASCAR full-time, stretched his limited budget with secondhand equipment.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

27 February 1966

Subject Date

27 February 1966

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.P.147050.56

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

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