Program, Tenth Annual Daytona 500, February 1968

THF146966 / Program, Tenth Annual Daytona 500, February 1968
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Artifact Overview

The Daytona 500 is the most important race on NASCAR's Cup Series schedule. Cale Yarborough won in 1968, racing for Wood Brothers in the #21 Mercury Cyclone and besting drivers like A.J. Foyt, Richard Petty, Wendell Scott, and Lee Roy Yarbrough. It was the first of four Daytona 500 victories in Yarborough's career.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Program (Document)

Date Made

1968

Subject Date

25 February 1968

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.6775

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in

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