Daytona 500

Pit crew member smoking cigarette, wiping rain from windshield of stock car in pits during rain delay, Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway / pit crew member's legs, white pants and brown shoes tip toeing through a puddle / stock cars in the pit alley, pre-race, after rain delay, pit crews standing around, just before the pace lap / AJ Foyt racing 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix stock car #02 past spectators / Petty Enterprises 1963 Plymouth Valiant #41 (Jim Hurtibise) and 1963 Chrysler 300 #47 (Jack Smith) stock cars racing past spectator stands / red emergency vehicle pickup truck and station wagon ambulance (meat wagon) driving through field / stock cars racing along stretch near turn one, passing spectator stands / Jim McGuirk spinning out in 1962 Pontiac #05 in pit alley / damaged stock cars following qualifying heat accidents; CUs damaged engine block / crowd in spectator stands / stock cars passing caution light, judge holding orange flag / 1963 Plymouth #41 (Jim Hurtibise), 1962 Pontiac #54 (Jimmy Pardue), and 1962 Pontiac (Reb Wickersham) #67 racing neck and neck along bowled stretch near turn three / damaged 1963 Dodge #6 (Dave Pearson) racing / stock car #83 spinning out, driving onto infield, driver walking away, tow truck hauling car / Junior Johnson racing Ray Fox 1963 Chevrolet stock car #3 along bowled stretch / stock cars racing along bowled stretch, approaching turn three / Richard Petty racing Plymouth Belvedere #43 and Nelson Stacy racing 1963 Ford #29 along bowled stretch, pack following behind / AJ Foyt racing 1963 Chevrolet #02, Fireball Roberts racing 1963 Pontiac #22 following behind / stock cars racing past spectator stands, hitting turn one / Roberts racing 1963 Pontiac #22 past. Daytona 500 on February 24, 1963 in Daytona, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)