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October 3, 2003
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Daytona Beach, Florida
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1957
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J. Baylor Roberts
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"Unlike most Florida resort communities, Daytona Beach attracts more visitors in summer than in winter. Daytona bills itself as the world's speed center. The 23-mile [37.0-kilometer] strip of sand, so hard that cars can drive safely at surf's edge, has witnessed many automobile speed tests. Records up to 276 miles [444.2 kilometers] an hour were attained on the once sparsely settled strand. But rapid beachfront development has forced stock- and sports-car racing to the southern end."
—From "Slow Boat to Florida," National Geographic magazine, January 1958
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