The 1st Daytona 500 (1959)
I am attempting to model all 59 cars (17 different bodies) that ran in the first Daytona 500. Authenticity of each car is what I'm after. I've gathered all the photos/movie clips I could find and organized them in the grid below. If the status is listed as 'complete' .. I have all the info I need. Otherwise .. you can click on the 'Status' link to see what I have so far. Please email me at mev@tjets.com with any info that can help me complete each car. As an incentive .. I will pay $5 for a photo/info that helps complete a car (paid through paypal only) -or- get a $10 credit towards any product on my www.tjets.com site. Please note that if multiple info comes in for a car .. only the first photo/info will get paid/credited.
| # | Driver | Sponsor / Owner | Car | Type | Status |
| 1 | Speedy Thompson | Steve Pierce | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Need sharp B/W photo |
| 2 | Jimmy Thompson | Bruce Thompson | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Need color info |
| 3 | Fireball Roberts | Jim Stephens | '59 Pontiac | Hardtop | Complete |
| 4 | Rex White | Idewild Homes | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 6 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson | '58 Pontiac | Hardtop | Complete |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 8 | Johnny Allen | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete | |
| 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 10 | Elmo Langley | Ratus Walters | '57 Ford | Hardtop | Need better photo |
| 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding | '57 Ford | Hardtop | Complete |
| 14 | Ken Rush | Manley Britt | '57 Mercury | Conv | Complete |
| 15 | Tim Flock | Beau Morgan | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 16 | Jim McGuirk | Happy Steigel | '59 Pontiac | Hardtop | Complete |
| 18 | Charley Griffith | Red Bank | '57 Pontiac | Hardtop | Complete |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Need better photo |
| 21 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers | '58 Ford | Conv | Complete |
| 24 | Bob Potter | Bob Potter | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 25 | Gene White | Gene White | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Complete |
| 29 | Dick Freeman | Dick Freeman | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 32 | Brownie King | Jess Potter | '58 Chevrolet | Conv | Complete |
| 33 | George Green | City Motors | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Need trunk photo |
| 36 | Pete Kelly | Pete Kelly | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Need all info |
| 37 | Eduardo Dibos | Peru | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 38 | Raul Cilloniz | Raul Cilloniz | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Need all info |
| 39 | Billy Carden | Davis Brothers | '57 Mercury | Conv | Complete |
| 41 | Curtis Turner | Delta Auto Sales | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Engineering | '59 Oldsmobile | Hardtop | Complete |
| 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Engineering | '57 Oldsmobile | Conv | Complete |
| 45 | Paul Bass | '58 Edsel | Conv | Complete | |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 48 | Joe Weatherly | E.C. Wilson | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 49 | Bob Welborn | W.J. Ridgeway | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 50 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Complete |
| 53 | Ken Johnson | Charles French | '57 Ford | Hardtop | Complete |
| 55 | Ben Benz | Bernard Friedland | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Need better photo |
| 59 | Tom Pistone | Rupert Safety Belt | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 64 | Fritz Wilson | Museum of Speed | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 66 | Dick Foley | Dick Foley | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Need better photo |
| 69 | Harold Smith | '59 Studebaker | Hardtop | Complete | |
| 71 | Dick Joslin | Dick Joslin | '57 Dodge | Hardtop | Complete |
| 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 73 | Johnny Beauchamp | Roy Burdick | '59 T-Bird | Hardtop | Complete |
| 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Need sharp B/W photo |
| 75 | Ken Marriott | Ken Marriott | '58 Ford | Conv? | Need better photo |
| 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | '58 Ford | Conv | Complete |
| 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Honest Charley | '57 Chevrolet | Conv | Complete |
| 79 | Larry Odo | Larry Odo | '57 Ford | Conv | Need color info |
| 80 | Bob Rose | Sam Arena | '57 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Need color info |
| 81 | Bernie Hentges | Bernie Hentges | '59 DeSoto | Hardtop | Complete |
| 82 | Joe Eubanks | Don Every | '58 Ford | Conv | Need better photo |
| 83 | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | '58 Ford | Hardtop | Need all info |
| 86 | Carl Tyler | Carl Tyler | '57 Ford | Hardtop | Need sharp B/W photo |
| 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 88 | Tiny Lund | Buck Baker | '59 Chevrolet | Hardtop | Complete |
| 89 | Bob Said | '58 Chevrolet | Conv | Need better photo | |
| 92 | Wilbur Rakestraw | B.J. Jones | '57 Ford | Conv | Need better photo |
| 95 | Bob Duell | Julian Buesink | '59 Ford | Hardtop | Complete |
| 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Vernon | '58 Ford | Conv | Complete |
| 99 | Shorty Rollins | Shorty's | '58 Ford | Conv | Complete |
