Early American Motorsports History: Daytona Beach Photographic Archive of Ralph De Palma’s World Straightaway Records, 1919
Photographic archive documenting Ralph De Palma’s February 12–17, 1919 Daytona Beach straightaway record runs captures a pivotal episode in early American motorsports and post–World War I mechanical experimentation. De Palma, one of the most prominent drivers of the era, set world straightaway records in a Packard race car powered by.....




