DAYTONA 500 THROUGH THE YEARS: 1961, Marvin Panch wins after Fireball Roberts blows engine & lead
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Video by NASCARAllOut / Use by Headline Surfer® / Pontiac was the dominant car for the 1961 running of the Daytona 500, and Marvin Panch who didn't even have a ride for the season, won the race as a last-minute driver behind the wheel of a year-old Pontiac for race car owner Smokey Yunick on the recommendation of fellow driver Fireball Roberts, who had the pole and led the most laps before blowing an engine in the closing laps.SPECIAL FEATURE: Headline Surfer® brings you a snapshot of every Daytona 500 race, from 1959 to the present. This segment: 1961...
DAYTONA BEACH -- Fireball Roberts led the most laps -- 170 -- but on lap 187, it was the driver he recommended team owner Smokey Yunick also sponsor for the Daytona 500 who passed him to go on and take the checkered flag after 13 laps out front.
It was the first 500 without a caution, though tensions were high going into the 500 with some big crashes and a fatal during Speedweeks.
Photos for Headline Surfer® by David Hartgrove of the Halifax River Audubon Society / Signs are posted on Dissapperaring Island alerting boaters to a rare species of bird nesting.
Photos for Headline Surfer® / Large crowds boad SunRail in DeBary while fares are free. As of Monday, fares will no longer be free to board SunRail. And VOTRAN buses, as shown in the inset, end free shuttle rides today from Deltona to DeBary.
Projects like the $400 million Daytona Rising renovation at Daytona International Speedway, home to signature races like the Daytona 500 and the Rolex 24 bring in tourists from around the globe. And a key ingredient is Daytona Beach International Airport.
WASHINGTON DC -- You'd better get the wax out of your ear and listen up.
PALM COAST -- Kelli Mason is the new assistant office manager at Palm Coast Chiropractic Center.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Sally Crank gave birth to her third child, Jamison Liam, on March 7, the newest of three boys. So one can just imagine the demands on her life as mother, spouse and holding down two part-time jobs. But she's not one to complain.
Photos for Headline Surfer® / John DeJesus, 27, a reputed member of the Latin Kings gang, a drug dealer and sex offender, shown at left, now stands accused of first-degree murder in the April 30 shooting death of 22-year-old Yoliz Marie Borrero, shown in the inset.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Southeast Volusia Historical Society annual picnic and Board of Directors installation will take place 5 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the New Smyrna Boat and Ski Club located on the North Causeway. Members are asked to bring a covered dish.