Southern 500 (Archive of program and ephemera from the 1959 Southern 500)
- N.p.: N.p., 1959
N.p.: N.p., 1959. Vintage program and archive of assorted ephemera from the 1959 Southern 500, held at the Darlington Raceway, in Darlington, South Carolina on September 7, 1959. An enthusiastic spectator's archive of the marquee NASCAR event held at NASCAR's "oldest superspeedway race" during its Tenth Anniversary, which has since become a Labor Day institution in the South.
The substantial archive of ephemera from the 1959 Southern 500 includes: The 88 page Souvenir Program. A tri-fold ticket order form mailer for the Rebel 300 and the Southern 500 with grandstand map. A ticket stub from the event. A flyer of the "Race Qualifiers" on the recto with the "Starting Order Of Cars" on the verso (with an attached newspaper clipping of the event's winners). A souvenir Confederate flag with "Southern 500" printed on one side. A jumbo color post-card of the then-named Darlington International Raceway viewed from above. A color post-card and four 3.5 inch vernacular black and white photographs of the Bennettsville Motel and Brandin' Iron Restaurant, where the compiler of the material appears to have stayed for the event. And a dozen contemporary newspaper clippings from before and after the event.
The 1959 Southern 500 was the tenth running of the race held at the then-named Darlington International Raceway on September 7. A legendary NASCAR racetrack, and one of NASCAR's Crown Jewels, Darlington has been nicknamed as "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough To Tame" by NASCAR enthusiasts because of it's long, unique, somewhat egg-shaped course with uniquely different banks at the track's first two turns from the track's last two turns, giving the track a storied reputation for being unforgiving and unpredictable.
The race lasted for four hours and twenty-eight minutes with Jim Reed defeating Bob Burdick by more than two laps in a 1959 Chevrolet Impala, and featured Richard Petty (who finished fourth) and Buddy Baker's first superspeedway experience. Scenes from the race were used in the 1960 film "Thunder in Carolina," directed by Paul Helmick, and starring Rory Calhoun and Alan Hale, Jr.
Program. 8.5 x 11 inches, side-stapled. Near Fine overall.
Additional materials Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.
The substantial archive of ephemera from the 1959 Southern 500 includes: The 88 page Souvenir Program. A tri-fold ticket order form mailer for the Rebel 300 and the Southern 500 with grandstand map. A ticket stub from the event. A flyer of the "Race Qualifiers" on the recto with the "Starting Order Of Cars" on the verso (with an attached newspaper clipping of the event's winners). A souvenir Confederate flag with "Southern 500" printed on one side. A jumbo color post-card of the then-named Darlington International Raceway viewed from above. A color post-card and four 3.5 inch vernacular black and white photographs of the Bennettsville Motel and Brandin' Iron Restaurant, where the compiler of the material appears to have stayed for the event. And a dozen contemporary newspaper clippings from before and after the event.
The 1959 Southern 500 was the tenth running of the race held at the then-named Darlington International Raceway on September 7. A legendary NASCAR racetrack, and one of NASCAR's Crown Jewels, Darlington has been nicknamed as "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough To Tame" by NASCAR enthusiasts because of it's long, unique, somewhat egg-shaped course with uniquely different banks at the track's first two turns from the track's last two turns, giving the track a storied reputation for being unforgiving and unpredictable.
The race lasted for four hours and twenty-eight minutes with Jim Reed defeating Bob Burdick by more than two laps in a 1959 Chevrolet Impala, and featured Richard Petty (who finished fourth) and Buddy Baker's first superspeedway experience. Scenes from the race were used in the 1960 film "Thunder in Carolina," directed by Paul Helmick, and starring Rory Calhoun and Alan Hale, Jr.
Program. 8.5 x 11 inches, side-stapled. Near Fine overall.
Additional materials Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.