Attending shows is always fun, and you never know what you might find among the entries. The Highlands Motoring Festival is a small show in the western North Carolina mountain town of Highlands. There were a number of very interesting automobiles in the show, including a ’39 Ford racecar that appeared, at first, much less impressive than the Porsche Indycar that had also been entered. That is, less impressive until you hear that black Ford coupe’s story.
“The World’s Most Famous Beach”
There is a single word that can be used when talking about “The World’s Most Famous Beach” – speed. That particular beach is, of course, Daytona Beach, in Florida. In his book, “High Speed and Low Tide,” Greg Fielden describes why the beach was attractive to those seeking speed: “At high tide, the surf swept the shoreline, softening the surface. As the Atlantic Ocean retreated at low tide, the sand dried and became a smooth natural speedway – some 200-feet wide and perhaps 20 miles long.” Ultimate speed is one way to measure engineering excellence, and the beach provided the stage for the test.
