Buddy Elmore’s victory in the 1966 Daytona 200 is the stuff of legend. Last-minute fixes to his tuned-to-the-max race bike put him at the back of the grid in 46th place. Regardless, by lap 22 he had fought his way through the field and stayed in the lead to the finish, setting a record speed of 96.58mph.
Elmore’s victory was remarkable in many other ways: his 1966 racer looked surprisingly close to the street 500 except for a new cylinder head with dual
