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1http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528181.jpgDaytona Beach, Florida, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
2http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528182.jpgFloyd Emde rests on his Indian motorcycle after winning the 1948 running of the Daytona 200. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
3http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528183.jpgA racer and his bike violently part company in March 1948. Quite often nothing but a narrow strip of sand separated riders from spectators when the Daytona races were in full swing. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
4http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528184.jpgSpectators line the beach during the 1948 Daytona races. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
5http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528192.jpgDaytona Beach, March 1948 <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
6http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000528193.jpgNorman Teleford (No. 161) streamlines himself during a motorcycle race at Daytona Beach, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
7http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893666.jpgLeg outstretched for balance, a rider steers his motorcycle across the sand during the Daytona 200, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
8http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893669.jpgThe checkered flag waves as Floyd Emde wins the 1948 Daytona 200. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
9http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893670.jpgFans watch the races at Daytona in 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
10http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893671.jpgLow on their bikes, two racers speed neck and neck across the sand during the Daytona 200. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
11http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893672.jpgTwo members of the South Florida Vagabonds motorcycle club drive on the beach during Daytona 200 weekend, Florida, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
12http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893673.jpgTwo-up at Daytona 1948 <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
13http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893674.jpgA woman helps adjust a neckerchief over the mouth and nose of a participant in the Daytona 200, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
14http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893675.jpgA racer takes a little nap on his Triumph. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
15http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893676.jpgBabe Gas <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
16http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893677.jpgOn matching full-size and miniature Indian motorcycles, a man and a boy ride along the beach, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 1948. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
17http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893678.jpgRacers line up prior to the 1948 Daytona 200. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
18http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893679.jpgRiders ready to race. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
19http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/000893681.jpgA young boy adjusts his helmet while seated astride a miniature Indian motorbike. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a> -
20http://media.heavy.com/gallery/daytona-1948/00528191.jpgA rider does unrehearsed acrobatics when his motorcycle upsets during the weekend's 100-mile race for amateurs. <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/" TARGET="_blank">Photograph by Joseph Scherschel - © Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images</a>
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