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In 1940, Daytona Beach hosted stock car races on March 10 for 160 miles, won by Roy Hall in a '39 Ford, with Joe Littlejohn second and Cannonball Bob Baker third; on July 7 for 160 miles, won by Bill France in a '39 Buick, with Joe Littlejohn second and Smokey Purser third; on September 1 for 25.6 miles in the Ladies race, won by Evelyn Reed in a '40 Ford, with Virginia Atkins second and Margaret Treadwell third; and on September 2 for 105.6 miles, won by Buck Mathis in a '34 Ford, with Smokey Purser second and Joe Littlejohn third.
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