You used to be able to drive on the beach in Daytona Beach.
A lot of folks would get stuck in the sand though. But there were plenty of the local “rednecks” in pickup trucks ready to bail them out, of course you’d have to buy them a six-pack.
“You used to be able to drive on the beach in Daytona Beach.”
Hah! During the old Beach/Road track races when NASCAR just got started, the race cars would get stuck in the sand coming into the North turn off the beach. The spectators lining the turn would rush out and push them free while other race cars sped right around them. Then on the South turn, off the road back onto the beach, if the driver took the turn a little too wide they’d end up in the water.
You still can. I drove out onto the beach a few weeks back from the Ormand beach side. It's open in various spots all the way to New Smyrna.
You can't drive from one end to the other. There are areas for people only and the inlet of course, but there are at least 6+ drivable beach access points from NSB thru Daytona to Ormond.
They use to run the Daytona 500 on the beach.
You can still drive on most of the Florida Beaches. The sand is firm enough.
When she was much younger, my wife would go out with her friends and watch people get stuck, and then they would use boards and shovels to get them out. No cash, but, some underage drinking was involved.