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Jacket

Object number2014.68.4

Manufacturer R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Date1972-1980

OriginWinston-Salem, NC

MediumPolyester/Cotton/Metal/Plastic/Thread/Fabric

Credit LineGift of Don Gamble

DescriptionWhite jacket with red piping down center. Made of polyester and cotton.Dimensions27.5 x 21.5 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm)
InscriptionsEmbroidered patch over proper right breast with white border and red and black text "Winston / Cup Series / NASCAR« / GRAND NATIONAL DRIVERS"; in bottom left corner of patch is image of a racecar behind a black-and-white checkered flag.

Embroidered red text over proper left breast "Pearl" above printed red text "DAYTONA BEACH".

Embroidered patch on proper right upper arm with red border, white background, and yellow vertical text "DAYTONA".

Embroidered patch on proper left upper arm above the pocket has silver border, gray background and depicts in white, blue, silver, and red an outline of a speedway on the left and text on the right "1959-1983 / DAYTONA / INTERNATIONAL / SPEEDWAY / 25TH ANNIVERSARY".
MarksTwo white fabric tags inside collar at center:
Left tag has black text "R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company / Specialty Advertising Products / WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 27102".
Right tag has black text "65% Polyester / 35% Cotton / Machine Wash Warm / separately. Do not / bleach. Tumble dry / low. / RN 40207 / LARGE".

Metal zipper with ring has raised text on front and back "YKK".
Historical NotesFloyd "Butch" Overly and Pearl Overly built the Motordrome "70" Speedway in Smithton, Pennsylvania in 1972 and owned it until 1980.

Previous owner Pearl Overly

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