There are some things you never expect to see on a racetrack, like a Volkswagen Type 2 bus that drives on its side, or a rolling confluence of internet memes and pyramid schemes. Or, for that matter, a VW-based dune buggy, which is more at home off-road than on a road course. Even so, that didn't stop a group of privateers from entering a dune buggy in the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona as a joke, only to qualify for the race and be granted permission to start. They would've made the green flag, too, had it not been for an unfortunate encounter with Porsche.
1970's Daytona 24 is most noted for being the debut race for the Ferrari 512 S, Maranello's counter to the Porsche 917K. The seriousness with which the two makes approached the race was matched only by the flippancy of Virginian Porsche and Volkswagen dealer Hugh Heishman, who entered a dune buggy into the race "as a novelty."
