Warren is first photog to capture Squier-Hall

HALL OF FAME

  • Warren is first photog to capture Squier-Hall
    Warren is first photog to capture Squier-Hall
  • Long before instant replay, T. Taylor Warren’s famous photograph of the 1959 Daytona 500 finish helped determine the winner of the race.
    Long before instant replay, T. Taylor Warren’s famous photograph of the 1959 Daytona 500 finish helped determine the winner of the race.

    On Friday night at the Charlotte Convention Center, the NASCAR Hall of Fame honored the late T. Taylor Warren, who became the first photojournalist to receive the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence.

    Warren began photographing race cars at the Milwaukee Fairgrounds in 1948, and it was his finish-line photo of the 1959 Daytona 500 that helped decided the winner of the inaugural Great Ameri…