I noticed this photo because those flames and number look far too good to be on a 32 Vicky jalopy racer... turns out, they are. Von Dutch did them, and that is Parnelli Jones!
Ed Roth nose art and paint job on the Fred Larsen Bonneville racer in 1961, and he repainted it with a new theme in 1962
A half mile is 2640 feet. So a little more than that, actually Edit - The OP is right. 2900 HUNDRED feet. I wasn't using my reading skills.