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Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about 50 mi (80 km) north of Orlando. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500 , the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event.
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layout, a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course that uses most of the tri-oval plus an infield road course.
The 24 Hours of Daytona was the first of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races by IMSA, and the first of five races of the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). [3] The race took place at the 12-turn 3.560-mile (5.729 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida from January 25 to 26. [3]
The course started on the pavement of highway A1A (at 4511 South Atlantic Avenue, Ponce Inlet A restaurant named "Racing's North Turn" now stands at that location. It went south 2 mi (3.2 km) parallel to the ocean on A1A (S. Atlantic Ave) to the end of the road, where the drivers accessed the beach at the south turn at the Beach Street approach , returned 2 miles (3.2 km) north on the sandy ...
The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three held in Florida, with the annual fall showdown Straight Talk Wireless 400 being held at Homestead south of Miami.
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .50 miles (0.80 km) Flat cross Seekonk Speedway: Seekonk: Massachusetts: 1946 Asphalt 0.30 miles Anderson Speedway: Anderson: Indiana: Asphalt National Crown is the nation's oldest continuously run stock car race, and this event even pre-dates the legendary Daytona 500. High bank Slinger Speedway: Slinger ...
The Daytona 200 is an annual motorcycle road racing competition held in early spring at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [1] The 200-mile (320 km) race was founded in 1937 when it was sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). [ 2 ]
View of cars racing on the front stretch at the 2024 Daytona 500. Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. [6] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. [7]