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Daytona International Speedway |
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Location: Daytona Beach, Fla.
Shape: Oval
Distance: 2.5-miles
Banking, Turns: 31 degrees
Front Straight: 3,800 feet
Banking, Tri-Oval: 18 degrees
Back Straight: 3,400 feet
Banking, Back Straight: 3 degrees
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| Robert Laberge/ALLSPORT |
| There's no way to describe the experience fans have at Daytona. |
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Daytona International Speedway has hosted the "Great American Race," the Daytona 500, and the "Mid-Summer Classic," the Pepsi 400, annually since 1959.
Each year the "World Center of Racing" hosts a two-week festival of speed known simply as Speedweeks. Every February, Speedweeks culminates with one the world's premier sporting events, the Daytona 500, the "crown jewel" of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
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Tickets:
 (904) 253-7223
Get Directions
Write:
Daytona International Speedway
PO Box 2801
Daytona Beach, FL 32120
Visit:
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Other Speedweeks' events include the premier races in many different types of racing disciplines and series. They include sports car racing's Rolex 24 At Daytona, NASCAR's all-star Bud Shootout At Daytona, the Gatorade 125-Mile Qualifying Races and the NASCAR Busch Series' NAPA Auto Parts 300, and the Daytona 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, new for 2000.
In July, one the sport's most anticipated NASCAR Winston Cup Series events takes center stage at Daytona, the nighttime running of the Pepsi 400.
Daytona International Speedway's grandstands have more than 165,000 permanent seats.
DAYTONA USA, "The Ultimate Motorsports Attraction," and the official attraction of NASCAR, is also located at the world-famous speedway and is open daily. Daytona Beach has an international airport adjacent to the speedway, and full visitor information is available through the Daytona Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau by calling (800) 854-1234.
Location: Four miles from the Atlantic Ocean in the city of Daytona Beach. It is just east of I-95 on U.S. 92 and approximately two miles from the eastern terminus of I-4. |
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RACE RECORDS |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series (500) |
B. Baker |
177.602 |
2/17/80 |
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Winston Cup
Series (400) |
B. Allison |
173.473 |
7/4/80 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
G. Bodine |
157.137 |
2/19/85 |
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Craftsman
Truck Series |
M. Wallace |
130.152 |
2/18/00 |
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QUALIFYING RECORDS |
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| NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Time |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series (500) |
B. Elliott |
210.364 |
42.783 |
2/9/87 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
T. Houston |
194.389 |
46.298 |
2/10/87 |
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Craftsman
Truck Series |
J. Ruttman |
187.563 |
47.984 |
2/16/00 |
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