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∙ 2013-08-12 22:05:21The Daytona 500 is a 500 mile Nascar sprint cup series held nationally at the Daytona International Speedway in Floride. About 20 million spectators generally view the Nascar event on TV.
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∙ 2013-08-12 22:05:21Daytona 500 tickets can be purchased directly from Daytona Motor Speedway. They can also be purchased from NASCAR and other ticket event sales offices.
Daytona Beach, Florida... And, it is hosted at the Daytona International Speedway every February as the "main event" of Speedweeks. The Daytona 500 is also known as the Superbowl of Motorsports.
Depends on the race, during NASCAR events the NASCAR stock cars race, during the 24 hours at Daytona event different sports cars race.
You can drive your race car at Daytona International Speedway because reservations are not required except during special events and during NASCAR event weekends.
That would be the Daytona 500, which is called by some to be "The Superbowl of Stock Car Racing". It is Nascar's biggest event.
Lee Petty was the first Daytona 500 winner. Red Byron was the first NASCAR driver to win the Daytona Beach Road Course And the first NASCAR race was Charlotte Speedway, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Glenn Dunnaway was declared the winner, but a post-race inspection revealed that his car was fitted with illegal springs, causing NASCAR to disqualify him. Jim Roper was declared the official winner of the event.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Daytona 500 has seen its share of shocking races over the years, but nothing that has come before - and likely nothing that occurs here again - will ever quite match what happened to the 54th running of Nascar's premier Sprint Cup event.
The Tour De France. It attracts 20 million live spectators in total.
The event is generally 3 days. The actual race - 3.5 to 4 hours.
Nascar did this to not cause any conflicts with the NFL's Super Bowl. The NFL asked city officials to keep blocks of hotel rooms etc. open for Super Bowl weekend and the weekend after. Nascar didn't want their speedweeks to compete with an event such as this.
43 cars start the race for a NASCAR event.
Nascar did this to not cause any conflicts with the NFL's Super Bowl. The NFL asked city officials to keep blocks of hotel rooms etc. open for Super Bowl weekend and the weekend after. Nascar didn't want their speedweeks to compete with an event such as this.