This track is a 2.5 mile track. There was 250 laps to the race in any year.
How can 250 laps times 2.5 mi/lap = 500 miles The answer should be 200 laps
doing your calculations of 250x 2.5 mi /lap would gives a total distance of 625 miles.
You would have to change the name of the race to the daytona 625
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These are the 43 car numbers that were driven in the Daytona 500 on February 23, 2014:
The 2009 Daytona 500 was called off with 48 laps to go, due to rain. Matt Kenseth won the race, completing 152 laps of the scheduled 200.
46 cars started the race in 1964. It was won by Richard Petty driving a 1964 Plymouth. 20 cars finished the race. 26 crashed or had mechanical problems and did not finish.