Yes, they widened the track as well as repaved it. The first Daytona 500 will be February 20, 2011 at the new track.
This year the Daytona 500 is run in the month of Febuary. Most of the drivers that qualified were ready to go by the time the green flag dropped. The winner of the race this year was Bobby Allison.
Dale Sr. was killed at Daytona International Speedway, located in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Yes, the Daytona 500 is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The only driver who has done this was Mario AndrettiHe won the Indy 500 in 1969 He won the Daytona 500 in 1967 He become the WDC in Formula 1 in 1978
Mario Andretti. Mario won Daytona in 1967, Indy in 1969, and had 12 F1 victories between 1971-1978 and won the F1 drivers World Championship in 1978.
The 1998 Daytona 500 was held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mario Andretti won the 1967 Daytona 500.
You're not going to like this answer, although it's true. The best seats for the Daytona 500 are at whatever sports bar in town has the biggest television. Daytona International Speedway is so big a person who attends the race can only see about half of it, and it's cold outside. I love NASCAR but I wouldn't attend the Daytona 500 even with a free ticket.
Nascar handles race car accidents at the Daytona 500 the same way they do at every other track they go to. They will wave the caution flag, remove the cars that were involved in the accident and then clean the track off. Once the track is in racing condition, they will wave the green flag and the cars will start to race again.
The Daytona 500 was on FOX.
The race is 500 miles which is 200 laps (the track is 2.5 miles) and as far as time, it usually runs about 4 hours (give or take) depending on the amount and severity of cautions.