DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Daytona International Speedway — The World Center of Racing is known as the home of "The Great American Race" -- the Daytona 500. As the season-opening NASCAR Winston Cup event gains most of the attention, the huge 480-acre motor sports complex becomes full various schedule of racing. The Speedway hosts several events including civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo "shoots," production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training, in addition to 10 major weekends of racing activity. Daytona International Speedway is the biggest outdoor stadium in Florida and one of the largest in the United States with more 165,000 permanent seating arrangements. This versatile Speedway is a place where everyone desires to win in motor sports. Its location is ideal to organize various community activities. With a racing surface nearly 40 feet wide, Daytona International Speedway is located on nearly 500 acres of land, with Lake Lloyd in the infield.

 

HISTORY OF DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPPEDWAY

Since its inception in 1959, the Daytona International Speedway has gone through a long way. In the inaugural race at Daytona held on February 20, 1959, the winner was announced after three days. Lee Petty and John Beauchamp were so close to each other that photographs and film footage had been used to declare the winner. In the second event, on July 4, Glenn "Fireball" Roberts won the Pole and the checkers in the Firecracker 250. At least 8 drivers have been died at the speedway. Richard Petty is the 7 times winner of the Daytona 500. The most memorable victory in Nascar and the Daytona Speedway History was of Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 1998. He won in all points, qualifying races and other racing events. He has a total of 29 victories in the record books in 20 years.

 

The enthusiasts start coming before sunrise and stays there 24 hours a day through Monday. So, the Tuesday before the Daytona 500 begins, the gates are opened in their infield. The crowd becomes large that it takes about 2 to 3 hours after the race to get them out and get the highways fairly clear.  As France initiated the negotiations with city officials to build a state-of-the-art 2.5-mile high-banked speedway at the permanent racing facility in Daytona Beach, FL, reconstruction started in 1955. On Nov. 25, 1957, the project started to resurface the dirt road and completed on Feb. 22, 1959, when the first Daytona 500 held.

 

With more than 200,000 seating arrangements, the track became the size of the 5th largest city in Florida in population, on the day Daytona 500 held. In 1990 The Daytona Beach Racing District organized its first Spring Daytona Beach Car Show and Swap Meet with over 800 cars and known as the Speedway Spectacular till 1999. This event has transformed into second only to the Thanksgiving weekend Turkey Run, held at Daytona International Speedway. Over 3,000 collector cars and trucks were on display and for sale at the Spring Daytona Beach Car Show and Swap Meet, in 2001. Every year this event attracts a large variety of cars and trucks shows, ranging from classic cars to hot rods, where each entry gets a free 5x7 wooden base with a dash plate and a color photo of their vehicle.

 

Every year, Daytona International Speedway transforms into the World Center of Racing in three weekends of early February. The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the only round-the-clock continued of its kind held in North America followed by events leading up to the prestigious Daytona 500Action. As the records have fallen at Daytona, few manufacturers have risked through the heart of its history. Most travelers identify Daytona with Daytona International Speedway, which hosts to at least eight separate racing weekends including stock cars, motorcycles, and sports cars, every year.

 

The track was expanded to 400 miles in 1963 and in 1998, because of heavy smoke from the wildfires raged out of control all around the area, the first nighttime running of the Pepsi 400 was postponed until October. Cale Yarborough won 12 times for most poles at Daytona. Buddy Baker with five poles is the next closest driver. In 1979, on CBS, the first live telecast of the Daytona 500 held. In this race a fist fight broke out on national television, when Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough went spinning into the infield after taking the white flag. In 1998, the moment became the most touching when father and son, Bobby and Davey Allison, finished first and second in what would wind up being Bobby Allison's last year as a driver in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. The first lap of the AC sparked in July 1998.

 

TRACK INFORMATION

 

 

Source: Daytona International Speedway. Official Website NASCAR 2003

The home of the famous NASCAR Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway is a 2.5 mile speedway with a 3.81 mile track in the infield. The 6 turns in the infield section are mostly is used in the speedway. A high-speed chicane has been installed in the back straight to keep the speeds down. However, the speed will still be higher than most SCCA racers have normally experienced. A tri oval Daytona International Speedway has 31-degree banking in the turns, 18-degree banking in the tri oval and six-degree banking on the straight-aways, featuring a 3.56 mile asphalt road course (15 turns) and a temporary motor cross track.

 

SEATING ARRANGEMENTS AND DETAILING<

 

 

 

 

Source: Daytona International Speedway Official Website NASCAR 2003

Area Info: On International Speedway Boulevard (State Route 92) just east of Interstate 95 of Daytona Beach, Daytona International Speedway is located. Orlando is approximately 50 miles west off Interstate 4; St. Augustine and Jacksonville are approximately 50 miles north.

 

PRICING AND TICKETING INFORMATION

Section	Row	Price each
WINS-TWR	S-50	$225.00
WINS-TWR	S-48	$210.00
WINS-TWR	D-46	$210.00
2003 FALL CYCLE SCENE	Super Ticket	$35
2003 HSR/GRAND AM SUPER TICKET	Super Ticket	$60
Roberts	C 5	$285.00

 

PRICING REGULATION

Wheelchair Seating: Call us at the Ticket Office on (386) 253-7223, for Wheelchair seating during office working hours 9am to 9pm daily. You can also visit the office during walk-up hours 9am to 7pm

 

Will Call: Online tickets will be available within 10 days of the event and held for pickup at the Daytona International Speedway Ticket Office "Will Call" window.

 

All Sales Final - No Refunds - No Exchanges

 

Only Daytona International Speedway and/or the sanctioning body of the particular Event are authorized to change the date and time of the Event(s). All the buyers are requested to verify the dates and times of the Event(s) prior to travel or other arrangements in connection with the Event(s).