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0:20.129 (Nate Monteith, Monteith Racing, 2013, Whelen All-American Series) Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about 50 mi (80 km) north of Orlando. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event.
The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole. Harold Kite of East Point, Georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after World War II, drove past Red Byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a victory in the 200-mile Grand National opener of the 1950 season.
The three-race weekend was revised with new preliminary formats. The first race was a 125-mile (201 km) Modifield/Sportsmen race, and the second was a 160-mile (260 km) Late Model Convertible event. Tim Flock and Curtis Turner were the victors. In the main event, Cotton Owens moved from his third-place starting position to lead the first lap.
The 1956 Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance powered by Amoco took place on 24 March, on the Sebring International Raceway, (Florida, United States). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For the sixth running of the event, was a sign to many in the automotive community that this race had become North ...
Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. Located on the East Coast of the United States, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, and is a principal city of the Fun Coast region of Florida.
Dec. 8—The Kalakaua Merrie Mile is much more than just a warm-up act, and could steal some of the thunder from its venerable uncle, the Honolulu Marathon. The Kalakaua Merrie Mile is much more ...
The race departed at 6:00am on August 5 and covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through 48 states and Canada. There were celebrations and sponsor recognition at each of the 15 check points. An official Hoka Hey Challenge 2011 Road Glide was commissioned by Harley-Davidson was displayed in the Harley-Davidson Museum located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three held in Florida, with the annual fall showdown Straight Talk Wireless 400 being held at Homestead south of Miami.