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TRACK BASICS
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 2.5 mi./4.023 km. Paved Oval located in Daytona Beach, FL
Formerly Known As: No Previous Names Of Facility Known
Former Configurations: Speedway (presumed) in Initial Configuration
Opened: 1959 Closed: STILL IN OPERATION
Banking: Unknown° Promoters:
Track Website: NO WEBSITE AVAILABLE
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TRACK PROFILE
Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. It hosts races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, sports cars, pickup trucks, and stock cars. The facility also includes a 3.56 mile (5.7 km) road course and a 180-acre infield, including the 29 acre Lake Lloyd. Formula Libre Ran There.

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Course history

NASCAR was founded by William France Sr. at Daytona Beach, Florida in 1947. The original premiere event in the series was held at the Daytona Beach Road Course. France began planning a new track for the premiere event in his fledgling series in 1953. On August 16 1954 he signed a contract with city officials to create this new track that would become famous as the Daytona International Speedway. Ground was broken on November 25 1957. The speedway opened on February 22 1959 to a crowd of 41,000 people.

The NASCAR Championship's most important race, the Daytona 500, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) stock car race. The list of Daytona 500 winners is very long dating back to the inaugural race in 1959, and includes "The King" Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt.

NASCAR, the premier stock car organization in the United States, holds some of its most important races on this track. These include competitions in its Camping World Truck Series (where pickup trucks are raced), Nationwide Series (the stock car junior league), and Sprint Cup series. The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is also held at Daytona.

The racing season begins at Daytona starting with the testing sessions. The year's racing begins with the 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Grand American Sports Car series. Then the racing begins for the Sprint Cup with the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel. The Camping World Truck Series begins with the NextEra Energy Resources 250. The Nationwide Series begins with the DRIVE4COPD 300, and then it is back to the Sprint Cup in "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500. The Sprint Cup also features the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola in July at Daytona.

It also contains an attraction called Daytona USA, where the winning car is placed for a whole year.

See also: List of NASCAR race tracks

Deaths at the speedway

In the history of the Daytona International Speedway (as of 2005), many people have been killed at the speedway. Marshall Teague became track's first fatality, in a practice crash in 1959. Slick Johnson died from injuries in an ARCA race in 1990. Bruce Jacobi, Ricky Knotts, Friday Hassler and Talmadge Prince were killed in qualifying races. Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr were killed in practice sessions for the 1994 Daytona 500; Dale Earnhardt — the first person ever to be killed in the Daytona 500 — was killed on the final lap in 2001. Ray Paprota struck and killed track worker Roy Weaver in 2004 during the IPOWER Dash Series 150.

Current races

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Aerial view of Daytona International Speedway (undated), courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection

List of Winners

see list of Winners at Daytona

Records

External links

RACE LISTING
Date Sanction Winner Laps
8 February 1964 ARCA Racing Series Earl Balmer 20
8 February 1964 ARCA Racing Series Jack Bowsher 20
9 February 1964 ARCA Racing Series Nelson Stacy 100
6 February 1965 ARCA Racing Series Jack Bowsher 10
6 February 1965 ARCA Racing Series Iggy Katona 16
7 February 1965 ARCA Racing Series Iggy Katona 100
6 February 1966 24 Hours of Daytona Ken Miles;Lloyd Ruby 678
13 February 1966 ARCA Racing Series Jack Lawrence 10
13 February 1966 ARCA Racing Series Jack Bowsher 10
20 February 1966 ARCA Racing Series Jack Bowsher 100
12 February 1967 ARCA Racing Series Les Snow 10
12 February 1967 ARCA Racing Series Neil Castles 10
19 February 1967 ARCA Racing Series Ralph Latham 100
25 February 1967 NASCAR Modified National Championship Jim Paschal 120
18 February 1968 ARCA Racing Series Andy Hampton 120
16 February 1969 ARCA Racing Series Benny Parsons 120
15 February 1970 ARCA Racing Series Ramo Stott 120
7 February 1971 ARCA Racing Series Iggy Katona 120
13 February 1972 ARCA Racing Series Andy Hampton 120
19 February 1972 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship Bill Dennis 120
11 February 1973 ARCA Racing Series Charlie Blanton 120
10 February 1974 ARCA Racing Series Iggy Katona 80
9 February 1975 ARCA Racing Series Ron Hutcherson 80
14 February 1975 NASCAR Modified National Championship Merv Treichler 52
8 February 1976 ARCA Racing Series Lennie Pond 80
13 February 1977 ARCA Racing Series Woody Fisher 80
18 February 1977 IROC Series Cale Yarborough 40
12 February 1978 ARCA Racing Series Jim Sauter 80
11 February 1979 ARCA Racing Series Kyle Petty 80
16 February 1979 NASCAR Modified National Championship Richie Evans 80
10 February 1980 ARCA Racing Series John Rezek 80
15 February 1980 NASCAR International Sedan Series Larry Hoopaugh 40
15 February 1980 Grand American Stock Car Richie Evans ???
8 February 1981 ARCA Racing Series Tim Richmond 80
7 February 1982 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Joe Ruttman 80
12 February 1982 NASCAR International Sedan Series Larry Hoopaugh 80
6 February 1983 24 Hours of Daytona Bob Wollek;Claude Ballot-Lena;Preston Henn;A.J. Foyt 618
14 February 1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Ferrel Harris 80
18 February 1983 NASCAR Darlington Dash Series G.W. Gibson 80
12 February 1984 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Rick Wilson 80
17 February 1984 NASCAR Darlington Dash Series Mike Swaim 80
4 July 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Richard Petty 160
10 February 1985 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Glen Sears 80
15 February 1985 NASCAR Daytona Dash Series Mike Swaim 80
9 February 1986 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Grant Adcox 80
14 February 1986 IROC Series Al Unser 40
8 February 1987 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Ralph Jones 80
12 February 1989 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Ben Hess 80
11 February 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Jimmy Horton 80
10 February 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Ben Hess 80
15 February 1991 IROC Series Scott Pruett 40
15 February 1991 NASCAR Dash Series Scott Herberg 80
12 February 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Jimmy Horton 80
14 February 1992 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Maxie Bush 80
7 February 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Jeff Purvis 80
12 February 1993 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Will Hobgood 80
13 February 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Mike Wallace 80
12 February 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Andy Hillenburg 80
17 February 1995 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Larry Caudill 80
4 February 1996 24 Hours of Daytona Wayne Taylor;Scott Sharp;Jim Pace 697
16 February 1996 IROC Series Dale Earnhardt 40
16 February 1996 Goody's Dash Series Lyndon Amick 80
14 February 1997 IROC Series Al Unser, Jr. 40
18 February 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Mike Wallace 100
10 February 2001 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Justin Hobgood 83
16 February 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Joe Ruttman 104
17 February 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Randy LaJoie 120
6 July 2001 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Robert Huffman 60
3 February 2002 24 Hours of Daytona Didier Theys;Fredy Lienhard;Mauro Baldi;Max Papis 716
9 February 2002 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Robert Huffman 62
15 February 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Robert Pressley 100
9 February 2003 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series Robert Huffman 44
13 February 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Carl Edwards 100
17 February 2006 Crown Royal IROC Series Matt Kenseth 40
18 February 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Tony Stewart 120
30 June 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 103
12 February 2011 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Bobby Gerhart 80
18 February 2011 Camping World Truck Series Michael Waltrip 103
19 February 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Tony Stewart 120
20 February 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Trevor Bayne 208
1 July 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Joey Logano 100
2 July 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series David Ragan 170
29 January 2012 24 Hours of Daytona A.J. Allmendinger;Oswaldo Negri, Jr.;John Pew;Justin Wilson 761
18 February 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Bobby Gerhart 83
24 February 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series John King, II 109
25 February 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series James Buescher 120
27 February 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Matt Kenseth 202
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