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Daytona 500
Races
Daytona, Beach
Daytona International Speedway Track Info
1801 W. International Speedway Blvd
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Track Shape:   Tri-Oval
Track Length:  2.5 miles
Front Stretch Length: 3,800 feet
Back Stretch Length:  3,000 feet

Banking:         31˚ Turns
18˚ Tri-Oval
3˚ Back Straightaway
Seating Capacity:  168,000
Total Acreage:  480 acres
Broke Ground: 1956   Opened: 1959
Construction Cost: $3 Million

First Winner:         Lee Petty, 1959
Most Recent Winner: 2009 Daytona 500 - Matt Kenseth;
2009 Coke Zero 400 - Tony Stewart
Most Wins:   Dale Earnhardt (34 wins)
Lap Record  Bill Elliott; 210.36 mph (42.78 seconds)
                           Daytona 500
Daytona Beach International Speedway is the home of "The Great
American Race"-the DAYTONA 500. The DAYTONA 500 is one of the
most popular and  most  prestigious races in the world.  The NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series kicks off the event and the Daytona 500 Race serves
as the final event of Speed Weeks and is known as the "Super Bowl of
Stock Car Racing." Daytona 500 race is held the third or second
Sunday in February in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile
(805 km) stock car race.

From the time it first opened in February 1959, Daytona International
Speedway has been a place where history is made.  Lee Petty was the
first winner back in 1959 with an average speed of 135.5mph and a
winner of the $19,050 purse.  Almost 50 years later, Kevin Harvick won
in 2007 with an average speed of 149.33mph and winnings of
$1,510,469.   The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average
live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million
viewers.

Race fans and vendors for Nascar events find private condominium
and beach house accommodations an
attractive alternative to high priced hotels.
It can be hard finding the perfect place to stay during these events and
we suggest that you book ahead. Condo
Rentals Oceanfront and ocean view vacation condos with oceanfront
swimming pools and private beach home
rentals by owner allow couples or friends traveling together to share a
unit. Ormond Beach and Ormond by the Sea
are a short drive to International Speedway and provide a great beach
vacation away from the crowds in Daytona
Beach.Though the DAYTONA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup event garners
most of the attention-as well as the largest audience in motor
sports-the enormous 480-acre motor sports complex boasts the most
diverse schedule of racing on the globe, thus earning it the title of
"World Center of Racing." DIS is known throughout the world as a
place where everyone in motor sports wants to claim a victory.