The Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup in Florida

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Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway is the home of “[highlight]The Great American Race[/highlight]” – the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup event garners most of the attention – as well as the largest audience in motorsports – the enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe, thus earning it the title of “World Center of Racing.” In addition to eight major weekends of racing activity, rarely a week goes by that the Speedway grounds are not used for events that include civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo shoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.

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Since 1959, it’s proven that year after year, lap after lap, this is the race that creates more memories, more hall-of-fame moments and more believers in the power of racing dreams than any other.

If you’ve never been, the DAYTONA 500 is the one race that will make you believe there’s no greater feeling – than being here.

The Daytona 500 is one of the most prestigious events in NASCAR but watching it on TV doesn’t do it justice. The only way to truly experience the Daytona 500 is to hear it and see it there live and PrimeSport is your source to be part of the tradition with one of our Daytona 500 tickets and packages!

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DAYTONA 500 On February 23rd, the DAYTONA 500 will prove once again why this is the race of a lifetime. Every time.

Like in 1998, when a 20-year quest ended with one of racing history’s most timeless moments – Dale Earnhardt celebrating in Gatorade Victory Lane. And when Dale Earnhardt Jr. carried on that family legacy in 2004. Or in 2011, when a 20-year-old underdog shocked the world.

Witness the next chapter of The Great American Race, with the 56th running of the DAYTONA 500. Great seats can still be yours and kids 12 and under are half-off all Backstretch seats while supplies last.

 

TRACK FACTS

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Track
2.5-mile trioval superspeedway
40 feet wide with 12- to 30-foot apron

Turns
Banking: 31 degrees
Length: 3,000 feet
Radius: 1,000 feet

Trioval
Banking: 18 degrees (at start/finish line)

Frontstretch
Chute length: 1,900 feet (from turn to middle of trioval)
Total length: 3,800 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only

Backstretch
Length: 3,000 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only

Pit Road
Length: 1,600 feet
Width: 60 feet

Garage Area
Sprint Cup Garages: space for 74 cars
Nationwide Series Garages: space for 74 cars
Alternate garage pad: spaces for 54 18-wheelers

Road Course
3.56 miles for sports cars, 3.51 miles for motorcycles and 2.9 miles for motorcycles (incorporates trioval superspeedway and non-banked infield section) Infield course and chicane range from 30 to 50 feet wide

Speedway Facility
Total acreage: 480 acres
Infield: 180 acres (includes 29-acre Lake Lloyd)

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