Daytona 500

Fifteen years ago on February 18, Dale Earnhardt -- a widely loved and respected professional driver for NASCAR -- was killed in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway. This event incited a legal battle in the state of Florida between Earnhardt’s family, local lawmakers, and journalists from the Orlando Sentinel that lasted for years over the rights that journalists have in accessing sensitive information in order to do their work. Considering the ethical codes respected by…

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Daytona’s first event was in 1995. The Daytona 500, the biggest race at Daytona. Daytona is most known for the NASCAR history. The first main event at Daytona was a NASCAR race.The very first race winner was Lee Petty. The reason for it is the Daytona 500 is because its a 500 mile Superspeedway. Daytona doesn’t just do it NASCAR it also hosts Motogp, Rolex 24h, Weathertech supercars, and AMA Motocross. While Daytona has a lot of good history there has been some major tragedies…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Most of the time, when an athlete talks about a "team victory," it’s nothing more than a sports cliché. But Denny Hamlin’s win in Sunday’s Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway—by the closest margin in the history of the Great American Race—was a testament to the strength and solidarity of the Toyota teams of Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing, a JGR affiliate. In a wild last lap at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, Hamlin moved into the outside lane in front of…

need for speed led him to learning about Daytona beach's land speed record history. He set in spring of 1935 with his family moving to Daytona beach, for not the racing but for trying to escape…

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better cars arrived, more challenging tracks were built to challenge the drivers and their cars, and from these challenging tracks, a few select tracks have become world famous. Some of these tracks include: Daytona International Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Circuit de Monaco. Daytona International Speedway: In 1957, as Nascar was going larger and more popular, its founder Bill France Sr, wanted a bigger track than the short, less than a mile track that Nascar mostly visited. His…

down on his old couch on Sunday afternoon, on a chilly February day. He had the small, cramped living room to himself as his wife and children were somewhere else in the house. With no one to distract him and nothing to do, he decided to watch the Daytona 500, something he regularly did with his free time. At first, he was just flipping channels, seeing what was on. When he flipped to Fox and saw the NASCAR race, he settled into the couch and planned to be there for a while. He was rooting for…

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