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10 unusual facts about Daytona Beach


British United Airways Flight 1030X

Daytona Beach Morning Journal, News-Journal Corp, Daytona Beach, FL, 15 April 1965.

Dodge Charger Daytona

The name is taken from Daytona Beach, Florida, which was an early center for auto racing and still hosts the Daytona 500, one of NASCAR's premier events.

Flame arrester

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board concluded that an uninspected and badly corroded flame arrester failed to prevent a 2006 explosion at a wastewater treatment plant in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Josef Papp

Josef Papp (1933?, Tatabanya, Hungary – April 1989, Daytona Beach, Florida) was an engineer who was awarded U.S. patents related to the development of an engine, and also claimed to have invented a jet submarine.

Matthias W. Day

Mathias Walter Day was the second of seven children of Mathias Day (the founder of Daytona Beach, Florida) and Mary Blymyer, both native Ohioans.

Paul de Bruyn

One year after he was invited to the 100th edition of the Boston Marathon, he died in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Remember the Monsters?

Suddenly, Elway seizes Hannah's arm, telling her that he will turn her in to the Marshall's office at Daytona, the next bus stop.

Spring Break '87

Spring Break '87 is a 1987 concert performed by Australian rock group Crowded House at Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Triumph Tiger Daytona

The 'Daytona' name was derived from American rider Buddy Elmore's win at the 1966 Daytona 200 race held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Twenty-Four Hours A Day

In 1952, while looking for educational materials for alcoholics, Hazelden President Pat Butler came across a small volume titled Twenty-Four Hours A Day. The author, Richmond Walker of Daytona Beach, Florida, was publishing, selling, and distributing the volume himself.


2001 Maniacs

Six prep college students and a biker couple travel south towards Daytona Beach for Spring Break, but a detour leads them into the seemingly idyllic Georgia town of Pleasant Valley, which is holding its annual "Guts and Glory Jubilee" in honor of the American Civil War.

2011 Budweiser Shootout

Next, Bob Hadley, of Westside Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Florida, said the invocation, and actress Amber Heard gave the command for drivers to start their engines.

Allison Brown

Brown became the first Miss Oklahoma Teen USA to win at Miss Teen USA, when she won the title in the pageant held in Daytona Beach, Florida on January 21, 1986.

Bartholomew J. Donnelly House

The Bartholomew J. Donnelly House is a historic home in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

C. J. Reed

Reed, a 6'3" guard from Daytona Beach, Florida is the son of former Bethune-Cookman coach Clifford Reed.

Delos A. Blodgett House

The Delos A. Blodgett House, also known as 8VO4385, is a Queen Anne style historic home in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Howard Thurman House

The Howard Thurman House is the historic home of Howard Thurman in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Huntsville Fire

The team, a charter member of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League, was originally founded as the Daytona Beach Speedkings playing at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the direction of coach Scott Cooper.

Joe Hunt

He became a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II and, fifteen days short of his twenty-sixth birthday, was killed on a training mission off Daytona Beach, Florida, when his Grumman Hellcat crashed for still-unknown reasons.

Olds Hall

The Olds Hall (also known as the Arroyo Gardens Hotel or Daytona Terrace Hotel) is a historic site in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Samantha Baggett

Samantha Baggett-Bohon (born 7 June 1976, in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American soccer defender who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Tarragona Tower

The Tarragona Tower (also known as the Tarragona Arch) is a structure composed of a tower and arch built of coquina stone in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

The Nightcrawlers

The Nightcrawlers were a regional Daytona Beach, Florida band with a hit single, "The Little Black Egg", which was written in 1965 for an Easter concert in which the band opened for The Beach Boys.

Tony Cousineau

Anthony "Tony" Cousineau is an American professional poker player from Daytona Beach, Florida who has cashed 58 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which ranks him 15th in all-time WSOP cashes, and first among players who have never won a WSOP bracelet.

Transportation in Brevard County, Florida

Extending all the way from the northern boundary with Volusia County to the southern boundary with Indian River County is the major expressway Interstate 95, which links all cities in Brevard County with each other, and with Daytona Beach to the north, and Vero Beach to the south.

WAOA-FM

With that type of power, it can be heard as far north as Daytona Beach, as far west as Winter Haven, and far south as Stuart.

Windows NT 3.5

As a result, the project was codenamed "Daytona" in reference to the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.