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10 unusual facts about Daytona International Speedway


Andrew Stroud

Stroud first rode the New Zealand-built Britten V1000 at Daytona in 1992 where the bike stopped with a couple of laps remaining.

Andy Santerre

Santerre made a Busch Series start in 1996 while earning points a Busch North driver, when he drove the #35 Ford for Mike Laughlin Jr. at Daytona.

Barry Bodine

His father, Geoffery, however, was injured in the first race of the season at Daytona, and Barry's schedule was reduced to three starts, completing three straight events after Daytona.

Dean Combs

The only races he did finish were an 18th at Charlotte, 19th at Daytona and 25th at Richmond.

Eskil Suter

In 1991, Suter finished in second place in the 250cc International Lightweight class at the Daytona International Speedway.

Florida Classic

Previous games were at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL and Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, FL until the two schools agreed on a permanent site in Tampa, Florida, in 1978.

Jeffrey Collier

On February 13, 1990, Collier sat on pole for the Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway with a new track record of 166.553 mph.

Marc Sluszny

In 2005 he finished several 24 hours auto races, amongs others Daytona and Nürburgring.

SD F-1 Grand Prix

An exception to this rule would be the U.S. oval track (that looks like Daytona International Speedway sans the spectator booths and a lane for pit stops).

Windows NT 3.5

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


AMA Supercross Championship

Professional supercross contest races are held almost exclusively within professional baseball and football stadia, although one contest is held at a major motorsport venue (Daytona International Speedway) in the island that separates pit lane from the circuit.

Bill Adam

Invited to join the factory backed Group 44 race team in 1980, he spent time co-driving with Bob Tullius in the Triumph TR8 in the IMSA series and had GTO class victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Road Atlanta, Mosport, and Road America, as well as a victory at Daytona where he drove alone.

Blake Bjorklund

Although he failed to qualify for the season-opening Daytona and Nashville races, he bounced back with poles at Berlin and Milwaukee and earned his first career victory at Salem Speedway, passing ARCA legend Frank Kimmel with two laps to go.

Buddy Parrott

Parrott and Petty won at Dover, and was chief for Petty's 200th career victory in the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

Kenny Irwin, Jr.

His final race for the team was at Daytona International Speedway in the Pepsi 400, finishing 22nd; he was seen as having a bright future with the team, which had just had a majority interest purchased by Chip Ganassi.

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.