Daytona International Speedway

Track history

Construction

NASCAR founder William France Sr. began planning for the track in 1953 as a way to promote the series, which at the time was racing on the Daytona Beach Road Course. France met with Daytona Beach engineer Charles Moneypenny to discuss his plans for the speedway. He wanted the track to have the highest banking possible to allow the cars to reach high speeds and to give fans a better view of the cars on track. Moneypenny traveled to Detroit, Michigan to visit the Ford Proving Grounds which had a high-speed test track with banked corners. Ford shared their engineering design of the track with Moneypenny, providing the needed details of how to transition the pavement from a flat straightaway to a banked corner. France took the plans to the Daytona Beach city commission, who supported his idea and formed the Daytona Beach Speedway Authority.

The city commission agreed to lease the 447 acre parcel of land adjacent to Daytona Beach Municipal Airport to France's corporation for $10,000 a year over a 50-year period. France then began working on building funding for the project and found support from a Texas oil millionaire, Clint Murchison, Sr. Murchison lent France $600,000 along with the construction equipment necessary to build the track. France also secured funding from Pepsi-Cola, General Motors designer Harley Earl, a second mortgage on his home and selling 300,000 stock shares to local residents. Ground broke on construction of the 2.500 mi speedway on November 25, 1957.

France obtained the funding from Pepsi-Cola after first contacting the Coca-Cola company for funds. Coca-Cola refused, saying that construction would never be complete in time for France's desired date for the first race at the speedway. Pepsi-Cola gave him the funds immediately, and as a result, France refused to serve Coca-Cola as a concession at Daytona and all other NASCAR tracks he owned until Coca-Cola was named the "Official Soft Drink of NASCAR" in 1998.

To build the high banking, crews had to excavate over a million square yards of soil from the track's infield. Because of the high water table in the area, the excavated hole filled with water to form what is now known as Lake Lloyd, named after Joseph "Sax" Lloyd, one of the original six members of the Daytona Beach Speedway Authority. (The lake was stocked with 65,000 fish, and France arranged speedboat races on it.) 22 tons of lime mortar had to be brought in to form the track's binding base, over which asphalt was laid. Because of the extreme degree of banking, Moneypenny had to come up with a way to pave the incline. He connected the paving equipment to bulldozers anchored at the top of the banking. This allowed the paving equipment to pave the banking without slipping or rolling down the incline. Moneypenny subsequently patented his construction method and later designed Talladega Superspeedway and Michigan International Speedway. By December 1958, France had begun to run out of money and relied on race ticket sales to complete construction. He also received a substantial sum of money from the Pepsi company after attempting to obtain the money to finish construction from the Coca-Cola Company and being turned down. For years from when the track opened to France's death, France never allowed Coca-Cola to be sold as a concession at any of the tracks he owned as a result.

The first practice run on the new track was on February 6, 1959. On February 22, 1959, 42,000 people attended the inaugural Daytona 500. Its finish was as startling as the track itself: Lee Petty beat Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish that took three days to adjudicate. When the track opened it was the fastest race track to host a stock car race, until Talladega Superspeedway opened 10 years later. On April 4, it hosted a 100 mi Champ Car event which saw Jim Rathmann beat Dick Rathmann and Rodger Ward, at an average speed of 170.26 mph, at the time the fastest motor race ever. It was the occasion of Daytona's first fatality: George Amick, attempting to overtake for third late in the race, hit a wall and was killed. April 5, a scheduled 1000 km sports car event (shortened to 560 mi by darkness) was won by Roberto Mieres and Fritz d'Orey, who shared a Porsche RSK, which proved more durable than more potent competition.

Lights were installed around the track in 1998 to run NASCAR's July race, the Coke Zero 400 at night. The track was the world's largest single lighted outdoor sports facility until being surpassed by Losail International Circuit in 2008. Musco Lighting installed the lighting system, which took into account glare and visibility for aircraft arriving and departing nearby Daytona Beach International Airport, and costs about $240 per hour when in operation.

Layouts

Tri-oval

Daytona's tri-oval is 2.500 mi long with 31° banking in the turns and 18° banking at the start/finish line. The front straight is 3800 ft long and the back straight (or "superstretch") is 3000 ft long. The tri-oval shape was revolutionary at the time as it greatly improved sight lines for fans. It is one of the three tracks on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit that are considered "drafting tracks", the others being Talladega Superspeedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

On July 15, 2010, repaving of the track began. This came almost a year earlier than planned due to the track coming apart during the 2010 Daytona 500. The project used an estimated 50,000 tons of asphalt to repave 1.4 e6sqft including the racing surface, apron, skid pads and pit road. Because of good weather, the project was completed ahead of schedule.

On October 9, 2013, Colin Braun drove a Daytona Prototype car prepared by Michael Shank Racing to set a single-lap record on the tri-oval configuration of 222.971 mph. During NASCAR events, it takes less than a minute for the cars to complete a lap around the 2.500 mi tri-oval course.

Road courses

While the more famous 24 Hours of Le Mans is held near the summer solstice, Daytona's endurance race is held in winter (meaning more of the race is run at night). The track's lighting system is limited to 20% of its maximum output for the race to keep cars dependent on their headlights.

The road course was built in 1959 and first hosted a three-hour sports car race called the Daytona Continental in 1962. The race length became 2000 km in 1964, and in 1966 was extended to a 24-hour endurance race known as the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It was shortened again to six hours in 1972 and the 1974 rendition of the race was cancelled entirely.

In 1973, a very sharp chicane was added at the end of the backstretch, approaching oval turn three.

In 1984 and 1985, the layout was modified, re-profiling road course turns 1 and 2, and moving what is now turn 3 (nicknamed the "International Horseshoe") closer to its preceding turns. Also, the chicane on the backstretch was modified. A new entry leg was constructed approximately 400 ft earlier, resulting in a longer, three-legged, "bus stop" shape. Cars would now enter in the first leg, bypass the second leg, and exit out of the existing third leg. Passing would now be possible inside the longer chicane. The construction resulted in a final length of 3.560 mi for the complete road course.

In 2003, the backstretch chicane was modified once again. The middle leg was repaved and widened, and now cars would enter through the first leg, and exit out of the second leg. The existing third leg was abandoned. This allowed cars a cleaner entry into oval turn three. After favorable results, in 2010 the third leg was demolished and removed permanently.

In 2005, a second infield road course configuration was constructed, primarily for motorcycles. Due to fears of tire wear on the banked oval sections, oval turns 1 and 2 were bypassed giving the new course a length of 2.950 mi. The Daytona SportBike that runs the Daytona 200 however, uses the main road course except for the motorcycle Pedro Rodríguez Hairpin (tighter than the one used for cars; the car version is used as an acceleration lane for motorcycles).

On September 26 and 27, 2006, the IndyCar Series held a compatibility test on the 10-turn, 2.73 mi modified road course, and the 12-turn 2.950 mi motorcycle road course with 5 drivers. The drivers who tested at the track were Vítor Meira, Sam Hornish Jr., Tony Kanaan, Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon. This marked the first time since 1984 that open wheel cars have taken to the track at Daytona. On January 31 – February 1, 2007, IndyCar returned for a full test involving 17 cars.

On July 8, 2020, NASCAR announced that it would race the Daytona road course in all of its national series for the first time in mid-August, due to current COVID-19 pandemic health restrictions in New York state (requiring 14 days self-isolation on arrival from other states) preventing the use of Watkins Glen International. On July 30, a modification of the course to add a chicane near the exit of Turn 12 (Oval Turn Four) was announced, lengthening the course to .

On January 21, 2024, Pipo Derani set the fastest ever recorded lap of the modern Daytona road course, with a 1:32.656 driving a Cadillac V-Series.R during qualifying for the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona. During the same session, every entrant in the IMSA GTP class broke the course lap record previously set by Oliver Jarvis in a Mazda RT24-P in 2019.

Supercross

During Daytona Beach Bike Week, a supercross track is built between the pit road and the tri-oval section of the track. Historically the track has used more sand than dirt, providing unique challenges to riders. The 2008–2013 track configurations were designed by former champion, Ricky Carmichael.

Daytona has hosted an AMA Supercross Championship round uninterruptedly since 1971.

Flat track and infield kart track

Popular dirt-track races in karting and flat-track motorcycle racing had been held at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium but in 2009, the city announced the stadium was replacing its entire surface with FieldTurf, and thereby eliminating the flat-track racing at the stadium. To continue racing, speedway officials built the Daytona Flat Track, a new quarter-mile dirt track outside of turns 1 & 2 of the main superspeedway. It seats 5,000 in temporary grandstands and opened in December 2009 for WKA KartWeek. From 2010 to 2016, it also hosted the AMA Grand National Championship, before it was moved in 2017 to the tri-oval section and became a TT course.

There is also a short paved kart/autocross track in the infield just inside of turn 3. The SCCA holds autocross on this track in addition to hosting sprint karting races during KartWeek.

Paved short track

In February 2012, it was announced that a 0.400 mi paved short track would be constructed along the backstretch of the Speedway's main course, for NASCAR's lower-tier series to compete at during Speedweeks called the UNOH Battle at the Beach, which is similar to the Toyota All-Star Showdown, formerly held at Irwindale Speedway. The first races were held on that track in February 2013. The track was shortened to a 0.375 mi oval in 2014 by shorter straightaways. The future of racing at the short track became uncertain after 2015 with the grandstands on the back straightaway being demolished as a part of the Daytona Rising project.

Football

In the fall of 1959, the track hosted several high school football games for the Father Lopez Green Wave in the first year of the school's football program.

The track hosted four college football games featuring the Daytona-based Bethune–Cookman Wildcats in 1974 and 1975. In early 2014 track president Joie Chitwood expressed a desire to bring football back to the track.

Soccer

On July 2 and 3, 2022, the track hosted Daytona Soccer Fest, a 2-day event highlighted by a friendly match between heated Colombian rivals América de Cali and Deportivo Cali and a NWSL regular season match between the Orlando Pride and Racing Louisville FC.

Video games

In 1994, Sega released an arcade game called Daytona USA, using their Model 2 Arcade hardware. It was developed by their famed "AM2" development team. It featured a fully detailed 3D model based on the circuit for the very first time. The soundtrack for the game included vocals by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. It is widely considered to be one of the most successful and influential racing games of all time. Daytona USA spawned many sequels, both in the arcades and on various home video game consoles. The latest version, Daytona Championship USA, was released to arcades in 2017.

iRacing.com have laser-scanned the facility twice. The first in 2008, and 2011 once the repave was completed. Both are available in official racing series. There has been no word to when and if it will be re-scanned now that the Daytona Rising project has now been completed.

Both the oval layout and Rolex 24 Hour layout are available in both PlayStation 3 video games Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6, and in the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 game Gran Turismo 7. Daytona International Speedway is also featured in Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Motorsport 7 for the Xbox One and Windows 10. The circuit returned to the Forza series in Forza Motorsport (2023) for Xbox Series X/S and Windows.

Real Racing 3s second NASCAR update featured the Daytona International Speedway as a new circuit coming in three layouts. In addition to the oval and Rolex 24 Hour layouts in Gran Turismo, there also exists a Daytona 200 layout in the game.

Fatalities

Main article: List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities

Forty-one people have been fatally injured in on-track incidents: 24 car drivers, twelve motorcyclists, three go-kart drivers, one powerboat racer, and one track worker. The most notorious death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. Earnhardt is still Daytona International Speedway's most successful driver, with a total of 34 career victories (12 Daytona 500 qualifying races, 7 NASCAR Xfinity Series races, 6 Busch Clash races, 6 IROC races, 2 Pepsi 400 July Races and the 1998 Daytona 500).

Fan amenities

Hard Rock Bet Fanzone

The Hard Rock Bet Fanzone is an access package similar to pit passes for fans to get closer to drivers and race teams. The fanzone was built in 2004 as part of a renovation of the track's infield. Fans are able to walk on top of the garages, known as the "fandeck", and view track and garage activity. Fans can also view race teams working in the garage, including NASCAR technical inspection, through windows. The garage windows also include slots for fans to hand merchandise to drivers for autographs. The fanzone also includes a live entertainment stage, additional food and drink areas and various other activities and displays.

The 2004 renovation of the infield, headed by design firm HNTB, was the first major renovation of the infield in the history of the track. In addition to the fanzone, a new vehicle and pedestrian tunnel was built under turn 1. The tunnel posed a challenge to engineers because it was to be built under the water table. Another challenge came during construction when three named hurricanes passed by the track, flooding much of the excavation work. The infield renovation involved landscaping and hardscaping, such as a new walkway along the shore of Lake Lloyd, and the construction of 34 new buildings, including garages and fueling stations, offices and inspection facilities, and a club. The renovation project received a 2005 Award for Excellence from Design-Build Institute of America. Following the success of the UNOH Fanzone at Daytona, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway each built a similar infield fanzone. On December 9, 2016, the speedway announced that the University of Northwestern Ohio purchased entitlement rights to the fanzone, and that the area will be named 'UNOH Fanzone'. On January 25, 2024, it announced the naming rights had been purchased by Hard Rock Cafe and named 'Hard Rock Bet Fanzone' after their sports betting service.

Budweiser Party Porch

The Budweiser Party Porch was a 46 ft porch located along the backstretch of the track. It was built on top of a portion of the backstretch grandstands and includes a 277 ft, 33 ft sign, the largest sign in motorsports. The porch featured tables, food and drinks, offering fans a "fun-filled" atmosphere that breaks fans away from the confines of grandstand seating without sacrificing the view. Below the porch was an interactive fan zone featuring amusement rides, a go-kart track, show cars and merchandise trailers. After the 2015 racing season, the Party Porch was torn down with the backstretch grandstands as part of the DAYTONA Rising project.

Layout configurations

| File:Daytona International Speedway 2024.svg | Tri-Oval (1959–present) | File:Daytona International Speedway Road Course 2024.svg | Sports Car Course (1985–present) | File:Daytona International Speedway - Moto Course.svg | Motorcycle Course (2005–2007) | File:NASCAR DIS Road Course Layout.png | NASCAR Road Course (2020–2021)

Events

Current

2.5-mile superspeedway

• NASCAR Cup Series
  • Points-paying races: Daytona 500, Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Qualifying races: The Duel at Daytona
• NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
  • United Rentals 300
  • Wawa 250
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
  • Fresh From Florida 250
• ARCA Menards Series
  • Chili's Ride the 'Dente 200

Road course

• IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (formerly Grand-American Rolex Sports Car Series)
  • Rolex 24 at Daytona
• Michelin Pilot Challenge
  • BMW M Endurance Challenge
• WKA Vega Road Racing Series driven by Mazda
  • Daytona Kart Week
• ChampCar Endurance Series
  • The 14-Hours of Daytona Beach
• MotoAmerica
  • Daytona 200

Other

• Monster Energy AMA Supercross
  • Daytona Supercross by Honda
• Ricky Carmichael Amateur Supercross
• AMA Pro Flat Track Racing
  • Daytona Flat Track
• WKA Mazda/Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series
  • Daytona Kart Week
• WKA Speedway Dirt
  • Daytona Dirt World Championships
• Daytona Beach Half Marathon
• Welcome to Rockville

Former

• AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship
  • Daytona 200 (2009–2014)
• ARCA Menards Series
  • General Tire 100 (2020)
• Grand American (1968–1972)
• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  • United States motorcycle Grand Prix (1961–1965)
• IMSA GT Championship
  • Daytona Finale (1972–1986, 1996)
  • Paul Revere 250 (1973–1983)
  • Rolex 24 at Daytona (1975–1997)
• IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
  • WeatherTech 240 (2020)
• International Race of Champions (1974–1978, 1985–1989, 1991–2006)
• ISCARS Dash Touring Series
  • IPOWER Dash 150 (1979–2004)
  • DaytonaUSA.com 150 (2001)
• LATAM Challenge Series (2014)
• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
  • BrakeBest Select 159 (2020–2021)
• NASCAR Convertible Division
  • 100 Mile Qualifying Races (1959)
• NASCAR Cup Series
  • American Challenge Cup (1961–1963)
  • Busch Clash (1979–2021)
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 (2020–2021)
• NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (1988–1992, 1995–1997, 2014)
• NASCAR Xfinity Series
  • Super Start Batteries 188 (2020–2021)
• Rolex Sports Car Series
  • Brumos Porsche 250 (2000, 2002–2010)
  • Daytona Finale (2001–2003)
  • Rolex 24 at Daytona (2000–2013)
• SCCA National Championship Runoffs (1965, 1967, 1969, 2015)
• Trans-Am Series
  • Trans-Am Finale (1967–1968, 1984, 2013–2019)
• United States Road Racing Championship
  • Rolex 24 at Daytona (1998–1999)
• USAC Championship Car
  • USAC Daytona 100 (1959)
• World Sportscar Championship
  • 24 Hours of Daytona (1962–1973, 1975, 1977–1981)

Track records

As of August 2024, track records on the 2.500 mi tri-oval are followed as:

NASCAR Cup Series records

(As of 7/1/10)

• from minimum 10 starts. --

Race lap records

As of January 2026, the fastest official race lap records at the Daytona International Speedway are listed as:

Weather and climate

Daytona has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), which enables year-round use of the facility. Light frosts are in theory possible, but unlikely, during the 24-hour event's nighttime under clear conditions, but general racing conditions are mild also during winter. With a dry season taking place during the winter months, the 500 generally has good odds of being run without rain delays. The summer event under the floodlights is more likely to undergo disturbances, due to the rainy tendencies of the hot, muggy, and humid summers. Due to the complete difference of seasons, the two NASCAR Cup races at Daytona see vastly different track conditions.

|Jan record high F= 92 |Feb record high F= 89 |Mar record high F= 92 |Apr record high F= 96 |May record high F=100 |Jun record high F=102 |Jul record high F=102 |Aug record high F=101 |Sep record high F= 99 |Oct record high F= 95 |Nov record high F= 90 |Dec record high F= 88

|Jan avg record high F = 81.7 |Feb avg record high F = 83.4 |Mar avg record high F = 86.8 |Apr avg record high F = 89.5 |May avg record high F = 93.6 |Jun avg record high F = 95.1 |Jul avg record high F = 96.1 |Aug avg record high F = 95.4 |Sep avg record high F = 92.4 |Oct avg record high F = 89.5 |Nov avg record high F = 85.1 |Dec avg record high F = 82.5 |year avg record high F= 97.5

|Jan avg record low F = 29.6 |Feb avg record low F = 33.3 |Mar avg record low F = 38.4 |Apr avg record low F = 44.6 |May avg record low F = 54.8 |Jun avg record low F = 65.2 |Jul avg record low F = 68.4 |Aug avg record low F = 69.5 |Sep avg record low F = 65.2 |Oct avg record low F = 51.1 |Nov avg record low F = 41.7 |Dec avg record low F = 32.8 |year avg record low F= 27.2 |Jan record low F=15 |Feb record low F=24 |Mar record low F=26 |Apr record low F=32 |May record low F=40 |Jun record low F=52 |Jul record low F=60 |Aug record low F=63 |Sep record low F=52 |Oct record low F=39 |Nov record low F=25 |Dec record low F=19

Gallery

File:Daytona-International-Speedway-June-30-2005-Night.jpg|Main Entrance at night (prior to renovation) File:NASCAR practice.jpg|Cars practicing in 2004 File:Brumos-Porsche-250-Caution.jpg|Old Flagstand File:Daytona-International-Speedway-July-1-2005.jpg|Grandstand (prior to renovation) File:Brumos-Porsche-250-StartCaution.jpg|Paul Revere 250 restart after a caution File:Pepsi-400-2005-Raceby.jpg|View from the former backstretch grandstands at night File:Enduros.jpg|Endurance kart race File:Daytona International Speedway skidmarks on racetrack view of grandstand.jpg|Racetrack skidmarks and view of old grandstand File:Daytona International Speedway.jpg| File:Lake lloyd daytona.jpg|View of Lake Lloyd File:Garages daytona.jpg|Infield garages File:Daytona presidents row.jpg|Infield view from President's Row File:Victory lane from skybox daytona.jpg|View of Victory Lane from a skybox File:Dale Earnhardt Sr statue.jpg|Statue of Dale Earnhardt Sr. holding his winner's trophy File:Josh bilicki (40197697643).jpg|Rolex Clock at the garage File:Daytona Beach International Airport and Daytona International Speedway.jpg|Aerial view

Notes

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