Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Florida)

 stadium, sports venue, NASCAR, speedway race track, interesting place, car racing

1801 West International Speedway Boulevard
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(800) 748-7467
www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/

One of the USA's most famous speedways and home of NASCAR's season opener, "The Great American Race": the Daytona 500. This enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe, including the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex 24 At Daytona, the American Motorcyclist Association-sanctioned Daytona Supercross and Daytona 200 By Honda, the American Sportbike Racing Association, the SunTrust Moto-GT Series and the Championship Cup Series, not to mention the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series and ARCA RE/MAX Series, thus earning it the title of "World Center of Racing."

It is also home to The Daytona 500 Experience, "The Ultimate Motorsports Attraction," and the official attraction of NASCAR.

Superspeedway
* 2.5-mile trioval
* 40 feet wide with 12- to 30-foot apron
* 31 degree banking at turns
* 18 degree banking at start-finish line

Road Course
* 3.56 miles for sports cars
* 3.51 miles for motorcycles
* 2.9 miles for motorcycles (alternate)

Daytona 500 winners:
1959-Lee Petty
1960-Junior Johnson
1961-Marvin Panch
1962-Fireball Roberts
1963-Tiny Lund
1964-Richard Petty
1965-Fred Lorenzon
1966-Richard Petty
1967-Mario Andretti
1968-Cale Yarborough
1969-Lee Roy Yarbrough
1970-Pete Hamilton
1971-Richard Petty
1972-A.J. Foyt
1973-Richard Petty
1974-Richard Petty
1975-Benny Parsons
1976-David Pearson
1977-Cale Yarborough
1978-Bobby Allison
1979-Richard Petty
1980-Buddy Baker
1981-Richard Petty
1982-Bobby Allison
1983-Cale Yarborough
1984-Cale Yarborough
1985-Bill Elliott
1986-Geoff Bodine
1987-Bill Elliott
1988-Bobby Allison
1989-Darrell Waltrip
1990-Derrick Cope
1991-Ernie Irvan
1992-Davey Allison
1993-Dale Jarrett
1994-Sterling Marlin
1995-Sterling Marlin
1996-Dale Jarrett
1997-Jeff Gordon
1998-Dale Earnhardt
1999-Jeff Gordon
2000-Dale Jarrett
2001-Michael Waltrip
2002-Ward Burton
2003-Michael Waltrip
2004-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2005-Jeff Gordon
2006-Jimmie Johnson
2007-Kevin Harvick
2008-Ryan Newman
2009-Matt Kenseth
2010-Jamie McMurray
2011-Trevor Bayne
2012-Matt Kenseth
2013-Jimmie Johnson
2014-Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2015-Joey Logano
2016-Denry Hamlin
2017-Kurt Busch
2018-Austin Dillon
2019-Denny Hamlin
2020-Denny Hamlin
2021-Michael McDowell
2022-Austin Cindric
2023-Rickey Steinhouse Jr.
2024-William Byron