A VERSATILE VENUE FOR MOTORSPORTS
Daytona International Speedway is the home of "The Great American Race" - the Daytona 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup event garners most of the attention - as well as the largest audience in motorsports - the enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe, thus earning it the title of "World Center of Racing." In addition to eight major weekends of racing activity, rarely a week goes by that the Speedway grounds are not used for events that include civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo "shoots," production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.
"The Speedway is a venue that is known throughout the world as a place where everyone in motorsports wants to claim a victory," said Speedway President Joie Chitwood III. "However, we're also committed to being versatile enough and responsive enough to provide a site where community activities can successfully be held."
BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY YEAR-ROUND
After a jam-packed month of sports car and stock car testing in January, no less than 15 days of on-track activity mark the track's annual Speedweeks events. Its diversity includes sports car drivers from more than 20 foreign countries and the United States in the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex 24 At Daytona. In recent years, the Rolex 24 has garnered more attention from stock car drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Kyle Petty and Tony Stewart who have tested their skills against the sport's best. The Rolex 24 kicks off three weeks of NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series racing that culminates with the Daytona 500.
Coinciding with the Daytona Beach community's "Bike Week," every March Daytona International Speedway hosts two weeks of intense motorcycle racing with Daytona 200 Week. Racers and fans from around the world converge on the Speedway for the best in road racing, supercross and dirt track competition highlighted by the Daytona Supercross and the Daytona 200 AMA Motorcyclist Association-sanctioned event.
During Independence Day Weekend in July, the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series join forces under the lights for the Coke Zero 400 Weekend Powered By Coca-Cola.
In October, American Sportbike Racing Association and the Championship Cup Series return to Daytona International Speedway to cap off their seasons in Fall Cycle Scene. Along with fast action in motorcycle racing on the track, cycle enthusiasts can enjoy all that the major motorcycle manufacturers have to offer in the vendor, display and demo rides at Daytona for Biketoberfest.
Also during the year, Daytona hosts the World Karting Association. See go-kart racers of all ages tackle Daytona and battle for victories.
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TRACK TOURS
Year round, Daytona International Speedway is a destination for tourists looking to acquaint themselves with the history of motorsports activity in the Daytona Beach area.
The track offers three separate tours that take race fans inside the hallowed grounds of NASCAR’s marquee race track. The newly expanded 90-minute All Access tour allows fans to view never-before-seen areas including the Daytona 500 Club, the Sprint Tower, the driver’s meeting room and the NASCAR Sprint Cup garages, in addition to Gatorade Victory Lane and the Sprint FANZONE, which are included in the 30-minute Speedway Tour.
A special VIP three-hour tour is available by advanced reservation on select days throughout the year.
Guests will also be able to enjoy some of the other popular attractions such as viewing the winning car from the DAYTONA 500, buying the latest and greatest apparel in the souvenir shop and dining at the Fourth Turn Grill.
Located just outside the ticket office is the Daytona 500 Champion’s Walk of Fame and statues honoring NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway Founder William H.G. France, his wife and partner Anne B. France and Dale Earnhardt, the all-time winning driver at Daytona International Speedway.
60 minute All-Access Tour
Hours: Operates between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., every hour on the hour
Route: Tour will transport fans through never-before-seen areas including the Sprint Cup garages, the Daytona 500 Club, the Driver/Owner meeting room, the Daytona Flat Track and the Houston Lawing Press Box in the Sprint Tower. . There will be three photo opportunities on the tour – Gatorade Victory Lane, start/finish line and in Turns 3 and 4.
Admission: $22.00 adults, $17.00 ages 6-12, FREE for children ages 5 and under.
30-minute Speedway Tour
Hours: Runs at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Route: The Speedway Tour takes guests on an open-air tram through Daytona International Speedway's garage area, pit road, and the world-famous 31-degree high banks. The tour also makes stops at Pit Road and Gatorade Victory Lane, track activities permitting.
Admission: $15.00 adults, $10.00 ages 6-12, FREE for children ages 5 and under
VIP tour
Hours: By reservation only on select days throughout the year.
Admission: $50.00
Daytona International Speedway Specifications
Superspeedway
2.5-mile trioval
40 feet wide with 12- to 30-foot apron
Turns
Banking: 31 degrees
Length: 3,000 feet
Radius: 1,000 feet
Tri-oval
Banking: 18 degrees (at start/finish line)
Frontstretch
Chute length: 1,900 feet (from turn to middle of trioval)
Total length: 3,800 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Backstretch
Length: 3,000 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Pit Road
Length: 1,600 feet
Width: 60 feet
Garage Area
Sprint Cup Garages (spaces for 74 cars)
Nationwide Series Garages (spaces for 74 cars)
Alternate garage pad (spaces for 54 18-wheelers)
Road Course
3.56 miles for sports cars, 3.51 miles for motorcycles and 2.9 miles for motorcycles (incorporates tri-oval superspeedway and non-banked infield section) Infield course and chicane range from 30 to 50 feet wide
Speedway Facility
Total acreage: 480 acres
Infield: 180 acres (includes 29-acre Lake Lloyd)
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