NASCAR Tracks - Daytona International Speedway

The Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Sunshine State is place to some of the most important NASCAR races there are. It is a 2.5-mile track and can place 168,000 fans. Other racing associations share the path too so it is not exclusively a NASCAR facility. It is place to the race most Americans cognize because it have been around for so long: The Daytona 500. NASCAR patrons this event as the NEXTEL Cup - Daytona 500 - "The Great American Race."

In 2008, the 50th Annual NEXTEL Cup Daytona 500 race will be held. The NASCAR Daytona 500 is a 500-mile race that dwells of 200 laps. This race will kick off the NASCAR season on February 17th. The victor of the Daytona 500 acquires awarded the Harley J. Earl Trophy. Harley J. Earl was an car interior designer who served as the 2nd NASCAR commissioner. The Harley J. Earl Trophy will be plated in gold instead of Ag for the 2008 race.

The NASCAR Daytona 500 have a alone qualifying procedure. The top 35 squads from the former year's competition are automatically qualified to vie in the current Daytona 500 race at the Daytona International Speedway. There are 150-mile qualifying races held one hebdomad before the large race and the two top drivers from the makings will be added to the 35. Other top qualifiers will fill up the remaining musca volitans to 43 and former champs without a topographic point will be given priority.

The Daytona International Speedway have seen its share of exciting triumphs throughout its history. For example, take the Daytona 500 triumph in 1976 where Saint David Pearson just barely beat out out the King of Racing Richard Petty. The two actually wrecked on their dart for the coating and both autos went into spins. Richard Petty's auto stalled out when it went into the infield. Pearson managed to acquire his auto over the coating line at 30 mph. All this exhilaration happened just 20 paces from the coating line.

The Daytona 500 have had its share of tragedies. In 2001 Dale Earnhardt was killed in a clang on the last bend of the last lap of the race. Dale Earnhardt had won at this path 34 times. It was suspected that some auto alterations allowing drivers to interrupt faster caused this and they were discontinued in the regulations after this fatal race. The alterations made the autos more than aerodynamic and allowed more autos to take the Pb during a race. The thought was to shoot more than exhilaration into racing at the Daytona International Speedway as well as other tracks.

Since this Daytona 500 race at the NASCAR Datyona International Speedway is so popular, there is an full website dedicated to it: http://www.daytona500.com It have streaming picture on it from anterior races.

The Daytona 500 made news with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. getting the figure 88 for his auto in the approaching 50th race. The figure 88 is important in NASCAR because it was the same figure used in earlier old age by his grandfather Ralph Earnhardt. But that is not the lone nexus that brands the figure 88 significant. The figure 88 have got a long listing of drivers who have displayed the figure to include Bobbie Allison, Donnie Allison, Bolide Roberts, and Darrell Waltrip to call a few. The figure 88 have been recorded in 65 wins and is ranked as figure 9 in the all-time most winning numbers.