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Track:
Daytona International Speedway
Race Sponsor:
Coke Zero
Distance:
400 Miles
Laps:
160 Laps
This is the part of a column where writers pen poetically about the glowing history of a track like Daytona. Fans of this site get that already; so, there’s no need to waste your time.
The 2.5-mile tri-oval has hosted many famous moments; Saturday will offer a new twist. We’ll get to see how drivers reacted to the two-by-two tag team approach that changed/marred the Daytona 500.
We know Daytona is fast. We know Daytona has room to pass. It’s a shorter race, but engines still get quite the workout, especially in hot, humid Florida.
While the action on the track is great, the fan experience away from the track is also pretty impressive. Many fans take the entire week off to enjoy the ocean and activities around Florida. Daytona International Speedway has also worked hard to create a series of events for racing fans; some of whom even get to partake in a pit stop with a real Sprint Cup car. There’s an IMAX to boot for those of you who hate warm weather and sun.
Now for the important facts from the track's website to impress your friends with when TNT starts the race coverage Saturday evening at 7 EDT.
- Daytona has 31 degrees of banking on the turns, three degrees of banking on the backstretch and 18 degrees of banking on the frontstretch.
- The backstretch is 3,000 feet.
- The frontstretch is 3,800 feet.
- Mark Martin set the qualifying record of 191.188 miles per hour back in February.
- The fastest race time was set by Jeff Gordon back in 2002. Gordon traveled 183.674 miles an hour.
- Trevor Bayne has the highest average finish at Daytona, which shouldn’t come as a surprise since he’s 1/1 at the track.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon have the second through fifth best average finishes at Daytona.
- Gordon has won here six times. Tony Stewart has won here three times.
- Kevin Harvick is the defending race champion.
- Trevor Bayne won the first race at Daytona in 2010. Some refer to it as the Daytona 500.
- We know it’s a holiday weekend, but the track does not allow fireworks.
- The track does host a massive fireworks display after the race for those who like that sort of thing.
- My apologies to all the dudes on the side of the road selling fireworks out of their van.
- Bubba The Love Sponge will drive the pace car.
- Martina McBride will do the pre-race concert.
- I’m more interested in seeing one a lot more than the other.
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