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When attending a NASCAR race, a race fan has their
traditional pre-race activities such as visiting
souvenir haulers and displays, enjoying their favorite
race fare and tailgating with their friends.
It’s a schedule that a
race fan performs before any Sprint Cup Series race. But
the Daytona 500 isn’t just any race and Daytona
International Speedway isn’t just any track.
The Daytona 500,
nicknamed “The Great American Race,” is the biggest,
richest and most prestigious race in America and one
every fan must experience in person.
 The
Daytona 500 is a culmination of DIRECTV Speedweeks, a
10-day festival of speed which includes the Camping
World 300 Nationwide Series race, the Chevy Silverado
250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, the Gatorade
Duel At Daytona qualifying races, the Budweiser
Shootout, ARCA 200 ARCA RE/MAX Series race and Daytona
500 Qualifying.
Traditionally a sell out
since the inaugural event in 1959, the Daytona 500 has
become more than just the kick-off event to the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series. It’s become a sporting spectacle.
And then there is the racing. The Daytona
500 has produced many of the most memorable moments in
the history of NASCAR.
From the famous fight between Donnie and Bobby Allison
and Cale Yarborough in 1979 to the three-wide photo
finish of the inaugural 1959 Daytona 500, something
special always happens at the Daytona 500.
Most recently in 2007, the 49th annual Daytona 500
produced the closest finish since the advent of
electronic scoring with Kevin Harvick nosing Mark Martin
at the start/finish line by .020 seconds.
In the 50th running of the Daytona 500, Ryan Newman
passed Tony Stewart on the last lap to win the most
anticipated event in racing history and hoist the gold
Harley J. Earl trophy in the air.
Newman’s name is now on a list with other legendary
Daytona 500 champions such as Lee and Richard Petty,
Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Cale Yarborough, David
Pearson, Bobby and Davey Allison, Dale Earnhardt Sr.,
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Darrell Waltrip, Buddy Baker, Jeff
Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.
Who will be the champion of the 51st Daytona 500 in
2009? We will just have to wait and see. But race fans
don’t want to wait too long to purchase their tickets. |
