Daytona International Speedway (2.5 miles Superspeedway, Trioval) in Daytona Beach, Florida
The Daytona International Speedway boasts a track length of 2.5 miles and a unique bends of 31 ° and these dimensions are exceeded only by the track at Talladega. Imagine, again, we would swish along on his roof with 300km / h, you get a good idea of the action there. If you are standing on the apron, you look first several feet upward until it sees the SAFER Barrier. Physically seen that driving a car at least 60mph, so scarce 100km / h, in order to remain at the top banking can.
The plans for the Daytona International Speedway began a few years after the founding of NASCAR. In 1953 Bill France Sr. began to discuss this huge oval and future flagship of the sport with engineers. Served as a feasibility study by the way, the Ford Proving Grounds in Detroit, Michigan, at which it is abschaute for the realization of some extreme banking. In 1957 ground was broken and two years later was the construction work could be completed. Fun Fact: The huge banked corners of the earth was the infield used, with the pit gradually filled up due to the high water table with water. The resulting lake still exists today and even got a name: Lake Lloyd.
The long years for Daytona so characteristic bumps had to bless the summer 2010 race after this life, than this huge undertaking began in Daytona to asphalt for the second time after 1978 new. The cause was a rupture of the road, which led during the repair interval in a massive slump in viewers screens in the 2010 edition of the legendary Daytona 500th Nearly six months later was on the 31-degree banking of the huge, 2.5-mile super speedway, a new asphalt strip, just in time for next meeting date for the Great American Race. This new racing surface then also brought with it some changes that had a huge impact on the previously known, traditional restrictor-plate racing and bump-drafting: The Two-car trains were 2011 for the first time in a Daytona seen 500th
Since 1959, NASCAR also runs the second race of the season on the Super Speedway of Daytona. At that time, was originally organized the predecessor to Champ Cars, the USAC racing series, a race on the 2.5-mile route. In advance, however, saw a few accidents, so that they never returned to Daytona. NASCAR replaced the open-wheeler and started with a race distance of 250 miles, before being driven 400 miles since 1962 in the first four years. 2008 then changed the title of the official soft drink supplier of the ovals of the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and the owner of the Pepsi 400 was the 400th Coke Zero
Known, the race is that it is always around the time of Independence Days is taking place, with a direct meeting of 4 July and the event certainly has scarcity value. The last race at the "Fourth of July" was held in 1992 and was supposed to repeat itself actually 1998th At that time, however, forest fires threatened the speedway and the race, which should be in fact the first Daytona night race was postponed until the autumn. Since the Americans know not skimp on public holidays and the "Troops" are particularly honored and promoted, a pompous and over again expecting a show. You just have to stop like ...
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