| If you want to see the best cars in racing today, | | | | additional to all of the fun and excitement of the day, |
| then you have to buy some Daytona 500 tickets. | | | | at the end, the winner is presented with the Harley J. |
| And you have to buy tickets for the whole family - | | | | Earl Trophy, and for the remainder of the year one |
| this is an event to share! Watching speed and hearing | | | | can see the winning car on display at the museum, |
| the roar of the engines is guaranteed to get your | | | | right next to the Speedway. |
| blood flowing. It's also an amazing performance of | | | | SOME WINNERS |
| man and machine. The Daytona 500 brings the | | | | Just like all races, Daytona has but one winner every |
| fastest and the toughest cars that have ever been | | | | year. When you buy your tickets you won't just get |
| assembled, and you're guaranteed to see some of | | | | to see one of the best races run each year, you'll |
| the best racing the world has ever known! | | | | also witness a piece of history: the next winner of |
| DAYTONA'S HISTORY | | | | the Daytona 500. The first winner of this historic race |
| Before the infamous Daytona 500, and its amazing | | | | was Lee Petty, the founder of the racing Petty |
| track and amenities, there was nothing but beach | | | | family. Lee Petty won the race the first time it was |
| and road. That never kept anyone from racing there. | | | | run, in 1959. |
| It would seem that spot was just made to be raced | | | | Like father, like son, Lee's son Richard Petty went on |
| on. Back then, the races were shorter and they | | | | to top the list of multiple winners of the Daytona |
| were held on the famous Daytona Beach itself, | | | | 500, having won it no less than seven times, in 1964, |
| literally run partly on sand and partly on the roadway | | | | 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1981. Let us not |
| nearby. | | | | forget the race's fastest winner, who won the |
| In the past, the races were run at 200 mile intervals | | | | Daytona 500 at the thrilling speed of 177.602 miles |
| with stock cars. At that point in time, the cars had | | | | per hour in 1980. Buddy Baker takes that prize. |
| wipers and radiators that were meant to make sure | | | | Several other famous drivers have not only won, but |
| that the sand that they threw up wouldn't damage | | | | have done so several times, including both Dale |
| the vehicles. Out of these beginnings in the first part | | | | Jarrett and Jeff Gordon, each having done so three |
| of the twentieth century, the Daytona 500 was born. | | | | time each. |
| TODAY AT DAYTONA | | | | If you can only make it to one NASCAR race this |
| Today, getting Daytona 500 tickets is the best way | | | | year, or, better yet, have yet to enjoy the |
| to get up close and personal with some of the most | | | | experience of a NASCAR race, make it this year's |
| awe-inspiring race cars of our time. The Daytona 500 | | | | Daytona 500. You are guaranteed never to regret it. |
| is held in the Daytona International Speedway, and it | | | | The Daytona 500 is a living, breathing part of |
| has been ever since it's first occurrence in 1959. | | | | NASCAR history, and the excitement of this event |
| The Daytona 500 is run in 200 laps, and is 500 miles, | | | | every year is indescribable. You have to see it to |
| from whence cometh its name. Over the course of | | | | believe it. The Daytona 500 kicks off the NASCAR |
| the Daytona 500's fifty year history, it has seen | | | | season, with everyone's excitement level at a peak. |
| some of the most amazing names in racing history | | | | The cars are pristine, and the celebrities are |
| grace its track and its history books. The Daytona | | | | everywhere. So do yourself a favor, treat yourself |
| 500 is seen by most as the most important and | | | | to an unforgettable experience. Buy tickets to the |
| even the most prestigious NASCAR race of the | | | | Daytona 500 - only don't forget to buy enough for |
| season. It's winner's purse is the biggest, and it's | | | | family and friends, or they may never forgive you! |
| traditionally the first race run every season. And, in | | | | |