Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is the home of "The Great American Race" - the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup event garners most of the attention - as well as the largest audience in motorsports - the enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe, thus earning it the title of "World Center of Racing." In addition to eight major weekends of racing activity, rarely a week goes by that the Speedway grounds are not used for events that include civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo shoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.
TRACK FACTS
Track
2.5-mile trioval superspeedway
40 feet wide with 12- to 30-foot apron
Turns
Banking: 31 degrees
Length: 3,000 feet
Radius: 1,000 feet
Trioval
Banking: 18 degrees (at start/finish line)
Frontstretch
Chute length: 1,900 feet (from turn to middle of trioval)
Total length: 3,800 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Backstretch
Length: 3,000 feet
Banking: Minimal for drainage only
Pit Road
Length: 1,600 feet
Width: 60 feet
Garage Area
Sprint Cup Garages: space for 74 cars
Nationwide Series Garages: space for 74 cars
Alternate garage pad: spaces for 54 18-wheelers
Road Course
3.56 miles for sports cars, 3.51 miles for motorcycles and 2.9 miles for motorcycles (incorporates trioval superspeedway and non-banked infield section) Infield course and chicane range from 30 to 50 feet wide
Speedway Facility
Total acreage: 480 acres
Infield: 180 acres (includes 29-acre Lake Lloyd)
