Daytona 500 - February 26, 2012

Daytona International Speedway
54th Anniversary Race!

The 2012 edition of the Daytona 500, which will be the fifty-fourth running of "The Great American Race". This race will kick off the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series year and end the Speedweeks series at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Speedweeks 2012 will kick off with the 50th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race on Jan. 28-29 and will end with the Daytona 500.

The Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, is probably the most well-known raceway in the United States. Built on a swamp in the 1950’s, this monster-of-a racetrack seats 168,000, and every seat is needed. The speedway got a facelift on Dec. 2010, on friday Dec. 12th the final touches were done to the track by Lane Construction, who is the company in charge of giving this important racetrack the repaved. Lane Construction, which repaved other ISC race tracks including Talladega Superspeedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Richmond International Raceway and Darlington Raceway, estimated 50,000 tons of asphalt to repave more than 1.4 million square feet of Daytona International Speedway.

The Daytona 500 race in February starts off the auto-racing season for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. View the 2012 NASCAR schedule and Daytona Speedway betting odds. The Daytona 500 will air on TV – FOX Sports, Radio – MRN Radio.

2012 Daytona 500 Schedule

Daytona is also the location of NASCAR headquarters. The track at Daytona Speedway is 2.5 miles long and is a tri-oval super speedway. The Sprint Cup series racers will be back for the July Daytona race, the Pepsi 400.

NASCAR Nationwide Series fans can check out their favorite stock car racers here in February for the Orbitz 300 and in July for the Winn Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo. Also in February, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will host the Chevy Silverado HD 250.

2011 Daytona 500 Results

2010 Daytona 500 Results

Jamie McMurray Wins 52nd Annual Daytona 500. Jamie McMurray captured the 52nd annual Daytona 500 victory in a gripping finish on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.

Jamie McMurray passed Greg Biffle with one lap remaining and parried a charge by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win in his first race since returning to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. The race concluded after 208 laps — eight more than the scheduled distance because of a new rule that mandated three attempts at a green-white-checkered finish.

Daytona 500 winners

The annual NASCAR race at Daytona had previously been staged on a 4.1-mile beach and road course in the area. The 2001 Daytona 500 was the darkest day in NASCAR history as Dale Earnhardt was taken from NASCAR during an ill fated accident at the end of the race. In 2004, Daytona International Speedway broke ground on a multi-million, multi-faceted infield renovation project which includes a new tunnel located in Turn 1 that will accommodate team transport vehicles and guest's specialty vehicles.

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