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The first major event of Speedweeks is the 24 Hours of Daytona.Currently it is held the final weekend of January, which is also on the weekend of the conference championship games of the NFL Playoffs due to the Pro Bowl now being the bye week for the Super Bowl since the 2021 NFL season made an adjustment that became a 17-game schedule.
1973 500cc Triumph T100R Daytona with aftermarket rear suspension units. The 'Daytona' name was derived from American rider Buddy Elmore's win at the 1966 Daytona 200 race held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [2] He achieved an average speed of 96.6 mph (155.5 km/h) on a 'works special' Triumph Tiger 100. [1]
WLOV-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, and serving the Daytona Beach area. The station is owned by Southern Stone Communications and broadcasts a classic hits radio format as "Love 99.5, Daytona's Greatest Hits".
The 1994 Daytona 500, the 36th running of the event, was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Loy Allen Jr. , ARCA graduate and Winston Cup rookie , driving the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports , won the pole.
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [ 17 ]
Bonnie Gauthier, a popular waitress at Plaka On the Beach in Fort Myers Beach, died Sept. 28, when Hurricane Ian hit southwestern Florida.
Since its opening in 1959, Daytona International Speedway has seen 41 on-track fatalities: 24 car drivers, 12 motorcyclists, 3 go-kart drivers, 1 powerboat racer, and 1 track worker. The most notable death was that of Dale Earnhardt, who was killed on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001.
Daytona police said one of the women, while holding the baby in one hand, struck a witness who was recording the scene near the Coyote Ugly Saloon. Two women charged with 'tossing' baby back and ...