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Beach Dash is a 5K obstacle race on a beach [1] that was formerly run by Red Frog Events. [2] The rights to the name and race were sold to an Australian event company because of its failure in the United States. [3] As of 2013 the name is also used by an event in Mustang Island, Texas which also includes longer distances and a children's race. [4]
In 2021, Daytona Beach Bike Week flat track events, sanctioned by American Flat Track, moved from Daytona to Volusia Speedway Park. In 2022, American Flat Track will add a Biketoberfest race at Volusia. Various pit scenes from the 1990 film Days of Thunder were filmed at the speedway.
Originally built as Adventure Landing Daytona by Adventure Entertainment Company in 1998 and closed in 2002; [3] Daytona Lagoon opened in March 2005. [4] On August 20, 2016, the Volusia County Council approved a lease, enabling a United Parks subsidiary to purchase Daytona Lagoon from DBWP, LLC. The acquisition closed on October 19, 2015. [5]
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 253 was a NASCAR Cup Series race on the Daytona International Speedway infield road course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Originally created in 2020 as a temporary event in response to races canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the race returned in 2021 for the same reason. Christopher Bell is the most recent race winner.
The course started on the pavement of highway A1A (at 4511 South Atlantic Avenue, Ponce Inlet A restaurant named "Racing's North Turn" now stands at that location. It went south 2 mi (3.2 km) parallel to the ocean on A1A (S. Atlantic Ave) to the end of the road, where the drivers accessed the beach at the south turn at the Beach Street approach , returned 2 miles (3.2 km) north on the sandy ...
With the sack, he also tied Bruce Smith and Lawrence Taylor as the fourth-fastest player to get to 100 sacks, achieving the number in 115 games played. (Smith is the NFL's all-time sack leader ...
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Motorsports on the beach became popular, and the Daytona Beach and Road Course hosted races for over 50 years, replaced in 1959 by Daytona International Speedway. The city is the headquarters of NASCAR. Daytona Beach hosts large groups of tourists, and notable events include Speedweeks which attracts 200,000 visitors to the Daytona 500.