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Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. Daytona races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, pickup truckA pickup truck is a light truck with an open-top cargo area with fairly short rigid sides and an opening rear gate. They are known in Australia as a "ute" or "utility" (from "utility vehicle") and in Israel as a "tender". The design details of such vehicls, and stock carThis article is about the sport of stock car racing . A stock car is also a type of railroad freight car Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States held largely on banked concrete oval tracks of between approximatelys. The facility also includes a 3.56 mile (5.7 km) road course and 44 acreThis article is about the unit of measure known as the acre''. For other definitions, see Acre (disambiguation). An acre is a measure of land area in Imperial units or U. customary units. It is equal to 43 560 square feet, or 4840 square yards. The precis (17.8 hectareA hectare (symbol ha is a metric unit of surface area, equal to 100 ares (the name is a contraction of the SI prefix hecto + are . It is a non-SI unit currently accepted (although discouraged) for use with the SI. In India, also the abbreviation hac is us) Lake Lloyd in the infield.

The NASCAR Championship's most important race, the Daytona 500, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) stock car race. The list of Daytona 500 winners is very long dating back to the inaugural race in 1959, and includes "The King" Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt.

In the history of NASCAR ( as of 2004), only two people have been killed at Daytona International Speedway: Neil Bonnett, who was killed in a practice session for the Daytona 500; and Dale Earnhardt — the first person ever to be killed in the Daytona 500 — who was killed on the final lap in 2001.

The racing season begins at Daytona starting with the testing sessions. The year's racing begins with the 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Le Mans series. Then the racing begins for the Nextel Cup with the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade 125. The Craftsman Truck Series begins with the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 . The Busch Series begins with the Hershey's Kisses 300 , and then it is back to the Nextel Cup in "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500. The Nextel Cup also features the Pepsi 400 in July at Daytona.

Daytona can be a place where your career can be made or broken. A place where your heart can be broken in "The Great American Race." You have to follow the draft in order to master Daytona. You also have to prove yourself several times in order to participate in the big show.

See also: List of NASCAR race tracks