Daytona International Speedway
ClosedClosed No longer racing, but some of the track is still there.
- Speed Week drag races ran nightly on the speedway backstretch
- Raced
- 1961-62
- State
- Florida
- What's left
- A good length of the old track surface is still there, in poor to good condition.
- First race
- February 17, 1961
- Location
- Backstretch of the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Coordinates
- 29.18537, -81.06894
Before 1961, Daytona Speed Week drag races moved around between different sites. Starting in 1961 they were held on the long backstretch of the 2.5-mile speedway at 7 PM every day from February 17 to 24.
Background
Daytona opened in 1959 and is home to the Daytona 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona. The drag races used the backstretch of its 2.5-mile tri-oval, the same high-speed layout the stock cars run.
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