Daytona 500?

Question

where is the best place to buy tickets for the upcoming for the 51st running of the Daytona 500, and where is the best place to sit? not expensive but not to cheap range please help me im also looking for the travel package for it as in hotel and transportation to the track thanks for your help

Answer 1

Not sure what the person above me is doing. Anyways, I just went to my first Daytona race earlier this month, and we sat in the Weatherly Towers, and the view was awesome. We could see nearly the entire track, which I figured wasnt possible with how big Daytona is.

As for a travel package, I cant help you out there. I can tell you the Econolodge in Ormond Beach was a decent place to stay and was pretty good value for what we paid for it.

Answer 2

Try sidestep.com,

They often have package deals you can put together.

Try the Daytona speedway website.

Zaveric, try writing your own stuff instead of copy paste from another website.

Answer 3

Save your cash and watch it on TV you cant see anything from the stands, the track is too darn big. Go to Bristol or Martinsvill instead.

Answer 4

I always get tickets from the Speedway's site, they are the most reliable.

And, as for a seat, anything on the front stretch up high would be good.

I've been twice - the first time I sat on the top row on the back stretch and couldn't see the start-finish line, but this year, we sat on the frontstretch up pretty high and could see the whole track.

Answer 5

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 miles (800 km) long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule. In 2008, the race celebrated its 50th running.

The Daytona 500 is regarded by many as the most important and prestigious race on the NASCAR calendar, carrying by far the largest purse. Championship points awarded are equal to that of any other Sprint Cup race. It is also NASCAR's first race of the year; this phenomenon is virtually unique in sports, which tend to have championships or other major events at the end of the season rather than the start. Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indianapolis 500 which greatly surpasses the Daytona 500 in in-track attendance. The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers.[1]

The event serves as the final event of Speedweeks and is known as "The Great American Race" and the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing." It is held the third or second Sunday in February, and since 1971, has been loosely associated with Presidents Day weekend.

The winner of the Daytona 500 is presented with the Harley J. Earl Trophy in Victory Lane, and the winning car is displayed, in race-winning condition, for one year at Daytona 500 Experience, a museum and gallery adjacent to Daytona International Speedway

The race is the direct successor of shorter races held on Daytona Beach. This long square was partially on the sand and also on the highway near the beach. Earlier events featured 200 mile (320 km) races with stock cars. These cars were equipped with wipers and radiators to combat the sand they faced. Eventually, the 500 was held and has been held at Daytona International Speedway since its inaugural run in 1959. By 1961, it began to be referred to by its commonly known moniker, the "Daytona 500."[2]

Answer 6

Daytona 500 usually sells out quickly....and then the only place you can get them is Ebay for much more.

http://www.stubhub.com/daytona-500-ticke...