"The Superbowl of Racing"

The Daytona 500, the Superbowl of racing as it was called so many times on the video that I watched about this race track, "The Daytona 500: 50 years of  'the Great American Race'". It was the longest one built at the time, 2.5 miles long. Before it was built, race cars were run on the beach in Daytona Beach, Fl. The racetrack was built by William H.G. France.

The message that I came away with from this video is to be a winner of the Daytona 500 is to be among the elite class of car racers. It's 500 miles to win the race and a lot of things can go wrong along the way but that makes the victory even more sweet. According the video, the Indianapolis 500 may be big but in the racing circles it is the Daytona 500 that gets the most admiration. I think its because of the challenge of the race track being so long and the fact that the track goes up at a angle on the corners, 31 degrees to be exact.

For the novice that has never really been into car racing all that much I now have a new appreciation for this race and all of the references that are made to it in the movie Cars by Disney.

I hope that you also learned something and enjoyed this post.
'Til next time have a great day,



p.s. Here is a link to Nascar's history page about the Daytona 500 if you want to know more.