Daytona Beach Events
GRAND-AM 200 - January 27, 2012
The GRAND-AM 200 is a prelude to the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the season-opening event to the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
Rolex 24 At Daytona - January 28 - 29, 2012
The 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona showcases the world’s best drivers competing for 24 hours on Daytona's 3.56-mile road course.
Roles 24 Tickets
Budweiser Shootout - February 18, 2012
The Budweiser Shootout, the climax to a racing doubleheader, is a no-holds barred non-points race with the top NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars.
Daytona 500 Qualifying presented by Kroger - February 19, 2012
The prestigious front row for the 54th annual Daytona 500 will be at stake.
Gatorade Duel - February 23, 2012
The Gatorade Duel At Daytona features two 150-mile qualifying races that determine the starting lineup for the 54th annual Daytona 500.
NextEra Energy Resources 250 - February 24, 2012
The tough trucks from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will tackle Daytona International Speedway in a 100-lap, 250-mile battle that is famous for its wild and unpredictable three-wide racing.
DAYTONA 300 - February 25, 2012
The rising stars of the NASCAR Nationwide Series face off against the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in a 120-lap, 300-mile event.
Daytona 300 Tickets
DAYTONA 500 - February 26, 2012
Forty-three of the top drivers in the world compete in “The Great American Race,” NASCAR's biggest, richest and most prestigious motorsports event.
Daytona 500 Tickets
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Daytona Beach News
Daytona's Main Street merchants seek to expand Biketoberfest
Main Street merchants receive a welcome boost each fall when the area hosts the Daytona Beach Biketoberfest, the annual four-day motorcycle rally that attracts more than 100,000 visitors.
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'Bike Week' legal battle ends
The Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce has won its nearly yearlong legal battle to protect its right and that of local businesses to freely use the phrase "Daytona Beach Bike Week" on T-shirts and other goods.
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Daytona, Joe's Crab Shack agree on 10-year contract for pier restaurant
The Daytona Beach Pier, an 86-year-old wooden structure that has been everything from a classy 1920s night spot for ballroom dancing to a 1960s hangout where the beer and rock and roll flowed, has entered a new era.
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Florida muck factor in Daytona mastodon find
Workers recently stumbled upon remains of an Ice Age mastodon on a construction site, experts say Florida has a unique collection of natural conditions that make it one of the best places in the nation to find preserved fossils.
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GRAND-AM Road Racing partners with InterContinental Hotels Group
GRAND-AM Road Racing announced that InterContinental Hotels and Resorts has been named the official hotel partner for GRAND-AM Road Racing beginning in 2012. This marks the first time the sanctioning body has had an official hotel partnership.
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Construction work resumes at Daytona Beach mastodon site
Ten days after the first pieces of an Ice Age mastodon were found in a half-built retention pond, construction workers were back on the job Monday with a special request to keep an eye out for more ancient bones.
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Daytona mayor believes consultant can help revive Beach Street area
The city has hired a nationally known consultant with a record of turning around downtowns to spend the next several months working to recruit new businesses to the Beach Street area and help existing merchants.
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10,000 walkers in Daytona Beach stride for a cure for breast cancer
The American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" 5K walk Saturday morning drew a monster crowd of breast cancer survivors and their families, friends and supporters still hoping for a cure. The group, which gathered early at Riverfront Park in Daytona Beach, marched down Main Street and across the International Speedway Bridge in a pink-polka-dotted mass.
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Daytona Beach considering new sign system to direct visitors
City leaders are hoping to make Daytona Beach the latter kind of town, a place where a network of road signs could get someone from Interstate 95 to the Ocean Center or City Hall with no wrong turns.
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$50,000 beach traffic report goes to County Council Thursday
A traffic consultant will hand-deliver the long-awaited report on beach driving Thursday morning, unveiling what, if any, steps Volusia County should take to make the beach safer than it's been over the past year-and-a-half.
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Former Daytona servers sue WingHouse, claim work for no pay
A group of former local servers is suing the WingHouse restaurant chain, claiming they were forced to work off the clock regularly -- being paid in T-shirts, chicken wings and beer and not the minimum wage they were promised.
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Shrimpers crowd Halifax River for bountiful run
When shrimp start flicking their tails down the currents of the Halifax River, moving from marshes to inlet and out to sea, it never fails to draw a fleet of fishing boats. But the shrimp run that's been going on over the last two weeks has sparked an absolute gold rush of activity.
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At the Ocean Deck Sandwiches come with ocean view
In the mood to look at the water after church, Denise O'Toole Kelly, her husband, Joe Kelly, and Joe's mom, Barbara Kelly, went to the Ocean Deck Restaurant & Beach Club for lunch.
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