After being spoilt with Tom's cooking (ribs one night, fish fry another) and having our automatic steps repaired at Lazydays, we headed east from Tampa towards the Atlantic Ocean - our destination was St Augustine, Florida. Murray was keen to drive past the Daytona International Speedway, so I adjusted the GPS and off we drove.
As we approached the speedway, we noticed a huge, empty parking lot, so decided to pull in and have a walk around. As it turned out, the first 30 minute tour of the day was to start in 20 mins, so we decided to take advantage of it. I only went along to take photos for Murray, but I enjoyed seeing the track - Murray often calls me in to watch the last lap or two of the biggest NASCAR race of the year, so now I will be able to orientate what I see on TV to what we saw in person.
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| Walking towards Victory Lane |
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| Victory Lane - Murray couldn't get the smile off his face |
The track has a 31 degree banking in turns, compared to 9 - 12 degree banking at Indianapolis. See photo below:
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| Some cars out practicing |
This TV screen image is from the 2015 NASCAR race here at Daytona. Joey Logano won, reaching a speed of 260 KPH/ 161 MPH. In the photo below, Murray is standing beside the actual yellow car shown in the lead on the TV.
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| Danica Patrick - Murray favourite female driver |
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