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Daytona International Superspeedway

Daytona International Superspeedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2½-mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. It hosts races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, motorcycles (on and off road), sports cars, modified pickup trucks, and stock cars. The facility also includes a 3.56 mile (5.7 km) road course and a 180-acre (73 ha) infield, including the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The facility is also used for an annual spring car show and swap meet, and a Thanksgiving street rod meet, some of the largest of their kind, and various 5,000-foot (1,500 m) races around the track, as there have been three different layouts.

History

Ground was broken on November 25, 1957. The soil underneath the banked corners was dug from the infield of the track, and the large hole in the infield filled with water from the low water table and is now known as Lake Lloyd. The speedway opened on February 22, 1959 to a crowd of 41,000 people.

The Daytona 500, the most important race for NASCAR's premier series, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) stock car race.

Current Race Events in Real Motorsport

   * NASCAR stock car racing
         o Sprint Cup Series - Budweiser Shootout
         o Sprint Cup Series - Gatorade Duel 
         o Sprint Cup Series - Daytona 500 - "The Great American Race"
         o Sprint Cup Series - Coke Zero 400
         o Nationwide Series - Camping World 300
         o Nationwide Series - Winn-Dixie 250
         o Craftsman Truck Series - Chevy Silverado 250
   * ARCA stock car racing
         o Daytona ARCA 200
   * AMA motorcycle racing
         o Daytona 200 superbike racing
         o Daytona Supercross (Motocross racing)
   * Sports car racing
         o Rolex 24 at Daytona
         o Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series - Paul Revere 250 by Brumos
         o SCCA Club racing

Gran Turismo

This track is featured in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, the game includes 2 versions, the Superspeedway layout which consists of 4 banked left turns and a trioval (pictured above), and a Road course layout (pictured below) which includes a series of left and right hander turns before the first banked turn and a chicane on the backstretch, it should also be noted that there are actually two chicanes that connect to eachother. The one in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is longer than the one used for some racing events.