Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR sprint competition that takes place annually approximately the mid or aim of Feb on a Sunday at the Daytona Speedway which is located in Florida. This restrictor place chase features 200 laps that amount to encompassing 500 miles. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008.
Commonly known as "The Extravagant American Race" and the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing", it is considered by several to be the most illustrious and distinguished act on the NASCAR calendar. The scoring is similar to that of the average Dash Mug races. Its importance can be judged from the circumstance that it is the annual opener of NASCAR events, instead of continuance held at the heel of the year commensurate the other preeminent events. Because 1995 it has been posting the highest ratings for car races of all kinds on US television, surpassing the ratings of Indianapolis 500 that enjoys a higher track attendance. In 2006 Daytona 500 successfully managed to attract an audience of over 20 million which was the sixth highest standard of a television telecast that year.
The winner bags the Harley J. Earl Trophy in Victory Lane and the winning car is situate on fanfare for a full year at the Daytona 500 Experience; which is a museum conscientious next to the Daytona track.
Earlier this race was held on the sand and the highway that is adjacent to the beach. Instead of 500 miles it originally covered 200 miles that were raced in stock cars that were accoutered with wipers and radiators to resist the sands. However thanks to 1959 it has been replaced by 500 miles. Hence the nickname â Daytona 500â that it took on in that 1961.
The Daytona 500 race that was held in 2000 had upsetting results. Johnny Benson was leading until he was overtaken by Dale Jarrett owing to a restart just four laps left. It resulted in a advance for Jarrett that he maintained for the rest of the laps and successfully grabbed his third Daytona 500 title.
The 2007 Daytona 500 relay for the fundamental period featured a modern foreign addition in the form of Toyota. This contest was held six senescence after the demise of Dale Earnhardt. The race was finished by two of the complete Toyotas that were contesting in the race. The 2005 winner Valley Jarrett finished 23rd with Waltrip finishing at 30th. Tony Stewart who was initially leading the pursuit fell away owing to a crash with Kurt Busch. The crash is said to be coincidental to the crash that led to the sad demise of Dale Earnhardt. Nevertheless both the contestants luckily managed to escape unscathed.
The 2008 Daytona 500 race celebrated the 50th anniversary of this race which was beginning held in 1959. This golden jubilee saw the inclusion of NASCAR's Vehivle of Tomorrow for the also ahead time in the running, after its introduction in 2007. It was also the first race that was being held under the banner of the "Sprint Cupâ , after the merger of Sprint and NEXTEL that took place in 2005.
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