Now that the 2005 F1 calendar has ended, experience the excitement of Daytona International Speedway, home of world renowned racing fixtures such as Daytona 500. The speedway at Daytona is gearing up for the start of the American Motorsports calendar kicking off with the incredible Rolex 24 at the end of January 2006.
Rolex 24 At Daytona
The Rolex 24 at Daytona is the first event to kick-off the American motorsports calendar on 28 and 29th January, 2006 and is the season-opening event to the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series. This sleek and stylish race is ultra competitive with drivers battling bumper-to-bumper in the toughest and most demanding twice-around-the-clock challenge in the world.
Budweiser Shootout
Stock car excitement at Daytona International Speedway begins with the Budweiser Shootout on 11th February, 2006. A no-holds barred All-Star race featuring the previous season's Bud Pole winners as well as past Budweiser Shootout champions in a heart-pounding battle supremacy on the legendary high banks of Daytona. Not to be missed!
Daytona 500
Known as "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500 on 19th February, 2006 is the biggest, richest and most prestigious motorsports event in America. Every driver dreams of hoisting the winner's trophy as Daytona 500 champion. It is well known that they will do anything to accomplish that goal on the historic high banks of the "World Centre of Racing." Think Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder. This is the actual race the film is based on.
Daytona 200 by Honda
The two-wheel thunder of motorcycles will invade Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 200 by Honda on 11th March 2006. The historic and prestigious motorcycle race will feature the stars of the America Motorcycle Association battling wheel-to-wheel on the twist and turns of "The World Centre of Racing" as well as the 31-degree high banks.
Pepsi 400
Daytona International Speedway will celebrate Independence Day 2006 with the Pepsi 400 on July 1st 2006, one of the premier night races in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and the rest of stars of NASCAR do battle under the lights on the high banks of the "World Centre of Racing" for a coveted Daytona victory.
