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Daytona International Speedway Constructs New Dirt Track
07-31-09: Daytona Beach,
FL
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Daytona International Speedway
Short Track Lime Rock Quarter-Mile Track
To Be Ready For AMA Pro Flat Track Events March 3-4
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Daytona International
Speedway, "The World Center of Racing" and home to
prestigious events with stock cars, sports cars,
motorcycles and karts, will construct a quarter-mile
dirt track located outside Turns 1 and 2 in the West
Lot, Track President Robin Braig announced.
The project was necessitated by the City of
Daytona Beach's redevelopment plans for
Municipal Stadium, which includes replacing the
dirt used for the Flat Track racing events with
sports turf.
Construction on the quarter-mile dirt track,
which will be made up of lime rock, will start
in the early fall and be completed in time for
next year's March 3-4 AMA Pro Racing Flat Track
motorcycle events, which are a part of 2010
Daytona 200 Week By Honda.
The new dirt track at Daytona International
Speedway, which can also be utilized for other
events such as the high performance karts from
the World Karting Association, will have more
than 5,000 temporary seats and lighting will be
provided by Musco Lighting.
"Over the years, Municipal Stadium has been a
great venue for us and the City of Daytona Beach
has been a great partner," Braig said. "With
their redevelopment plans for Municipal Stadium,
which included replacing the dirt that we used
for the Flat Track with sports turf, this was a
logical step.
"We're excited about the addition of this new
venue to our historic racing facility. The new
dirt track is going to take the excitement of
our popular Flat Track motorcycle races to new
levels and give us additional opportunities to
host other events during the year."
"Moving to 'The World Center of Racing' for
our Grand National Flat Track races during
Bike Week is fantastic news," said Mike
Kidd, Director of Flat Track for AMA Pro
Racing. "This will allow us to kick off the
2010 short track racing season in grand
style."
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