Daytona International Speedway, 1801 West International Speedway Boulevard
Daytona Beach, Florida 386-947-6800 If you love stock car racing, the Daytona 500 Experience (formerly Daytona USA) at the Daytona International Speedway is a not-to-be-missed interactive motorsports attraction. Highlights of Daytona 500 Experience, which first opened in 1996, include motion simulator rides, "The Daytona 500 Movie", Heroes of the Track, "You Call the Race", NASCAR Thunder and the 16-Second Pit Stop Challenge. Visitors also can take a behind-the-scenes, 30-minute tour of Daytona International Speedway that includes views of the garage area, pit road, 31-degree high banks of the Speedway and Victory Lane. Two new motion simulator rides, Daytona Dream Laps and Acceleration Alley, place you behind the wheel as you experience NASCAR racing along the high banks of the Speedway.
The main lobby of Daytona 500 Experience contains the World Center of Racing Visitors Center, a Sega Electronic Entertainment Center and a gift shop. Events at Daytona International Speedway include the world-famous Daytona 500, "the Super Bowl of Racing", which takes place in February, and the Coke Zero 400, which takes place July 4th weekend.
Daytona 500 Experience is located off Interstate 95 (Exit 261A) along International Speedway Boulevard (U.S. 92), approximately 60 miles Northeast of Orlando. Admission to the Daytona 500 Experience is $24 for adults, $19 for seniors and ages 6-12, and free for ages 5 and under. For more information about the Daytona 500 Experience, visit www.daytona500experience.com.
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