plays lik e th e daily Harley-Davidson
happening at the H o liday In n Surfside. Big Daddy 's annual custom/
chopper show will be h eld on Sat. urday morning as us ua l. Dem o rides
I are be ing o ffered at various sites by
severa l manufacturers, in cludin g
H a r ley-Da vid so n , Kawasaki and
I BM W. Th e venerable Daytona
Armory will offer vin tage bike lovers
both a show an d a n auction, and road
rides fo r both contemporary ' and
vintage bikes/riders will be conducted by severa l groups. Volusia
County Fairgr ounds is the site of a
swap meet th at gets b igger every year.
Still looking for so methin g to do?
There's the nightl y ra di olTV show
h osted by Chris Carter at the Marker
32 Lou nge o n Seabreeze Bo u levard.
Carter 's show o ffers race fans a
ch ance to see th e superstars u p close.
It ca n be h eard every n ighton WN DB
(1150 AM) and seen on cable channel
WA YK (C h. 26) o n Friday ' and
Saturd a y ni ght. It seems as th ou gh
Roxy Roc kwo od ha s hosted a radio
show a t Daytona since th e internal
combustion en gine first sang and his
show p layed to full houses a t . th e
Hawaiian Inn for years, but the past
severa l ye a rs R o x y 's sh o w h a s
j u m p ed fr om o ne locati on to
a nother. As of presstime, we hadn 't
heard from Roxy; if we do Papa
Wea ley will plug h is show in h is In
The Wind section.
If you r better half ins is ts on more
th a n two -wh eel happenings occup-
yin g all yo ur time in Daytona, keep
in min d that Da ytona is a vaca tion
sp o t that draws people from aro u n d
th e wo rld even wh en racing isn 't the
main drawi n g card. So, what's there
to do on, let's say Wedn esda y or
Thursday, w hen the pros are m a in ly
practicing at the Speedway? First of
all, th e World's Most Famous Beach
is a lway s a draw, no m atter what th e
weather, a nd the surrou nding area
offers more attractions th an an y o ne
can possibly see in a week. There 's
biggies li ke Disney World over in
O rl ando (an hour or so drive east of
Da ytona ), and N AS A's Kennedy
Space Center at Cape Ken ned y (less
than a n hour's drive south o f Daytona), plus countless o the r "draws"
ranging from all igator fa rms to
sp rin g training baseball games (th e
World C h a m p io n Los Angeles
Dod gers work out and p lay in Vero
Beach , w hi ch is app roxim ately an
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