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New Visitors' Center opens
he World Center of Racing Visitors' Center, which just opened,
adds an ent irely new dimension
to the Daytona International Sp eedway . Loca ted at th e east end of the
Speedway and NASCA R off ice co mp lex , th e Visitors' Center features a
spec tac u lar, co nt in uo us "video wall "
display, presented by Bu dweiser; a
Ga llery o f Lege nds h istorical memora bi lia exhibi t; the Dest in at ion Dayton a ! officia l area welcome center; th e
P it Shop so uvenir and gift shop; and
a snack shop .
The G all ery of Legends pr esents a
special loo k, th rough phot ographs,
written mat erial a nd mem orab il ia , at
th e h ist ory o f m o torsports in th e
Daytona Beach area. This incl ud es
wo rld record speed runs o n Da yton a
Bea ch , the early days o f m otorcycle and
sto ck car racing on th e beach , a nd the
deve lopment o f motorsports into an
un pa ralleled success a t Dayto na Interna tion al Spe edway.
Dest ina tion Dayton a !, the Dayto na
Beach area's ' visitor s' bu reau , has a
welcome cent er insi de the Visitors'
Center. It is stocked .with a wealth o f
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in form ation on th e Dayt o na Beach
area 's hot els a nd resort s, as well as its
vari ed na tu ral , cult ural, histori ca l and
sporti ng a ttractio ns.
T he Speedway ticket o ffice, ·fea tu ring co m p u terized ticketing system s
that a llow representat ives to assist
customers in seat select io n as well as
printing their tickets immediately after
wa lk- u p sales, a lso provides in formation on Daytona 's events. T o reach the
ticket o ffice on ly, ca ll 904/253-RACE
(7223).
The World Center of Racin g Visitor's Center is open seven days a week.
For informa tio n on the center, ca ll
904/254-2700.
Fo llowing Da yto na Cycle Week ,
guided to urs o f Dayton a Int ern ati on al
Speedway are o ffered . T he tours cover
such poi nts of interest at th e 455-acre
faci lit y, as a loo k at both the 2.5-m ile
trioval a nd the 3.56-mile roa d course,
with thei r 31-degree high ba n ks; th e
97,500-seat grandstand ; a nd pit .a nd
garage areas . T he re is a n ad m ission
cha rge for gu ided tours. Agai n, th e
tours are not offered wh en racing is
bein g co nduc ted at the Speedway. CN
PIT
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