This is one of the tunnel systems that is used to transport vehicles to and from the infield under the race track.
We checked into our infield camping spot on Feb. 15 at Daytona Speedway along with many other racing fans and so began six electrically charged and fun filled days of racing excitement.
Tuesday and Wednesday we got to see the time trials and practice runs and they were lots of fun to watch.
They used these machines which sounded like huge hairdryers to clean and dry the track.
On Friday we went to the Fan Zone...
We got to check out some of the cars...
Get some of the drivers autographs...(There were a few other people waiting in line with us). On Friday evening we watched the NextEra Energy Resourses 250, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. It was a great race with lots of crashes...fortunately none of them too serious and we enjoyed wathchig it from the Fan Zone. On Saturday there was the Drive 4 COPD 300 and if that wasn't enough excitement for you there was always the midway.
Then Sunday of course was the big race that everyone had been waiting for The Daytona 500.
The grandstands were packed and many of us watched from the top of our motorhomes.
The drivers, to reach higher speeds have developed "the Daytona Two Step" which is one driver pushing the other while both drivers are under power. This allows them to reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour.
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