Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach is located in East Central Florida. The city is historically known as having a beach where the hard packed sand allows motorized vehicles to drive on the beach in restricted areas. Aside from enjoying the sun and sand, you can also watch a lot of motorsports and races at Daytona Beach, particularly at the Daytona International Speedway. The city attracts over 8,000,000 tourists each year. It is one of the few places in the world where it is permitted for one to drive a car on the ocean beach. 

Special events at Daytona Beach are:
- Speedweeks (Daytona 500 NASCAR race, Rolex 24 sports car race, and many others)
- Coke Zero 400, NASCAR race on or around July 4 (called Pepsi 400 or Firecracker 400)
- Daytona Beach Bike Week Daytona 200 motorcycle race, bike shows and biker reunion in March.
- Biktoberfest in October
Several hundred thousand bikers from all over the world visit the greater Daytona Beach area during motorcycle events (Bike Week and Biketoberfest).
- Turkey Run car show and events during Thanksgiving weekend (called Turkey Rod Run)
- Spring Break (date varies, usually the first and second week of March)

Daytona Beach is home to the headquarters of NASCAR, International Speedway Corporation, Grand-Am, LPGA, United States Tennis Association in Florida.

Places nearby Daytona Beach:
- Walt Disney World, Sea World, Universal Studios, Epcot Center, Wet 'n Wild, Church Street Station, MGM  Studios, historic St. Augustine, Kennedy Space Center.


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