iRacing GT3 Sprint @ Daytona 21/8/11th P

iRacing GT3 Sprint @ Daytona 21/8/11th P 28/06/2024 0800pm
Auto-Clean Marbles / Practice Track State: Automatically generated
Qual Track State: Carried Over / Race Track State: Carried Over
75° F Mostly Cloudy Skies 0% 2MPH, N
9 cars.- McLaren MP4-12C GT3 / BMW M4 GT3 / Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO / Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020 / Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) / Ferrari 296 GT3 / Audi R8 LMS EVO II GT3 / Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R / Ford Mustang GT3
Daytona International Speedway - Road Course
Track Info / Location / Daytona Beach, Florida, USA / Config Length 3.56 mi /
5.72 km / Pit Speed 55 mph / 89 kph / Night Lighting Yes / Configs available 9 Track # 192
No one could have known it then, but when Daytona International Speedway opened in 1959, it marked the beginning of a new era in American motorsport. As a replacement for the old beach road course a few miles east, the the high-banked, 2.5-mile Florida tri-oval represented the leading edge of a wave of construction of big, paved speed palaces. Before Daytona, Indianapolis was the only American oval track longer than 1.25 miles, and most racing took place on dirt ovals a mile or less in length. From the very first Daytona 500, won by Lee Petty in a three-way photo finish, those high banks, so steep that it is hard to walk up them, proved a favorable venue for wide-open stock car racing, and Daytona kicked-off the growth of NASCAR as we know it today.
Daytona was also the first multi-use facility, with a 3.56-mile road circuit incorporating the infield and most of the oval. Host not only to the Daytona 500, but the Rolex 24 sports car enduro, Bike Week's Daytona 200, Daytona KartWeek between Christmas and New Years and a host of driving-school, club and other events, Daytona’s busy and diverse schedule confirms the track's motto, "The World Center of Racing."
Daytona International Speedway's infrastructure has grown and changed to such a degree that it would be almost unrecognizable today to someone who hasn't seen it since the track opened. But one thing hasn't changed over the past six decades: No driver can consider his or her career complete without notching a victory at Daytona.
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