| ver you hear the words “Gentlemen start | | | | twisted mountain roads the exhilaration is still |
| you engines” and the crowd start to get | | | | being sought by the former bootleggers but this |
| excited you know you are in Daytona Beach in | | | | time they have already improved and modify |
| Florida watching another exciting race of the | | | | their cars to do some race. By the 1940s car |
| world’s best car racers. The Daytona | | | | races began to emerge and betting gave life to |
| Speedway is known all over the world as the | | | | the race. These races are mostly held in rural |
| most popular speedway testing for best car | | | | North Carolina. Due to the popularity of the |
| racers in motor sports. All throughout the year | | | | events between 1905 and 1945 speed records |
| different kinds of racers go to Daytona | | | | were held at Daytona Beach road course and |
| Speedway to compete to various races and | | | | Daytona became a Mecca for racing personalities |
| meet their racing fans. Starting from the months | | | | and fans. |
| of fall Bike Week and the Biketoberfest hold the | | | | The 1930s is known as Daytona Beach’s |
| motorcycle races while in the winter Speed Week | | | | birthplace for world land speed setting displacing |
| car races follows and these are competed by | | | | the records of France and Belgium as the two |
| Rolex race that last for 24 hours and the | | | | countries that are good in setting world speed |
| Daytona 500 run. | | | | record. Since then Daytona Beach became |
| NASCAR which is so famous for being one of the | | | | popularly known as the best place for motor |
| most exciting car races in the planet is also held | | | | sports races especially with car races. In 1947, |
| at Daytona Speedway but did you know that the | | | | William France Sr. and his friends founded an |
| history of NASCAR originates from illegal means. | | | | organization in Daytona and named their |
| During the time of prohibitions (illicit marketing and | | | | organization NASCAR (National Association for |
| distribution of liquor) bootleggers or syndicates use | | | | Stock Car Auto Racing). Today Daytona still retain |
| their vehicles in the Appalachians to run from | | | | its significance as the best in featuring speed cars |
| authorities while carrying illegal goods. They | | | | and motorcycle races. During Bike Week all sorts |
| needed fast cars to outrun cops and so cars | | | | of engine size and weight class compete for |
| were modified to increase their speed. When | | | | motorcycle races. All classes are involved from |
| prohibition was completely controlled in 1933 | | | | the amateur up to the pro series. There are also |
| bootleggers’ existence also stopped but | | | | exhibitions of dirt bike which gather more fans |
| because of the excitement of speeding on the | | | | from all over the world. |