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Headline Surfer® graphic / The body of a man said to be known by police as homeless was found floating near the shore at Bethune Point Park Sunday afternoon as shown in this locator map.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A body found floating in the Halifax River on Sunday is that of a homeless man in his late 50s or early 60s, Daytona Beach cops said.

The body was discovered 3:13 p.m. at Bethune Point Park near the shoreline by a member of the Halifax Sailing Association, police said.

"Officers responded to the above location in regards to a body in the water," Daytona Beach police spokesman Jimmy Flynt said in a press release, adding the victim showed no signs of trauma and was believed to be in his latex 50s or early 60s.

Race red-flagged early on by horrific crash that sent two drivers to hospital

DAYTONA BEACH -- Joao Barbosa and the No. 5 Corvette DP took the checkered flag to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, red-flagged for 90 minutes early on by a horrific crash that sent two drivers to the hospital with serious injuries including one with a broken back.

Headline Surfer® graphic / At left is a snapshot of the live streaming grid by Fox Sports streaminglive track coverage of the Rolex 24 from Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH -- For those of you who can't be here at Daytona International Speedway for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, especially now in the closing hours, here's the link for streaming live video that gives you a unique perspective from inboards cameras in several race cars: http://stream.speedtv.com/rolex24.

DAYTONA BEACH -- With so many major media outlets covering the Rolex 24 at Daytona, especially with the horrific crash less than three hours into the race that sent two drivers to the hospital, it's Headline Surfer® right there in the thick of things as demonstrated in the online news directories.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Scott Dixon No. 02 Target/Telcel Ford EcoBoost/Riley has dominated the second hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway with Joao Barbosa briefly taking the point in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP following’s Dixon’s routine pit stop.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Alex Gurney was on the pole for the Rolex 24 in his No. 99 DP Corvette as the 24-hour endurance race got under with rhe dropping of the green flag at this adfternoon at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH --Alex Gurney drove the No. 99 Corvette DP to the pole position for Saturday's start of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season-opening event for the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

New facility opening here in January 2016

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DAYTONA BEACH -- The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is moving its operations and memorabilia in two years from Detroit to Daytona International Speedway.

The move coincides with the scheduled January 2016 completion of Daytona Rising, the Speedway's $400 million front stretch renovation project currently underway.

Entrant Webster Barnaby incensed with what he sees as patently racist comment to 'minimize' his candidacy and that of County Council at-large incumbent Joyce Cusack

DELTONA -- One day after Headline Surfer® broke the story that highly-respected Deltona City Commissioner Webster Barnaby had entered the race to challenge Volusia County Council at-large incumbent Joyce Cusack, the Daytona Beach Beach News-Journal was playing catch-up on the newest entrant, but it's a quote attributed to the third candidate in the race that is a major whopper.