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999. BMW flips after intense contact with another car in Nürburgring VLN endurance road race; driver unscathed

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The racing is billed on the Nürburgring VLN racing website as "MOTORSPORT CLOSE!" And that's an understatement as shown in an a raw video of a two-car crash coming of a turn on the road course in Wehrseifan, Germany. It's part of a 10-race endurance series of the Nurburgring VLN race, in this case the second of the 2012 racing season.

1,000. Rusty Wallace flips violently in 1983 Twin 125 qualifier at Daytona International Speedway

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Rusty Wallace flipped violently down the backstretch during the second 1983 Twin 125 Qualifier at Daytona. 

New brand for racing at Daytona & other tracks in 2017: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has a new official brand identity which will replace the bar mark used by the sanctioning body since 1976, when racing resumes at Daytona International Speedway and other tracks nationwide onthe racing circuit.

Recording artist & actress Jordin Sparks to sing national anthem for 59th Daytona 500

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Multi-platinum recording artist and actress Jordin Sparks, whose faith-based film "God Bless The Broken Road" will be in theaters early 2017, will perform the National Anthem for the 59th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 at Daytona International Speedway.

2-time Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. joining NBC broadcast booth for Talladega & Martinsville races

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR fans here in Daytona and across the country will see and hear Dale Earnhardt Jr at Talladega and Martinsville, but it will be in the announcing booth as opposed to his No. 88 Chevrolet,as he remains sidelined from for the duration of the season recovering from an early-season concussion in a crash.

Fall Cycle Scene at Daytona International Speedway during Biketoberfest

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Author: Henry
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- It will be motorcycles galore at Daytona International Speedway during Bketoberfest next month. 

There will be something special for everyone to see, check out or experience during the Speedways "Fall Cycle Scene," coinciding with greater Daytona Beach's fall motorcycle rally, Biketoberfest, held Oct. 13-16.

John Cooper, first to hold track posts as president at Indianapolis & later Daytona, has died

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Photo for Headline Surfer / John Cooper is shown in this vintage image from 1985 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

By Henry Frederick
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- John Cooper, the first man to serve as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and later Daytona International Speedway who died Wednesday in Indianapolis at the age of 83, was remembered by motorsports leaders of today.

BREAKING NEWS: Several fans injured when debris from race car rips through catch fence at finish of Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Who needed fireworks any way when thy were enough sparks and some flames to boot at the finish of the Coke Zero 400 just after Dale Earnhardt Jr., the checkered flag: A race car ripped down a section of fencing that sprayed debris into the stands injuring several fans in the process at Daytona International Speedway early this Monday morning.