Thursday, July 21, 2011

Daytona Beach Is A Hotspot For Motorsports

By Cedric Fairchild


Daytona Beach, Florida, featuring its hard packed sand, is known as a hotspot for motor sports. The Daytona Beach Road, which has now made way for the Daytona International Speedway, is notorious for the amount of races it has held over the past 50 years. One more reason why the city is this well-liked is because it is NASCAR's headquarters. Daytona Beach welcomes countless out-of-towners throughout the Speedweeks that takes place in February when the Daytona 500 season open takes place. Other events like Coke Zero 400 (NASCAR) happen in July, and in accordance with a news story, this is just what the city is getting prepared for currently.

Select stores of the chain Wal-Mart, in Daytona, will host exclusive events for NASCAR fanatics via Race Time, a program that is ready to launch in the coming week. Customers who show up at these events stand the chance of getting behind the wheels of racing cars and simulators. The program has been created based on a finding - nearly nine NASCAR fans out of 10 shop at Wal-Mart. Realizing this, Wal-Mart has created an extraordinary range of experiences that are apt to impress those customers, who are also NASCAR fans.

Race Time events, simulators and merchandise

The Race Time functions will happen in the parking lots at Wal-Mart. The stores will have NASCAR products that customers can buy over the racing season. Some of the items that you can get here are racing flags, t-shirts and beverages. The store will also display a broad range of exclusive products. The Cypress Point store will have a simulator of an M&M, Oreo Ritz, Coors Light, Cheerio's, Miller Lite, Coca Cola 2 seater, Pepsi Max/Amp and Keystone Light Camaro show car simulators. Different stores in Dunlawton Avenue and Beville Road Daytona Beach too are going to have similar simulators.

Biketoberfest, Daytona Cubs and Pelican Bay Club

Together with these, there are many other activities that lure travelers to the beach. One of these is the Daytona Beach Bike Week 200 which has motorcycle races, biker reunions as well as bike shows in March. Later in the year, in October, the city hosts Biketoberfest. Additional events such as the Turkey Run are a big hit among guests and local people alike. Sports including baseball and football also have functions - the Daytona Cubs and Daytona Beach Thunderbirds respectively - which have quite a few fans. Daytona Beach's golf courses attract many vacationers to it; Pelican Bay Club is just one of them. It has 2 courses - the South and North. Daytona Beach Golf Course, Indigo Lakes Golf Course and LPGA International are a couple of other golf courses here.

You can make the most of the incredible sports and recreation options that the city has to offer, by staying in a resort that gives you the luxury of unwinding and also the proximity and availability to these spots. The best option for this is the Daytona SeaBreeze, a bluegreen resort where you can spend an entire day in the incredible waters or on the beach. Luxuriate in the resort pool or hot tub and have an experience not like any you've had before.




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