Florida Memory • Auto-plane race - Daytona Beach, Florida
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March 8: The first stock car race was held on this date in 1936
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Gay Florida Travel Guide to Daytona Beach
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Home is where the beach is: The history of the Daytona 500
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Drivers narrowly avoiding a stalled race car: Daytona Beach
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Daytona Beach Vacation Rentals
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The History Of The Chamber
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Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend in Daytona Beach, FL
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Way back when: A history of No. 15 in NASCAR's top series
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Churning out champions on Florida's race tracks
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Death of Dale Earnhardt - Wikipedia
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Mullins Racing bringing four drivers to ARCA pre-race practice at
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Florida Memory • Daytona Beach and the Earliest Days of Aviation
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Hill wins at Daytona as airborne crash ends Xfinity opener
An old photo of a plane flying over a beach photo – Free Person