There were many RVs already camped in the infield when we arrived and many more arrived each day. Mike & Marcia joined us on Wednesday with their motorhome. Their nephew Patrick and niece Tanya joined them for the week. We all sat on top of their motorhome for the races and had a good view of the track between turns 1 and 2 and then down the back straightaway.
We watched two Can-Am Duel 150-mile races on Thursday where Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the first race and Kyle Busch won the second. Friday night we watched the NASCAR truck races which were really exciting. On Saturday afternoon we watched the NASCAR Xfinity series (formerly Busch series) race where Chase Elliot won. The infield campgrounds were party central on Friday and Saturday nights, including wheel barrow races which were fun to watch.
The Daytona 500, “The Great American Race”, was on Sunday afternoon. It was completely sold out, with over 100,000 fans in the grandstand and thousands more watching from the infield Fan Zone and the infield campgrounds. The Air Force Thunderbirds performed a flyover before the race and the Goodyear blimp provided aerial coverage for Fox Sports. The race was exciting and only had a few caution flags. The unbelievable finish was the closest in Daytona history with the winner, Denny Hamlin, only winning by 0.010 seconds over the second place car. We can now check the Daytona 500 off our bucket list and it was well worth the experience.
We left Daytona on Monday morning and drove back to Margate to Aztec RV Resort for a two-night stay. We leave tomorrow (Wednesday) for Key West and have our fingers crossed that we’ll get in the Naval Air Station Key West campground. The campground indicated in mid-January that they were full.
Steve & Julie Cornelius
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