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997. Phil Krueger smacks wall hard in 1981 Indy 500 qualifying; misses race

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Phil Krueger has had several bad wrecks and as horrible as this one looked, he escaped without major injury when he lost control of his car and struck the outside retaining wall with the rear-end, which cost him a chance to race in the 1981 Indy 500.

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. 

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.

Daytona State College set to break ground Wednesday on soccer field

Photo illustration for Headline Surfer / An artist's rendering of new DSC soccer field.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State College's men's and women's soccer teams will have their own home field in 2017, as construction begins on a new state-of-the-art complex, complete with a high-definition video scoreboard and infrastructure to support live sports-broadcasting events.

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.

Post-Hurricane Matthew: Damage forces temporary closure of New Smyrna Beach Municipal Sports Complex

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Damage from Hurricane Matthew of the city's municipal sports complex, 1800 Turnbull Bay Road, means it won't reopen until an assessment is done and repairs made, a city official said.