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🔒 Insiders Only: Green flag your free ride to the Coke Zero Sugar 400
Read full article: 🔒 Insiders Only: Green flag your free ride to the Coke Zero Sugar 400Find your way to Victory Lane in the Insider Daytona Trivia Challenge and see the NASCAR regular season finale in-person at Daytona International Speedway.
I-TEAM: Nassau County property owner says he may have a solution to illegal street racing
Read full article: I-TEAM: Nassau County property owner says he may have a solution to illegal street racingThe owner of the Callahan Speedway contacted the News4JAX I-TEAM, saying he may soon have an option for drivers who have been speeding through the streets and parking lots of Jacksonville.
Greyhound racing in Florida to end at midnight
Read full article: Greyhound racing in Florida to end at midnightAt midnight, the nearly century-old tradition of racing greyhounds in Florida will come to an end. The battle over greyhound racing was hard fought on both sides for decades. The first greyhound track was built in Florida in 1922, but dog racing wasn’t officially made legal until 1931. RELATED: Greyhound racing ends at BestBet in Orange Park“It was approved by the Legislature during the Great Depression as a fundraising tool for the state,” said Jack Cory, a lobbyist representing the Florida Greyhound Association. Florida remained the hub for greyhound racing for nearly a century, but animal rights groups spent decades pushing lawmakers to end the practice.
Longtime Daytona Speedway Employee Turns 100
Read full article: Longtime Daytona Speedway Employee Turns 100Daytona International Speedway NASCARs Oldest employee celebrated a birthday. Juanita Epton, or as folks at Daytona International Speedway call her, Lightnin', turned 100 years old. Epton started working at the speedway when it was built in 1958 and She is still employed at Daytona International Speedway in ticket operations. Lightin says she has no plans to retire and cant wait to be able to get back to work. I love the people I work for and it is a nice place to work so why not stay until they tell me to get outEptons birthday parade even included a visit from Nascar CEO Jim France.
NASCAR driver raced in Back the Blue car in support of police
Read full article: NASCAR driver raced in Back the Blue car in support of policeDays after NASCAR's only full-time black driver raced in a Black Lives Matter-themed car, a competitor drove with a symbol of Blue Lives Matter on its hood. The Thin Blue Line flag resembles an American flag but in black and white, with one blue stripe in the middle. The space above the blue line represents societal order, and the space below the line is meant to be crime and chaos. The "thin blue line" of law enforcement separates the two, according to Thin Blue Line USA, which makes pro-police clothing and gifts that support police nonprofits. NASCAR bans the Confederate flag and a driver supports Black Lives MatterJune is turning out to be quite eventful for NASCAR.