In the video game NASCAR Thunder 2004 by EA Sports, the course is shortened to about half its distance, but still shows how the basic course was set up.

On March 29, 1927, Major Henry Segrave and his Sunbeam 1000 hp Mystery set a world land speed record on the Daytona Beach and Road Course, at 203.79 mph (327.97 km/h), peaking at a top speed of 211 mph (340 km/h).

Daytona Beach officials asked local racer Sig Haugdahl to organize and promote an automobile race along the 3.2 mi (5.1 km) course in 1936.

The sandy turns became virtually impassable, which caused numerous scoring disputes and technical protests.

France beat Lloyd Moody and Pig Ridings to win the Labor Day weekend event, this time making $20,000.

On December 14, 1947, France began talks at the Ebony Bar at the Streamline Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, that ended with the formation of NASCAR on February 21, 1948.

The Daytona Beach and Road Course hosted the premiere event of the fledgling series until Darlington Speedway was completed in 1950.

Gober Sosebee won the Modified Stock race for the second year in a row.

1953 Polesitter Bob Pronger and second-place starter Fonty Flock had a bet as to who would lead the first lap.

Flock had over a one-minute lead in the race, but ran out of gas taking the white flag at the start of the final lap.

In the 100-mile (160 km) Modified/Sportsman race that year, 136 cars started, making it the largest field ever in any NASCAR-sanctioned event.

Roberts was disqualified after NASCAR's technical director found pushrods that were 0.016 inches (0.41 mm) too long.

Preliminary races were won by Speedy Thompson (100-mile Sportsmen) and Banjo Matthews (125-mile Modified).

1956 Tim Flock won his second consecutive Daytona race from the pole in his 1956 Chrysler C-300.

Charlie Scott became the first African-American to compete in a NASCAR Grand National race, driving another Kiekhaefer-entered Chrysler.

In the main event, Cotton Owens moved from his third-place starting position to lead the first lap.

Goldsmith's quick pit stop gave him a lead that he maintained until he went out with a blown piston with 36 mi (58 km) left in the race.

Curtis Turner finished second, Jack Smith was third, and Joe Weatherly was fourth.

Lee Petty, Buck Baker, Fireball Roberts, and Cotton Owens finished in the top 10.

France Sr. knew that a permanent racetrack was needed to hold the large crowds that were gathering for races.

[6] He arranged financing and in 1957, construction began on the Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) tri-oval circuit with steep bankings that permitted higher speeds.