Rep. Feeney Supports RACE DAY in America - Offers Resolution Marking 50th Anniversary of the Daytona 500

Rep. Feeney Supports RACE DAY in America

Offers Resolution Marking 50th Anniversary of the Daytona 500

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (R-Oviedo) today offered H.Res. 931, a resolution recognizing the 50th running of the Daytona 500, `The Great American Race' and supports designation of a `Race Day in America' in honor of the Daytona 500. February 17th marks the 50th running of the Daytona 500.

Click Here for: Feeney's Floor Speech on Daytona 500 Resolution

Fun race facts:

- The Daytona 500 is the most prestigious stock car race in the United States (the purse is typically the largest in motor sports)
- This race annually kicks off the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (`NASCAR') Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR's top racing series
- Millions of racing fans have spent the third Sunday of each February since 1959 watching, listening to, or attending the Daytona 500
- Since 1995, U.S. television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year: the 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers
- Nearly 1,000,000 men and women in the Armed Forces in nearly 180 countries worldwide listen to the race on the radio via the American Forces Network
- The Daytona International Speedway, home of this “Great American Race,” also known as “the Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing,” becomes one of the largest cities in the State of Florida by population on race day, with more than 200,000 fans in attendance


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