print email comment close Facts for Features Special Edition: 50th Daytona 500 URL: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/011041.html Description: Collection of statistics related to the "50th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 17 [2008, which] is being billed as the 'most anticipated event in [auto] racing history.'" Features changes in population, prices, and trends from 1959 (when NASCAR's 200-lap, 500-mile stock-car race was first run at Daytona International Speedway in Florida) to 2008, and statistics for Daytona Beach, Florida, Deltona-Daytona Beach Metro Area, auto racing, and automobiles. From the U.S. Census Bureau. Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau LII Database Information: Record 25119 created by Jennifer English on 12/11/2007 Last modification on 12/21/2007 Published: 01/02/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25119