Rev heads and speed freaks will all be very aware of the next pitstop on our Florida tour.
We’re driving up the east coast and enroute we’re stopping at Daytona Beach.
Daytona beach has an impeccable racing pedigree and is home to one of the most famous tracks in the world.
It also attracts motorbikers, and their inevitable rivalries, in vast numbers too
Sadly the unseasonably grey weather we’re having makes it a bit more Skeggy beach than the racing hotspot that it’s world renowned for!
Below is the actual beach where NASCAR was born.
Starting way back in 1936 the first beach race was held and, apart from World War two, they continued until the 1950s when officials created an official stock car league- NASCAR, to please the increasing number of spectators.
A new speedway was built and the last beach race was hosted in 1958.
Here the husband is clearly regretting shaving off his bushy beard, he coulda been a contender!!
My tiny beach boy and some of the tacky merchandise and dodgy political decisions that America is so fond of making!
Without the beach racing and beating sun, Daytona Beach felt a little like just another soulless, run down East coast UK seaside resort out of season.
So another one off the list, but pretty underwhelming tbh!!