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CUP: Short-Track Races Scheduled At Daytona
Daytona International Speedway will host three races on a temporary course along the track’s backstretch during SpeedWeeks 2013…
Mike Hembree  |  Posted February 17, 2012   Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona International Speedway will be buzzing with activity on Saturday. (Photo: Getty Images)
Daytona International Speedway is going short-track racing. Well, sort of.

The track announced Friday that it will build a temporary .4-mile track on part of the DIS backstretch to host three events during 2013 SpeedWeeks.

The track plans to host races for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, the Whelen Modified tour and the Late Models of the Whelen All-American Series.

The races are scheduled for Feb. 18-19, 2013 – the Monday and Tuesday of Daytona 500 week. Those days generally have been “dark” at DIS during SpeedWeeks.

The races, to be known collectively as the “UNOH Battle At the Beach,” will be broadcast by SPEED.

The track will be formed by temporary barriers near turn two on the backstretch.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
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