Daytona Flood Pics: NASCAR Has 40 Days and 40 Nights to Dry Out

by Charlie Turner

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May 22, 2009 10:04 am CDT 8 Comments

It’s been raining in the Kingdom of France. Daytona be drenched.

Festivities for NASCAR’s next race at Daytona International Speedway start in…40 days. They may have to fire up the new Ark of Tomorrow for that one if it doesn’t stop raining soon.

Check out these cell phone pictures taken by an anonymous OnPitRow.com contributor and relayed to me this morning. It’s pretty incredible.

Click the thumbnails for a full size view.

Photo credit: Stay tuned, I’m gonna find out.

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8 Responses to “Daytona Flood Pics: NASCAR Has 40 Days and 40 Nights to Dry Out”

BethAnne on May 22nd, 2009 10:42 am

Maybe The France family should think about branching out into jet skis or power boat races.
nascar fan in NH on May 22nd, 2009 1:33 pm

Maybe they should get Kyle Busch there and with his hot air they would get the track dry in no time !
Marc on May 22nd, 2009 10:01 pm

BethAnne I thought the same thing. Funny thing is Lake Lloyd has hosted power boat races in the past but damned if I can find a reference to them.

I’ve found a lot of refs stating they were held but nothing detailing what type and when.
Coca Cola 600: Bump Linkin’ Saturday : Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie on May 23rd, 2009 8:46 am

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Racing News Digest on May 23rd, 2009 8:44 pm

These photos amaze me. It’s funny, just a couple of hours ago I told my wife they should have a boat race there.

Marc - Here is one reference that I found. Jersey Speed Skiffs Debut at Daytona International — http://www.classicraceboatassoc.com/wherewehavebeen.html

Mike
Steve Wronkowicz on May 23rd, 2009 10:07 pm

Swamp buggies anyone?
Charlie Turner on May 24th, 2009 8:53 am

Air boats - with big decals pasted all over them.
Driving Games on November 27th, 2009 9:03 pm

Holy cr*p…I hadn’t seen those photos until now. That’s a ton of water, I can’t believe how high up the boards it is. Wave Runner races would have been sweet for sure.

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