The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010.
On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway is being worked on by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, and it costed US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands include 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000.[2][3] The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks 2016.
Timothy Peters had the fastest lap at a 47.612 (189.028mph). Ben Rhodes had the fastest 10 lap average. Scott Lagasse Jr. did not finish a timed lap during the session.[5]
Top 5
No.
Driver
Time (sec/mph)
17
Timothy Peters
47.612/189.028
41
Ben Rhodes
47.698/188.687
11
Ben Kennedy
47.709/188.644
33
Grant Enfinger
47.771/188.399
21
Johnny Sauter
47.775/188.383
Second practice
Spencer Gallagher had the fastest lap, a 47.838 (188.135mph). Timothy Peters had the best 10 lap average.
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