{"id":153777,"date":"2025-08-17T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153777\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:45:11","slug":"daytona-international-speedway-weekend-schedule-speedway-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153777\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytona International Speedway Weekend Schedule &#8211; Speedway Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2025 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY<br \/>OFFICIAL EVENT SCHEDULE<br \/>REVISED as of July 02, 10:02 AM<br \/>NCS, NXS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY, AUGUST 19<\/strong><br \/>5:00 PM 7:00 PM TRACK OPS TRACK LAPS (DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY) TRACK HOT<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20<\/strong><br \/>7:30 AM 7:30 PM TRACK OPS EVENT OPERATIONS SET UP<br \/>8:00 AM 1:30 PM TRACK OPS RACING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY) TRACK HOT<br \/>1:30 PM 8:30 PM BROADCAST BROADCAST SET UP TRACK COLD<br \/>1:30 PM 8:30 PM TRACK OPS TIMING &amp; 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