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2019 Daytona 500

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Did they change the date for the 500 in 2019?

I made several reservations at Ocean Walk back in January for February 17-26, 2019 because websites indicated the 500 was going to be on February 24. (It was on February 25 in 2018 so it made sense.)

Now it looks like the race will be on February 17, 2019.
 

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If you check the records, I think you'll find that the 2018 Daytona 500 was on 2/18 (not 2/25).
-- Per Wikipedia and http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/2018-NASCAR-Cup-Schedule

In May 2017, www.nascar.com posted this item:

Daytona 500, Clash preseason race get new dates for 2018
By Kenny Bruce, NASCAR.com (May 23, 2017)

For the first time since 2010, the season-opening Daytona 500 will return to its former weekend date leading into President’s Day in mid-February. The 2018 race, which kicks off the 36-race season for the Monster Energy Series, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18... The date change for the 500, initially announced by track officials in July of 2016, moves the season’s first points race up one week on the calendar...

“Certainly it’s the traditional spot on President’s Day weekend,” Daytona president Chip Wile told NASCAR.com. “It gives folks an opportunity to have a day on the backside of the Daytona 500 to travel home. That works in our favor... We brought back the name last year, now we’re bringing back the tradition, running it on Sunday afternoon.” (emphasis added)

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So it looks like they're going to continue holding it on President's Day weekend.

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If you check the records, I think you'll find that the 2018 Daytona 500 was on 2/18 (not 2/25).
-- Per Wikipedia and http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/2018-NASCAR-Cup-Schedule

In May 2017, www.nascar.com posted this item:

Daytona 500, Clash preseason race get new dates for 2018
By Kenny Bruce, NASCAR.com (May 23, 2017)

For the first time since 2010, the season-opening Daytona 500 will return to its former weekend date leading into President’s Day in mid-February. The 2018 race, which kicks off the 36-race season for the Monster Energy Series, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18... The date change for the 500, initially announced by track officials in July of 2016, moves the season’s first points race up one week on the calendar...

“Certainly it’s the traditional spot on President’s Day weekend,” Daytona president Chip Wile told NASCAR.com. “It gives folks an opportunity to have a day on the backside of the Daytona 500 to travel home. That works in our favor... We brought back the name last year, now we’re bringing back the tradition, running it on Sunday afternoon.” (emphasis added)

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So it looks like they're going to continue holding it on President's Day weekend.

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Okay, so I kicked it. That means I have a bunch of 2019 points to use elsewhere! Here's why I was confused.


The date of Dayton 500 in 2018 is Sunday, February 24th at the Daytona International Speedway
International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR and IndyCar race tracks. ISC was founded by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. in 1953 for the construction of Daytona International Speedway and in 1999 they merged with Penske Mot…

en.wikipedia.org
. The Daytona 500 is the first race as well as the most prestigious race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series that typically occurs, but not always, on the final Sunday in the month of February
 
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