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in 2021 in nearby Tampa, NASCAR originally planned consolidation down to a single "Speedweek" of stock car action However, with COVID-19 restrictions in California, NASCAR announced on December 8, 2020, that Speedweeks will instead be two weeks with the Daytona road course races being the final race
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dropped the 100 min. qualifying race which was used in both 2021 and 2022. The series will go back to using a 15 minute qualifying session for each class like they have used before hand. Before 2021, Rolex 24 qualifying was held the Thursday before The 24 hours but in 2023 it will be held during the
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has a 3 hour race usually held Saturday afternoon during the weekend of events. The first race for the series was held in 2018 and was originally 1 hour and 45 minutes. Before 2021 the Roar Before the 24 was held the first weekend in January but since 2021 it has been the weekend before the Rolex 24.
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regularly conducted annual preseason tests on the 2.5 mi (4.0 km) oval, under the moniker "Preseason Thunder". From 2015-2021, the January test sessions were removed as part of NASCAR's overall ban on private testing. In January 2022 Preseason Thunder returned as a two-day test with only
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race was dropped because of the lack of entries in the series. IMSA has since replaced the Prototype Challenge series with the new VP Fuels Sports Car Challenge series which uses the LMP3 car, they were part of the Prototype Challenge and have also added GT4 cars like used in the
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In 2021, a one-off extra weekend of Daytona road course races (originally a replacement race in 2020 for Watkins Glen) was added for the fourth week in Speedweeks, as a replacement for the cancelled
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In 2021, a 100-minute qualifying race was added to Roar weekend which set the grid for the 24 hour race the following weekend. This also took place in 2022 but was removed for 2023.
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since the 2021 NFL season made an adjustment that became a 17-game schedule. This weekend has been specifically chosen to avoid conflict with the Super Bowl. Before 2006 the
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of the meeting, instead of the Daytona 500. The oval will be the first week, the road course on the second. The single Speedweek plan continued ahead for 2022.
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in Orlando which is about an hour South of the speedway. The races took place on February 13 and 20, which was the same day as both
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Before the 24 Hour race weekend, Speedweeks kicks off with "Roar Before The 24" weekend, which includes practice sessions for all
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hosted an open test on the road course configuration during the week after the Rolex 24. No race was scheduled, however.
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Starting in 2021 the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar championship will have a 100 minute race to start the line up for the
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with practice sessions, qualifying sessions and races, support series races, exhibition races, and other events.
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series was added to the IMSA card, with two races across Thursday evening and Friday morning.
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replaced Budweiser as the official sponsor of Speedweeks in a multi-year agreement.
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was stopped on Saturday for rain. The race could not continue on Sunday due to the
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and support races on the card, with sessions across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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In 2005, a 5K run was added to the Speedweeks schedule, as part of the Rolex 24.
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was held the first weekend in February which was the weekend directly before
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is a series of racing events that take place during January and February at
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weekend because of California COVID government restrictions. In 2022, the
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NASCAR Cup Series qualifying for the Daytona 500 pole position (evening)
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Typically, stock car action would begin as early as 10 days before the
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winning both the Busch Series race and Cup race in the same weekend.
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informally kicked off in early January with off-season testing at
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NASCAR’s testing ban will include Daytona’s Preseason Thunder
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also run special events during the period. There is also a
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was removed from the Speedweeks as it was moved to the
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Roar Before the Rolex 24 to move back a week in 2015
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