Yep, was at the Daytona 400 last year... I thought it was one of those things i had to do whilst over there... wasnt convinced Nascar was going to be that good, its just a big oval after all, but have to say, the atmosphere and the noise and how close you are to the action is superb! Not to mention the value for money, tickets are dirt cheap and its all so well organised!!
When you get to the circuit there are people selling parking on there driveways etc and the closer you are, the more you pay. Actual parking for the circuit is about 2-3 miles away and its free. They used buses to transport people from the parking to the circuit and was run with outstanding organisation! Considering the size of the venue and the amount of people... when we left at the end of the evening, the queue of buses waiting to transport people was bumper to bumper almost the whole way back to the car park, so do not pay to park close to the venue, its really not worth it!
Its not a bad drive up from Orlando either, we were staying a little further away in Davenport, obviously just stick to the limits as there were a lot of coppers around waiting to catch anyone and everyone for speeding or anything else!
Would highly recommend going along! I also had a lairy car whilst over there as well... Dodge Charger jobby from the Hertz Adrenaline range.
The racing was good, huge firework display, fly over from a B52 bomber, everyone is mega friendly and happy to talk about the racing etc