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WORDS TO LIVE BY - Firecracker 400, Daytona Beach

Released Tuesday, 2nd July 2024
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WORDS TO LIVE BY - Firecracker 400, Daytona Beach

WORDS TO LIVE BY - Firecracker 400, Daytona Beach

WORDS TO LIVE BY - Firecracker 400, Daytona Beach

WORDS TO LIVE BY - Firecracker 400, Daytona Beach

Tuesday, 2nd July 2024
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Ok here’s a trivia question for you….There was a famous car racing competition that took place in Daytona Beach, Florida on the 4th of July - do you know the name? Yes, it was called the Firecracker 400 and 40 years ago….our 40th President attended! In 1989, the "Firecracker" moniker was dropped, and the race was known simply as the Pepsi 400 through 2007. In the early years, the race was always scheduled for July 4, regardless of the day of the week. Beginning in 1988, the race was moved to the first Saturday of July…and today….well, it’s called Coke Zero Sugar 400 and held in August at the Daytona Raceway in Florida…and so it goes… But let’s go back to 1984! The "Start your engines" command was given by President Ronald Reagan but not in person…from the phone on Air Force One! He then later landed at Daytona Beach International Airport and was escorted to one of the main press boxes at the speedway where he was met by a number of reporters, one of them being Ned Jarrett, who asked him to do some play-by-play commentary on MRN - the Motor Racing Network. And here’s how it started… 

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