Michael Waltz: “This week is Daytona Bike Week, where my district welcomes nearly 300,000 avid motorcyclists for our community's 78th…”

“This week is Daytona Bike Week, where my district welcomes nearly 300,000 avid motorcyclists for our community's 78th annual celebration of liberty, freedom, and two-wheeled, motorized muscle. No other event comes close to matching our combination of bikes, Florida beaches, sun, and fun. It all started in January 1937, on a 3.2-mile race course running along the world's most famous beach--Daytona Beach. Riders first headed south on the paved roadway of Route A1A, turned left onto the beach, then raced north on the sand until turning back onto the pavement at a spot now marked by a favorite local restaurant named Racing's North Turn. Then, the riders did it again and again and again for 200 miles. This was the birth of the famed Daytona 200 motorcycle race and the Bike Week that now surrounds it. Since then, only World War II has interrupted these annual festivities. Today, the Daytona 200 headlines Bike Week as a spectacular finale in the famed Daytona International Speedway. Don't miss the week's other high-adrenaline racing, too. The American Flat Track series opens its season this week, and the Daytona Supercross is back again, bigger and better than ever. If you are unsure of where to start, try the brand-new official Bike Week Welcome Center, located in One Daytona. So to everyone visiting Daytona this week, thank you for supporting our local businesses. Have fun and ride safe. ____________________”