The Daytona Duel is a race composed of two-150 mile long events on the same day that is part of the Sprint Cup Series and is held at the world-famous Daytona international Speedway, a 2.5 mile long NASCAR superspeedway down in sunny Florida. Known formally as the Gatorade Duel, it is a qualifying race for the Daytona 500. The race itself is held on the Thursday before the Sunday 500 miler. The finishing order in the two 150 mile races determines the starting lineup for the Daytona 500. Because of the high interest surrounding this race, sales of Daytona Duel tickets are always very strong.

As everyone knows, the Daytona 500 takes place annually in February, and is the kickoff to NASCAR's awesome racing season. In fact, the Daytona 500 itself is known as the Super Bowl of stock car racing. The Daytona Duel, can be said to be the playoffs held to get to the Super Bowl. This alone serves to make sales of Daytona Duel tickets continually vigorous.

Drivers who are entered into the field for Sunday's Daytona 500 will generally find their starting positions determined by their finishing positions in the Daytona Duel. Except for the two front row starters -- who are known as the pole position and "outside pole" positions -- everybody else will line up on the starting grid that Sunday based on their efforts in the Daytona Duel. The two pole positions are determined by timed laps during race week, a fact which drives sales of Daytona Duel tickets very high over the last couple of days before the start of the Daytona 500.

The race itself has a long history in NASCAR, with the first event -- a twin 100 miler -- held all the way back in 1959. Since 2001, the races have been shown live on television as a part of what has turned into a very exciting race week down in Daytona, Florida. Certainly racing at the historic superspeedway is embedded in the memory of all stock car racing fans for a number of reasons. This history combines with outstanding racing every year to sell large numbers of Daytona Duel tickets.

NASCAR understands how truly seriously fast start cars can be these days and makes every attempt to ensure that speeds don't climb too high, lest the superfast teams and drivers, all of whom are mixing it up quite closely, come to excessive harm over the course of either the Daytona Duel or the Daytona 500. Stock car racing in the United States has a long, proud history, and its fans willingly spend their money for Daytona Duel tickets as often as they can.

For 2010, the Daytona Duel promises all of the excitement that fans of NASCAR racing have come to expect, with the top racers -- including last year's to Daytona Duel winners Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch leading their respective teams and cars back for a shot at even more glory. Gordon himself is one of NASCAR's greatest racers and is a threat at an event for top honors.