Twelve teams are currently at Daytona International Speedway, testing the lighting system that is now 100% complete. Here are a few facts and figures about the lighting system: 1416 fixtures on 191 poles ranging to 110 ft. in height on the outside of DIS. 419 Mirtram fixtures inside the track. More than 150 miles of wire, 800 tons of concrete, and 2600 sq. ft. of mirrors were used in the lighting project. Lighting Daytona International Speedway is equivalent to lighting a residential street from Daytona Beach, FL to the Iowa Headquarters of Musco Lighting, the company which developed the system for DIS. There will be as much light on the track as would be generated by the highbeam headlights of 87,000 cars. It will require 2.5 million watts of power per hour to operated the system. This becomes the world’s largest outdoor lighting project. Some of the driver’s here in Daytona to test this lighting project are: Geoff Bodine, Rusty Wallace, Mike Skinner, Mark Martin, Bill Elliott. Prior to sundown, Rusty was clocked as having the fastest speeds.(StockCarFans – Nancy)(6-9-98)
