The races were held on the beach until 1961. The race course went north on the beach and back on to A1A southbound with a total distance of 4.1 miles. No fences, no computer technology, raw guts, dodging spectators, and "dew" from the ocean always made for one heck of a race!

Eventually non-racing bikers were attracted to the exiting and happy times atmosphere. The Daytona 200 Motorcycle Race event now draws over one half million bikers and non-bikers alike.

Plans were made and things started happening.

Donations became reality.

On March 7, 2002 the first phase of the memorial was dedicated to the city of Daytona, Florida and accepted by the Mayor of Daytona.

The last phase can use your help. You can be a part of this historic monument. Just take part in the "buy a brick" offer. The brick with your name engraved on it will be one of many that will make the 44 inch high wall encircling the memorial.

Here is how you can be a part of the Daytona 200 Memorial: Buy a Brick with your name engraved on it to be included in the Memorial wall encircling the memorial. Either send the money and include 3 lines of up to 14 characters long to the Daytona Memorial Fund address mentioned below or, starting on 3/29/2002, you can just click on the brick to use your credit card to Buy a Brick. This will bring up the information page which is where you can enter up to three lines of 14 characters per line that you would like engraved on the brick. Each brick will cost $50 US currency of which 100% goes to the monument fund.