The pothole at the 2010 Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 14 managed to almost steal the show. The Daytona 500 was halted on two different occasions because of the holes in the pavement at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida.

One of the potholes made an appearance on the asphalt a little after the halfway point of the race between the first and second turn. The officials of NASCAR had to stop the race on Lap 123 so the track officials could work to repair the 9x15x2 inch pothole. The damage took nearly two hours to fix before the race could continue on.

Forty minutes later the pothole appeared again, which led to another halt to the race of 45 minutes to repair the damage. Altogether the repairs of using a pink putty-like filler in the pavement took over two hours, and forced the race to last more than six hours. Could this be due to the fact that the Daytona International Speedway hasn’t been paved in 32 years?

Despite the pothole situation, there was still a winner of the 52nd annual of the Daytona 500. Jamie McMurray beat out Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his fourth ever NASCAR cup victory. Tickets for the Daytona 400 are among the most coveted NASCAR tickets throughout the racing season, and they sell fast.

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