| Only Museum Honoring all Motorsports Disciplines Follows Health and Safety Protocols and Social Distancing in Welcoming First Guests in Three Months |
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 17, 2020) – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and Museum at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) welcomed guests for the first time in more than three months today as part of the reopening of the DIS Ticket and Tours building located just outside of DIS Turn 4 on International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona International Speedway’s Ticket Office, Pit Shop retail location and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, which is open Monday through Saturday from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. EDT, are all back in business.
Tickets for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and Museum are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12 and free for children four and under. Tickets may only be purchased at the Ticket Office and guests will be required to sign a waiver. For more information and all protocols, visit daytonainternationalspeedway.com/tours.
In cooperation with DIS, the MSHFA Museum is employing health and safety protocols essential to the reopening process.
Building guests will have their temperature taken at arrival. Museum host staff and docents will be wearing masks, and all guests are required to have a mask if they are buying a ticket.
Six-feet distancing rules will be in place for all tours that will see guests follow a one-way path through highlight sections of the MSHFA Museum.
Both the MSHFA Museum and DIS Ticket and Tours building had been closed since March 13 in support of the fight against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Guests can get a look at the MSHFA Museum through our latest virtual preview tour video created by our own MSFHA colleague Garry Chaples, which is perfect for planning future visits.
Among the museum highlights are the 10,000 lbs. Blue Bird land speed record setter of 1994 inductee Sir Malcolm Campbell, the four-engine Challenger I of 1990 inductee Mickey Thompson, a high-flying Toyota pickup raced by 2020 inductee Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, the 427 Chevy-powered Viking Spirit of 1997 inductee and multi-time powerboat champion Bob Nordskog, a Weslake speedway motorcycle of 2011 inductee and 1981 and 1982 Speedway World Champion Bruce Penhall and the 1979 Can-Am Champion Lola-Chevrolet 2020 inductee Jacky Ickx drove to the title.
Other treasures in the spotlight include the helmet Tom Cruise wore when he played “Cole Trickle” in Days of Thunder, an autograph book thought by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to be the only artifact in the world signed by him, his father and his grandfather, the firesuit 2016 inductee Gary Gabelich wore when he became “The World’s Fastest Man,” and bronze plaques of each of the more than 250 inductees to date.
About the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America: The MSHFA is the only hall of fame that honors all of American motorsports: cars, motorcycles, airplanes, off road and powerboats. Its mission is to celebrate and instill the American values of leadership, creativity, originality, teamwork and spirit of competition found in motorsports. It was founded by Larry G. Ciancio and Ronald A. Watson and conducted its first induction in 1989. Watson spent the next 30 years tirelessly building it into the nation’s premier motorsports hall of fame until his sudden passing in 2019. The original museum in Novi, Mich., relocated to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2016 and greets more than 100,000 visitors a year. The MSHFA is operated by the nonprofit Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame of America Foundation, Inc.
