The Florida native and world record holder will perform pre-race duties at Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 21, 2024) – Nine-time Olympic Gold Medalist Caeleb Dressel will serve as honorary event official for the upcoming Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 25.
Dressel is fresh off his performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he won two Gold medals and one Silver, returning to the United States with three more Olympic medals to add to his collection. He is one of the most decorated swimmers in Olympic history with 10 Olympic medals, nine of which are Gold.
“After his triumphant return to the Olympic stage this summer, we’re eager to welcome Caeleb Dressel to the World Center of Racing for the Coke Zero Sugar 400,” said Frank Kelleher President of Daytona international Speedway. “With Dressel being a native of Florida and graduate of the University of Florida, we couldn’t be prouder to welcome him back home as an Olympic champion and have him join us here at Daytona for one of our biggest events of the year.”
Dressel is an alum of the University of Florida and native of the sunshine state, growing up just a few miles down the road from Daytona in Green Cove Springs, Fla. Throughout his Olympic career, Dressel has racked up an impressive Olympic medal count after competing in the Rio de Janeiro (2016), Tokyo (2020) and Paris (2024) Olympics. The Team Toyota athlete also holds the world records for 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m individual medley and 4x100m medley relay.
Fans can cheer on Dressel’s Olympic success right alongside all their favorite drivers during the upcoming NASCAR race weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The weekend begins on Friday, Aug. 23 with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Wawa 250 Powered by Coca Cola.
Then, on Saturday, Aug. 24, just after a pre-race show from rock band Lit, drivers will take center stage at the historic 2.5-mile trioval in the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400, battling it out for those final Playoffs spots in the penultimate race of the 2024 NASCAR regular season.
For more details or to purchase tickets to the Coke Zero Sugar 400 race weekend, please visit www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com. Fans can also purchase an exclusive concert ticket package for the Coke Zero Sugar 400, which a reserved seat, admission to the Hard Rock Bet Fanzone, and premium concert stage front access. Fans can click here to purchase this exclusive ticket package.
About Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a state-of-the-art motorsports facility and was awarded the SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious Sports Business Award for Sports Facility of the Year in 2016. Daytona International Speedway is the home of The Great American Race – the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Cup Series event garners most of the attention – as well as the largest audience in motorsports – the approximately 500-acre motorsports complex, also known as the World Center of Racing, boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe. Some of the exciting racing events include January’s Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and Roar Before The Rolex 24, February’s DAYTONA 500 and Speedweeks Presented by AdventHealth, March’s Bike Week At DAYTONA Presented By Monster Energy, featuring DAYTONA Supercross and the DAYTONA 200, the August Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend, and much more. The Speedway grounds are also used extensively for other events that include concerts (Welcome to Rockville, Heroes Honor Festival, etc.), sporting events (DAYTONA Soccer Fest, CLASH DAYTONA, etc.) civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo shoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.
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