Daytona International Speedway Flooded

Flooding at the Daytona International Speedway Thursday was by nearly 20-inches of rain, which overflowed the infield retention pond, the famous Lake Lloyd.

Digital snapshots that WFTV obtained were taken by a track insider and not a Nascar employee. An out turn one tunnel that was recently built to allow semis and huge RVs to pass under the track even during racing, is under as much as 10-feet of water.

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The lake overflowed its banks, water seeped onto the asphalt and sits on the inside apron area of the super stretch. That's the 3,000-foot back-stretch area. Pictures show water about halfway up the safer barriers, which stand for steel and foam energy reduction system.

Unlike the turns that are banked at 31 degrees, the front and back-stretch are banked at three degrees and the slope has kept the water off the actual racing surface.

A speedway spokesperson claims that there has not been a, "Dollar worth of damage" to the track.

But research on flood waters and asphalt does point to the possibility of damage if the water sits on the surface for any long period of time.

The speedway's Vice President said that the flooding is the first time it has happened in the 50-year history of the track.

The media relations director said there is no way to know for sure if there is no damage, but no matter what, the track will be ready for race day on July 4.

The Vice President of the Daytona International Speedway told Eyewitness News, they're not making a big deal of their own flooding because they feel it isn't about them, but about the community.