DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Throughout Daytona Beach, signs promoting the race hang on bar windows. Placards sit on tables in hotel lobbies. Restaurants feverishly make preparations for their busiest time of the year. If you didn’t know better, the unmistakable marketing push would make you think the Daytona 500 was the following weekend. In actuality, NASCAR’s marquee race is still several weeks away. Such is daily life in this seaside Florida city, where the community’s ties to its signature annual spectacle run deep, forming one of the strongest bonds between a municipality...

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