Some race fans won't stick around after Rolex 24

News 13 Sunday 30th January, 2011

DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY -- Speedweeks draws hundreds of thousands of fans to the World's Most Famous Beach starting with the Rolex 24 --?but not all fans stay from beginning to end. The checkered flag fell on the 24 hour race?Saturday, but few, if any, of those race fans watching the marathon race will stick around for the Daytona 500. One race fan vowed to keep his hair spiked up in a Mohawk?for the entire Rolex 24. "It's been up for 24 hours, just trying to make it through the whole race," said race fan Bobby Miller. He'll have the option of letting it down when the checkered flag drops, but he will do what most of the thousands of fans will do once the race is over. "I'm just here for the Rolex. [Will you come back for the Daytona 500?] Not this year," said race fan...

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