The start of the HSR Classic 24 at Daytona is an event all of its own

We count ourselves very lucky on our first visit to Daytona, to find ourselves a spitting distance from the grid at the start of the HSR Classic 24. It has all the pomp, ceremony and patriotism you so expect and so want. The prayer for a safe race, and singing of the US national anthem and the invocation could prick the hairs on the neck of the staunchest cynic.