Did you Know?
A. Now coaching the swim team at Daytona State College is the father of which recent Olympic champion who trained here in the area?
B. Which Orlando Magic basketball star and former resident played for Daytona Beach's Mainland High School? (HINT: A statue of this player now stands at the school's new $2.5 million Athletic Center.)
C. Which 1960s longboard surfing champion and longtime local runs Surf Camps for surf enthusiasts of all ages and athletic levels?
D. Which legendary driver, who won major races on Daytona International Speedway's famed tri-oval in 1959, 1962 and 1963 -- and has a Daytona grandstand named after him -- is buried near the Speedway in Daytona Memorial Park?
E. What team did African-American baseball legend Jackie Robinson play for, when he 'broke the color line' in 1946, during a spring training game in Daytona Beach?
F. Which popular NASCAR driver currently lives in the Daytona Beach area?
Answers:
A. Ryan Lockte B. Vince Carter C. Mimi Munro D. Glenn 'Fireball' Roberts E. Montreal Royals (the top triple-A minor league farm team of the then Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team), F. Mark Martin