HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- With less than 100 days remaining until the*Daytona 500 on Feb. 23, 2014, Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood came to South Florida this weekend to give an update on the track's $400 million "Daytona Rising" remodel. The massive construction project on the speedway's frontstretch grandstands -- termed the "re-imagining of an American icon" -- is in full go-mode. Most pressing for the Daytona staff is managing the 2014 Daytona Speedweeks events while in the midst of massive and ongoing construction. The question of possibly moving Daytona race dates during the project's final phase of construction in 2015 came up again.
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