Daytona International Speedway is known for producing dramatic finishes and hair-raising thrills for racers and their fans.
The iconic venue now aims to do the same for a group of students whose final year of high school went off track due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Speedway, NASCAR and the family of the sport’s late founder Bill France Sr. have combined forces to stage a graduation ceremony May 31 for both Flagler County high schools. Matanzas High School’s ceremony begins at 11 a.m., followed at 4 p.m. by Flagler-Palm Coast High School’s ceremony.
School superintendent James Tager said a committee of students, school administrators, district staff and a member of the school board had been discussing how to stage a graduation ceremony as close as possible to the original May 28 date.