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1955 Chevy at Bellaire Plaza during Thanksgiving week, 2008.
Once upon a time, Thanksgiving week in Daytona Beach was just another relaxing, uneventful, off-season week. Not much going on.
But that’s all changed since the Turkey Run came to town. Now visitors and locals can enjoy one of the largest participant-based antique car shows in the country, in what has become a world-class swap meet, 5000+ custom car show, antique car parade, and overflow events such as the informal antique car get-togethers at Daytona’s Bellair Plaza and Ormond Beach’s Fortunato Park.
The main event is at the Daytona International Speedway where general admission tickets are available at the speedway beginning Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 26 and running through Sunday the 29th. Admission is $15 each day, only $10 on Sunday, and kids 11 and under are free.
The Turkey Run Car Show is sponsored by the Daytona Beach Street Rods. The Daytona Beach Racing District runs the Car Corral, Swap Meet, Auction and Crafts vending spaces.
Every afternoon and evening many of the owners bring their cars out to the Bellair shopping plaza at 2500 North Atlantic Avenue (Route A1A along the beach just north of downtown Daytona) to display their works of art. The Turkey Run at the Daytona Speedway has an entrance fee, but the Bellair show is free.
The annual Gaslight Parade takes place in Ormond Beach on Friday evening, followed by an antique car show on Saturday. At 7 pm on Friday, a parade of over 300 old cars forms at the Halifax River end of Granada Avenue, lined up in chronological order, making a sort of rolling history of the evolution of the automobile. On Saturday, the Birthplace of Speed Antique Car show runs from 10 am to 4 pm, featuring over 150 restored and original antique and classic cars along the Intracoastal Waterway in Fortunato Park, including automobiles like the Dusenberg, Packard, Cord, Lincoln, Mercedes, and Jaguar. Many of the drivers wear period costumes to match their cars. Spectators are+ admitted free to all events, which include an antique auto show, musical entertainment, old-fashioned food samplings, and several historical sites.
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