Overview
- Daytona announced Thursday that it has begun a venue-wide retrofit with Musco that started in April 2026 and will replace legacy fixtures across the oval, road course, infield, pit and emergency systems.
- The installation will include RGB accent lights on track poles that sync with the caution system and uplighting under grandstands to create dynamic visual effects during events.
- Officials say the Musco LED system will provide much brighter, more consistent illumination to improve driver visibility and television images.
- The lights are expected to cut energy consumption by roughly 50 percent, a move framed as supporting NASCAR Impact’s goal of net-zero operating emissions, and Musco — which installed Daytona’s original 1998 lights — is the contracted vendor.
- The retrofit is scheduled for completion in January 2027 ahead of the 65th Rolex 24 and the 69th Daytona 500 and is being billed as the speedway’s largest upgrade since the 2016 Daytona Rising project, opening new opportunities for sponsor activation and broadcast storytelling.