ORMOND BEACH: Ormond Beach is known as the Birthplace of Speed. Its long association with racing began on the hard-packed sands of Ormond Beach in March 1903. For eight years, the small seaside community was the world's center of racing. During those formative years, inventors with names like Olds, Winton, Ford, Chevrolet, Stanley and Packard came to test their machines on the only reliable flat track in the United States.

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Ormond Beach celebrates its automotive history each Thanksgiving Day weekend with the Antique Car Show and Parade, a festival that features antique auto beach races, a gaslight parade, music, food and historic tours. But for more than 120 years, Ormond Beach has also been known for its exceptional quality of life. In fact, when legendary financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Sr. sent his advisors across the nation to find the best place to live and work, they chose Ormond Beach. The city has preserved John D’s winter home, The Casements, as the city's cultural center.     Ormond Beach celebrated its Birthplace of Speed Centennial in 2003. Several thousand fans watched as 50 of the world's greatest antique race cars raced on the beach again. Ormond Beach also re-dedicated the new, "Birthplace of Speed Park," on the beach at Granada Blvd., with historic markers and replicas of the famous 1903 Winton Bullet and Olds' Pirate.    Today, Ormond Beach is home to 37,000 residents who value the miles of pristine rivers, forests and beaches that make it unique.   In addition to several miles of beaches, Ormond Beach is also known for its great shopping and restaurants. The Trails Shopping Center includes several specialty shops unique to the area including Talbots, Chico's Ann Taylor Loft, Panera Bread - all in a Spanish village setting. ORMOND BEACH

Getting there: Visitors can access Ormond Beach from I-95, get off at State Road 40 (Granada Boulevard) and head east.    For The Trails Shopping Center, I-95 to SR-40, east 2.5 miles to Nova Road, north .5 miles to The Trails on your left.   The Casements (free tours available), go east on SR-40 for about five miles, over the Halifax River to the beachside, and it is immediately on your right (the southeast corner of the Granada Bridge).   The Birthplace of Speed Park - Continue further on SR-40 another half mile to the Granada Beach approach and park on the beach (if sand conditions permit) or nearby. The park overlooks the beach on A1A at the north side of the Granada beach approach. See replicas of the famous Winton Bullet and Olds Pirate as well as several historic markers.

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