May, peaking May. The notch is October.
Next: Sunday, May 9 — 218 days away, keyed to the published start time
- Where
- Daytona International Speedway
- Drive
- 118 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- May
- Peak
- May
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- check — stadium TFR likely
- Glass
- 70–300mm at f/4 or faster, fast shutter for stage movement, high ISO as light fades
From the field
Music event in Daytona Beach. Long lenses are ordinary in the grandstands; what a ticket does not buy is inside the fence, which needs credentials. Big-venue coverage is gig-lead territory more than print territory; stadium TFRs ground the drone on game days.