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E. Northport Driver Wins Daytona Race

Steve Park wins UNOH Battle At The Beach race at Daytona International Speedway.

It's not the Daytona 500, but East Northport native Steve Park did blaze his way to victory at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday.

Park, a NASCAR veteran, won the UNOH Battle At The Beach race in Daytona, taking the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race, a 150-lap, 60-mile sprint in a 33-car field.

This was Park's first Daytona victory, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal. He made 12 Cup Series starts at the speedway, but never emerged victorious. Until now.

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“It's great,” Park told the News-Journal. “I raced here many times and never came out with a win. I'm so happy to walk out of Daytona with a trophy."

Park hadn't completed a race since 2010. He is a 1985 graduate of Northport High School.

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