WELCOME TO BIKE WEEK 2025

"About the event" 

Approximately 500,000 people make their way to the rally area for the 10-day event. The festivities include motorcycle racing, concerts, parties, and street festivals. The event is usually held on the first full week of March (including the Fri-Sat-Sun prior to)

The Daytona Beach Bike Week rally started as the Daytona 200 race on January 24, 1937. This first race was a 3.2 miles (5.1 km) beach and pavement course. It was won by Ed Kretz from California riding an Indian motorcycle with an average speed of 73.34 mph (118.03 km/h).

This yearly race took a break from 1942 to 1947 due to WW 2 and again in 2020 because of a global pandemic (although the pandemic situation began in the middle of Bike Week, as the Daytona Supercross had finished the week before). During the years off, an unofficial event was still taking place commonly called Bike Week.

In 1947 the official race resumed and gained in popularity. The event was then promoted by "Big Bill" France, co-founder of NASCAR, and the family business (now known as International Speedway Corporation) still promotes the 200 and the entire Bike Week races at Daytona International Speedway, including the Daytona Supercross which is known for its world-class pyrotechnics and light show.

In 2010, Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium officials made renovations in the stadium that eliminated the quarter-mile flat track for American Flat Track motorcycle events during Bike Week races. Officials moved those races to the Speedway on a quarter-mile track near Turn 1 of the superspeedway at a track used also during KartWeek. However, in 2021, the series moved flat track races out of Daytona, agreeing with World Racing Group, which sanctions the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, DIRT Modifieds, and other dirt track events, to hold the events in DeLeon Springs at World Racing Group-owned Volusia Speedway Park.

Keeping everyone safe is the Daytona Beach Police Department and the Volusia County Sheriff's office.Unfortunately when you have this many bikes in one place things happen and that includes accidents that result in fatalities. The highest number recorded was in 2006 when Bike Week suffered 20 deaths. With that said please ride responsibly with safety as your highest priority. It would be monumental if the 84th Rally saw 0 fatalities and your awareness can help make that happen.

The venues where you'll find plenty to see and do at Daytona Bike Week include Teddy Morse's Daytona Harley-Davidson, Daytona International Speedway, Main Street in Daytona, The Iron Horse Saloon, The Broken Spoke Saloon, The Cabbage Patch, The Legendary Boothill Saloon, Boothill Outpost, Cackleberry, Burning Bike, and the Swap Meets. If you like to see the sights make sure you plan to ride the loop, take in the Ponce Inlet Lightouseand the Boardwalk Pier.

Whatever your plans are at the 84th Daytona Bike Week be considerate of others and have a great time. Thank you for being here!! Don't forget to tip your servers they're counting on your generosity.