hi all,
I will be there tomorrow (saturday) and am an advanced certified personal trainer, specializing in endurance and bodyweight / range of motion exercises.
I and my husband will be running our Daytona 675, so if you have any exercise or track day physicality training questions, come over and chat with me! number 23 will be on the track in Int., but available other sessions.
Also, DO NOT eat a lot of carbs before or early in your track day! When you are hot, eat cold foods, a bit of fresh fruit with cheese or just a lot of chicken / tuna / seafood salad / egg salad which is easy to digest and fuels your body well. UNLESS you are diabetic or hypoglycemic / pre diabetic, Then I can't help you there on fueling other than what your doctor tells you to do.
I recommend Vitamin Water! Stay away from Gatorade or Powerade or anything with Benzoate, Polyethylene Glycol (in ice cream and some sodas), or "orange flavorings", as well as caffeine. The neurotoxins in them are very bad and cause electrolyte loss as well as hormone damage.
There are some good electrolyte additives out there, but if you are not familiar with them, or never tried them before, don't do it for the first time on a track day. Do that at home to see how you will react. Stick to pedialyte or just some very watered down salt water. Mineral waters should be your go to: perriere, or fiji, etc. ... You're worth it!
Cool pack to the back of your neck as soon as you come off track! Cheers!