This weekend the season officially begins as all three series head to Daytona International Speedway. The NASCAR Gander RV and Outdoors Truck Series races Friday evening and the Xfinity Series takes the stage Saturday afternoon. Sunday features the main event with the 62nd annual Daytona 500.
Thursday, Feb. 13
4:05-4:55 p.m.: Truck Series first practice – FS2
5:30-5:55 p.m.: Final Truck Series practice – FS1
7 p.m.: First Daytona 500 qualifying race – Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 (60 laps,150 miles) – FS1/MRN
8:45 p.m.: Second Daytona 500 qualifying race – Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 (60 laps/150 miles) – FS1/MRN
Friday, Feb. 14
2:05-2:55 p.m.: Xfinity Series first practice – FS1
3:10 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying – FS1
4:32-4:57 p.m.: Xfinity Series final practice – FS1
5:05-5:55 p.m.: Cup Series third practice – FS1/MRN/TSN
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Truck Series NextEra Energy 250 race (Stages 20/40/100 Laps = 250 Miles) FS1/MRN /SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Saturday, Feb. 15
11 a.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying – FS1
12:30-1:20 p.m.: Cup Series final practice – FS1/MRN/TSN
2:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series NASCAR Racing Experience 300 race (Stages 30/60/120 Laps = 300 Miles) FS1/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Sunday, Feb. 16
2:30 p.m.: Daytona 500 – (Stages 65/130/200 Laps = 500 Miles) FOX/MRN/TSN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Starting Lineup for the Daytona 500:
| 1 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 2 | 88 | Alex Bowman |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano |
| 4 | 24 | William Byron |
| 5 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson |
| 7 | 6 | Ryan Newman |
| 8 | 42 | Kyle Larson |
| 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski |
| 10 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
| 11 | 43 | Bubba Wallace |
| 12 | 41 | Cole Custer # |
| 13 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
| 14 | 20 | Erik Jones |
| 15 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 16 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto |
| 17 | 95 | Christopher Bell # |
| 18 | 1 | Kurt Busch |
| 19 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
| 20 | 77 | Ross Chastain(i) |
| 21 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
| 22 | 8 | Tyler Reddick # |
| 23 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek # |
| 24 | 13 | Ty Dillon |
| 25 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
| 26 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
| 27 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
| 28 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
| 29 | 14 | Clint Bowyer |
| 30 | 36 | David Ragan |
| 31 | 37 | Ryan Preece |
| 32 | 66 | Timmy Hill(i) |
| 33 | 16 | Justin Haley(i) |
| 34 | 15 | Brennan Poole # |
| 35 | 0 | Quin Houff # |
| 36 | 32 | Corey LaJoie |
| 37 | 51 | Joey Gase(i) |
| 38 | 52 | BJ McLeod(i) |
| 39 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan(i) |
| 40 | 27 | Reed Sorenson |
Did not qualify: Chad Finchum (No. 49) JJ Yeley (No. 54) Daniel Suarez (No. 96)
To the rear: Blaney No. 12 (backup car), LaJoie No. 32 (backup car)
