The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season officially begins Sunday, Feb. 18 with the Daytona 500. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been named as the Grand Marshal for the event which will be broadcast at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX with radio coverage provided by MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The 2024 NASCAR season openers at Daytona generates an expansive list of notables, new and familiar, who will contend for a first victory in their respective series and at Daytona.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, will join forces with Pinnacle Racing Group for the 2024 ARCA opener at Daytona as a required procedure prior to a full-time Xfinity Series campaign with Kaulig Racing.
The 42-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, is set to make his 11th career start and second with Kaulig Racing in the Great American Race in February 2024.
The 24-year-old Alfredo from Ridgefield, Connecticut, will attempt to compete in the 66th running of the Daytona 500 and at Talladega in Spring 2024 as part of Beard's part-time Cup campaign.
The 2015 Xfinity Series champion from Prosper, Texas, led the final two of 163 over-scheduled laps and benefitted in overtime with drafting help from teammate Keselowski to capture his third checkered flag of the 2023 Cup Series season in the regular-season finale.
The 2017 Cup Series champion from Mayetta, New Jersey, became the second competitor to achieve two regular-season championships after clinching the 2023 title by 48 points over teammate Denny Hamlin.
The 37-year-old Allgaier from Riverton, Illinois, led 14 of 110 over-scheduled laps and rallied from serving a pass-through penalty amid multiple pre-qualifying technical failures to edge Creed by 0.005 seconds to achieve his first triumph at Daytona.
