. (AP) – Denny Hamlin tries to win his fourth Daytona 500 and the defending winner William Byron Go for rehearsal, with 2024 Joey Logano Nascar Champion Also among the star pilots on the field of the “Great American Race” on February 16 in Daytona International Speedway.
Hamlin Would have become the third pilot with at least four Daytona 500 victories while Byron has been trying to become the first repeated winner since Hamlin succeeded in 2019 and 2020. They are part of a field which includes the most popular driver of Nascar, Chase Elliott, who won the shock of the exhibition and will try to reproduce the scan that his father, Bill, made in 1987. Among the other stars on the ground, Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney, and three drivers International: Helio Castroneves (Brazil), Daniel Suarez (Mexico) and Shane Van Gisbergen (New Zealand).
What channel is the Daytona 500?
The race will be broadcast on Fox and Fox Deportes. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick are in the stand. Larry McREYNOLDS joins forces with Joy, Bowyer and Harvick to offer an analysis. Jamie Little, REGAN SMITH and Josh Sims Pit Road stories cover. The cover of the race begins at 12:30 p.m. in the east. MRN and Siriusxm Nascar Radio offer programs and the race will be broadcast on the Fox Sports application.
What time is Daytona 500?
It will start around 2:30 p.m. in the east on February 16.
Who is Daytona 500 favorite?
Logano, Blaney and Brad Keselowski are listed as co-favorites (+1200) to win the race, by BETMGM Sportsbook.
What celebrities appear in Daytona 500?
Pitbull will occur at the pre-course concert. Pitbull is also part of the ownership group of Ro Trackhouse Racing. Daytona 500 traditionally attracts great celebrities For other roles, including the Grand Marshal, the driver of the Pace car and the honorary starter. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was the Grand Marshal of Daytona 500 2024.
What should I know about Daytona 500?
Nascar added a new provision this year which has made a starting station for what the Stock because called “called” World class drivers » which enter a race of the series of cups. The quadruple winner of Indianapolis 500, Castroneves, said this place in the big race as part of the rule change. Castroneves will lead for trackhouse races and will do its Nascar beginnings at 49 years old.
According to the new rule, the owner of the driver / car will not be eligible for racing points, eliminatory points or prices. The cars that end under the elite driver will have their final position adjusted upwards and their price, the racing points and the racing points have also adjusted.
Who is on the ground for Daytona 500?
There are traditionally 40 pilots on the ground: 36 points guaranteed while nine other drivers participate in previous qualification races for the other four spots. If Castroneves does not traditionally qualify, the field will have 41 cars. The Nascar Cup Nascar series champion and the DAYTONA 500 double winner, Jimmie Johnson and the 2017 champion, Martin Truex Jr., are among the nine pilots in competition for the four open places.
The Nascar team belonging to the Dale Earnhardt Jr. renown temple will try to make its series debut Daytona 500 With the champion of the Xfinity series last year, Justin Allgaier, behind the wheel.
What about the trial?
23xi Racing, a co -owner team by the NBA renowned temple Michael Jordan, and the front car sports sports Federal antitrust trial against Nascar On the charter system at the heart of the Cup series. The system allows 36 cars to have charters who guarantee them a place in the field with each race. There are four open points for the field each week.
The teams have gathered for negotiations in search of Charter System changes in a battle often confronted with NASCAR for almost two years. Last September, Nascar presented the teams an offer to take or make fire just before the start of the playoffs.
23XI and the first row were the only two out of 15 teams who refused to sign, instead of prosecution accusing Nascar of being an unfair monopoly and Win a court order allowing them to compete this season as approved teams while the trial takes place.
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