Is there a NASCAR race today? Daytona 500 Schedule, Start Time, & TV Channel for Cup Series

The drivers of the NASCAR Cup Series are scheduled to be at the 2.5-mile tri-oval superspeedway on Sunday, February 16, as the action at the season’s first points-paying weekend continues at the Daytona International Speedway.

In Wednesday’s (February 12) Cup Series qualifying, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe won the pole to lead the field to the green flag at the start of the 2025 Daytona 500, scheduled to begin on Sunday at 1:30 pm ET.

William Byron, the defending winner of last year’s Daytona 500, will start fifth this weekend and look to win again.

The weather forecast for Sunday at Daytona predicts partly cloudy with a high temperature of 81 degrees and a 21% chance of rain at the start of the Daytona 500.

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Is there a NASCAR race today?

Race: Daytona 500

Track: Daytona International Speedway

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NASCAR 2025 Sunday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

Below is the complete schedule for Sunday’s on-track action of the Cup Series season opener:

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Garage open

6 am ET – 8:30 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

1:30 pm ET: Daytona 500 (200 laps & 500 miles)

Sunday’s Cup Series action in Daytona Beach, Florida, will be broadcast on FOX, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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Daytona 500: Starting Order

Below is the starting order for the 2025 Daytona 500 at Daytona:

1. #19 - Chase Briscoe
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #23 - Bubba Wallace
4. #43 - Erik Jones
5. #24 - William Byron
6. #17 - Chris Buescher
7. #10 - Ty Dillon
8. #11 - Denny Hamlin
9. #1 - Ross Chastain
10. #22 - Joey Logano
11. #45 - Tyler Reddick
12. #01 - Corey LaJoie
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #34 - Todd Gilliland
15. #3 - Austin Dillon
16. #12 - Ryan Blaney
17. #9 - Chase Elliott
18. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
19. #40 - Justin Allgaier (i)
20. #20 - Christopher Bell
21. #8 - Kyle Busch
22. #5 - Kyle Larson
23. #54 - Ty Gibbs
24. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
25. #71 - Michael McDowell
26. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
27. #60 - Ryan Preece
28. #51 - Cody Ware
29. #21 - Josh Berry
30. #41 - Cole Custer
31. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. #4 - Noah Gragson
33. #77 - Carson Hocevar
34. #6 - Brad Keselowski
35. #7 - Justin Haley
36. #99 - Daniel Suárez
37. #38 - Zane Smith
38. #48 - Alex Bowman
39. #56 - Martin Truex Jr.
40. #84 - Jimmie Johnson
41. #91 - Helio Castroneves