NASCAR 2025: Here’s what Wednesday’s schedule at Daytona International Speedway looks like

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series drivers are scheduled to be at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday (February 12) as the season’s first official racing weekend begins with its biggest race of the calendar—the Daytona 500.

The NASCAR Cup Series driver will participate in a practice session and qualifying session on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The qualifying will determine the Daytona 500 pole and will also set Thursday’s starting lineup for Bluegreen Vacation Duel 1 and Duel 2.

Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Busch are favorites to win this year’s Daytona 500. Hamlin is a three-time Daytona 500 winner. Active Daytona 500 winners who are competing this year are Hamlin, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, William Byron, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon, Michael McDowell, and Austin Cindric.

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron is the defending winner of “The Great American Race” at the 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. His teammate Chase Elliott won the preseason exhibition race NASCAR Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 2.

The weather forecast on Wednesday at Daytona predicts mostly sunny with a high of 82 degrees and a 10% chance of rain at the start of Cup Series qualifying.

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Full Wednesday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

Here’s the complete schedule for Wednesday’s on-track action of the Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway:

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Garage Open

6 am ET – 10:30 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

10:05 am ET - 10:55 am ET: Cup Series practice 1

4 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series haulers enter

8:15 pm ET – 10 pm ET: Cup Series qualifying

All Wednesday’s track activity at Daytona International Speedway will be telecast on FS1, Motor Racing Network (MRN), and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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NASCAR’s Daytona 500 qualifying order at Daytona International Speedway

Here’s the qualifying order for this year’s Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway:

1. Justin Haley
2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3. John Hunter Nemechek
4. Michael McDowell
5. Noah Gragson
6. Zane Smith
7. Martin Truex Jr.
8. Anthony Alfredo
9. Erik Jones
10. Justin Allgaier
11. Jimmie Johnson
12. Helio Castroneves
13. Cody Ware
14. Cole Custer
15. Carson Hocevar
16. Austin Dillon
17. BJ McLeod
18. Ryan Preece
19. JJ Yeley
20. Corey LaJoie
21. Todd Gilliland
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Ty Dillon
24. Riley Herbst
25. Chandler Smith
26. Ryan Blaney
27. Tyler Reddick
28. Denny Hamlin
29. Chase Elliott
30. Brad Keselowski
31. Shane van Gisbergen
32. Kyle Larson
33. Chris Buescher
34. Daniel Suarez
35. Alex Bowman
36. Kyle Busch
37. Christopher Bell
38. Austin Cindric
39. William Byron
40. Bubba Wallace
41. Ross Chastain
42. Joey Logano
43. Ty Gibbs
44. Chase Briscoe
45. Josh Berry