NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2025 Daytona International Speedway Cup Series race kick off?

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season is set to begin at Daytona International Speedway with the Daytona 500. The season's first race will be contested between 41 drivers for 200 laps at the 2.5-mile tri-oval superspeedway.

Last year, Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron took the checkered flag at Daytona after Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric, who were running second and third, slid wildly through the infield to the white flag when the former tried to pass Byron for the lead. The #24 HMS will look to win back-to-back “The Great American Race,” and he will start fifth on Sunday’s (February 16) main event.

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What is the green flag time for the NASCAR race today?

The green flag for the NASCAR Daytona 500 is set to wave at 2 pm ET on Sunday.

The live-action of the iconic 500-mile NASCAR Cup Series season-opener can be watched on FOX, while radio coverage will be available at MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio in the United States.

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Chase Briscoe is on the pole for the Daytona 500 at Daytona

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe has secured the pole at Daytona for the first time in his career. He scored the pole with a time of 49.249 and a speed of 182.745 mph during the qualifying session.

Team Penske driver Austin Cindric will start alongside Briscoe in the front row.

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Daytona 500 starting lineup:

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