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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Matt Kenseth said he knew his teammate would be the one to make a move, and with nearly all of Joe Gibbs Racing lined up behind him in the closing laps of Sunday’s Daytona 500, that was a pretty safe bet.

 

Specifically, Kenseth meant Denny Hamlin and he was correct.

 

It was Hamlin who bolted from the pack on the final lap of the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, forcing Kenseth to slide high to block, only to see the No. 11 Toyota dive underneath.

 

Hamlin then won a drag race to the photo-finish line with fellow Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. The margin of victory, 0.010 second, was the closest in the history of the event.

PHOTOS: Closest finishes in ‘Great American Race’ history

 

Kenseth, in the meantime, briefly danced along the outside wall before gathering his car back in. By then it was too late and all momentum had been lost.

 

He was scored in 14th as he made his way across the line.

 

Truex Jr. and Furniture Row Racing are new to the JGR camp after a move to Toyota during the offseason. JGR teammate and defending series champion Kyle Busch was third. Carl Edwards rounded out the JGR attack in fifth.

 

“I thought my only shot for the win was to get up there and get his nose centered up and hopefully get in front of him,” Kenseth said afterward on pit road. “I made the block and then let him get outside of me, but he turned back under me and it got me real loose and get my left-rear and just went by.

 

“Masterful job of doing that. It doesn’t get much more disappointing for us.”

 

There was no second-guessing the move and no complaints about Hamlin’s last-lap charge. It was hard racing.

 

“You’re trying to win the Daytona 500,” Kenseth said.

 

Kenseth led 40 laps (160-199), second only to Hamlin’s 95 laps led on the day.

 

“It’s really frustrating. It’s really disappointing,” the 2003 series champion said. “I feel like I let my team down pretty much for two weeks straight here and today was no exception to that. It’s always disappointing when they put you in position to win and you can’t get it done as a driver.

 

“My teammates were awesome all day, and our adopted teammate, Martin. When we put even three of ’em in a line, they were fast. When we put five in a line, nobody was going to touch ’em. It was going to be one of our cars that won unless we messed up. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in the mix coming across the line.”

RELATED: Drivers weigh in on thrilling finish

 

Crew chief Jason Ratcliff understands Kenseth’s frustration, but was quick to put it in perspective.

 

“What else can you ask for?” he said. “It was hard to make moves out there today. There was really none. We lost some track position with a couple of (pit) stops to go. The guys did a good job of putting a stop down when it counted and getting us off pit road on that green-flag (pit) cycle. Matt did a good job saving (fuel). At that point we couldn’t make it but the caution got us there.”

 

He has won his share of races since being teamed with Kenseth, a two-time Daytona 500 champion. But winning the 500 remains on the to-do list for the crew chief.

 

“It’s disappointing. You don’t get that many opportunities like that. But it is what it is,” Ratcliff said. “At least we weren’t out there running around in 20th all day. To have to start in the back already with a backup car, to be able to go up there and lead some laps, have a shot at it, I’m glad one of our teammates was able to bring it home.”

 

It’s the Daytona 500, the series’ biggest event, and teams find it difficult to just shrug it off and move on. But eventually they know that has to happen. It’s the same for the winner as well as those who depart disappointed.

 

Sunday’s result will be put to rest before the new week begins, according to Ratcliff.

 

“As soon as the plane lands in Concord (Sunday night) and we step off and get on the ground, get our luggage, this one is over,” he said. “We’re pushing toward Atlanta when the sun comes up in the morning and we’ll try to win that one.”

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The fastest man on four wheels at Daytona International Speedway isn’t Chase Elliott, the 20-year-old rookie who will start today’s Daytona 500 from the pole position.

It’s likely Robert Hight, Funny Car driver for John Force Racing. His last run down the dragstrip was at a leisurely 313 mph. It was a bit too leisurely. He lost in the semifinals of last week’s season-opening NHRA WinterNationals at Pomona, California.

“I love NASCAR racing,” Hight said Saturday at DIS. “I actually love a lot of motorsports but NASCAR is probably one of my favorites.”

A 36-time winner in NHRA, Hight was on hand for the weekend as a guest of Chevrolet. While the two series might seem worlds apart to some, Hight was clearly in his element.

“I love going in the garage area,” he said. “I get to see a lot of people I know. … I’m fortunate that I know some of the drivers through sponsors and those relationships. I’m very interested, being a mechanic, in how these things work and what they’re looking for, what they’re doing, what kind of changes they’re making, the new technology. I love that stuff.

“And it’s cool getting to talk to the fans. The fans come up and they recognize you … not like John Force, but they recognize you and you get to talk about your sport.”

Hight did clutch work during several of driver John Force’s championship seasons. In 2004, he made the move to the driver’s seat. It was an eye-opening transition.

“The first time I went down the race track, it was in a nitro Funny Car,” he said. “Nervous. Scared to death because you don’t know what to expect.

“I could build a car, a complete car from start to finish. But I know how hard the crew works. If I go out there and stuff this thing in the wall or do something stupid, it will create all this work for these guys.

“And of course, I’m never going to live this down. I’ll hear about it forever.”

A year later, he was a full-time driver. He won in his fourth race out and led the points as a rookie.

Today, he’s a wizened veteran. But the thrill that came with those first shakedown runs hasn’t been forgotten.

“It’s the horsepower,” he said of the sport’s draw. “Just the sheer horsepower. Once I saw those cars run, I thought ‘I’ve got to be around this.’ “

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — He’s recovering from shoulder surgery, hoping to be back in the ring sooner rather than later, but that didn’t keep WWE champion John Cena from making an appearance here at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday.

Cena, a 15-time champion, was at the season-opening event for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to serve as honorary pace car driver. It wasn’t exactly his first appearance at a NASCAR event.

In 2007, he took part in the reality series “Fast Cars and Superstars,” a celebrity race pairing celebrities with members of the Gillette Young Guns NASCAR program. Since then, he’s kept up with the sport and those who participate.

“It was awesome,” Cena said. “I had kind of been in the distance with NASCAR but when you … first of all, you get to know some of the drivers, you want to root for your driver. Carl (Edwards) taught me how to drive so that was a cool connection. We shared a lot of similarities. What NASCAR does is very similar to what WWE does; I just began to watch a lot more.

“The NASCAR season is long; the WWE is endless and we’re often going at the same time. But obviously you catch up on the headlines and can keep up on the stories. I try to keep in touch as much as I can.”

Cena branched out into other areas of the entertainment industry while remaining a top draw in the ring. In addition to movie roles, his most recent effort will see him start in the reality series “American Grit” which debuts April 14 on FOX.

“I hate using a buzzword like revolutionary but I’ve seen some of the cuts and it really is amazing,” he said. “Because this is an instance where we have some really gifted folks from the United States military and they are lending their services to motivate civilians to compete for not only a prize but truly mold civilians into better human beings. It was a pleasure to be a part of it; it’s really, really cool.”

His NASCAR interest has allowed him to get to know a number of competitors in the garage. Sunday, he took time to catch up with as many as time allowed.

“I know Joey (Logano), Kyle (Busch), Carl has done Raw,” he said. “We’ve had a good amount of NASCAR drivers do Raw so it will be good to see all those guys again. I always like to catch up on life with the guys; I still trade stories with some of the guys. … You talk about their life and how things are going, they ask about yours. It’s cool to catch up.”

While NASCAR’s biggest event was preparing to unfold Sunday, wrestling’s big event, Wrestlemania, gets underway April 3 in Dallas. While he’ll be in attendance, the shoulder injury makes it unlikely he’ll be competing.

“I would really, really love to somehow be a part of our annual gala over there,” he said. “The odds are against me, but I’ll be there in person. I’ll be there for our Hall of Fame. Hopefully I’ll be floating around the event trying to cause trouble if I can’t be a part of it.”

Cena knows his career in the ring is out there. But just how far? He says he isn’t sure.

“I’ll be 39 in April and I made a pact with myself in my 20s. I’ve seen all sorts of things in our industry and as long as I can keep up from an athletic aspect with the youngest, best we’ve got, I’m in,” he said. “And I don’t think I’ve lost that step yet.”

It isn’t any harder today, going against younger competition, he said. “It’s just a different chess game. That’s all. It’s just moving the pieces a different way.”

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin earned his first Daytona 500 victory in the closest finish in the race’s storied 58-year history, pushing his No. 11 FedEx Toyota ahead of Martin Truex Jr.’s Toyota at the finish line by one-hundredth of a second (0.010) — a half-foot winning difference in NASCAR’s most celebrated event.

 

Hamlin, 34, called it the “biggest race of my life,” and was still shaking his head taking it all in as he spoke to reporters amid the falling confetti and loud celebration in Daytona International Speedway‘s Victory Lane.

 

The two cars crossed the finish line simultaneously, and it wasn’t until NASCAR made the official call and television replayed the finish before most people — in the pits and the grandstands — were certain who had won.

 

“I had no anticipations of winning this race on the white flag lap,” Hamlin said. “I didn’t know we had won. I knew it was close. I saw the pylon change and blink at the last second with the 11. I heard people on the radio crazy and excited and assumed we won at that point.

 

“If not, I was going to be PISSED,” he added smiling.

 

MORE: Hamlin: ‘I don’t know where that came from’

 

Hamlin’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards finished third and fifth, respectively. Former Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick was fourth. Last year’s 500 winner Joey Logano was sixth, followed by Kyle Larson in seventh, his best showing in the race to date.

 

It was Toyota’s first ever win in NASCAR’s premier event and the first Daytona 500 win for Joe Gibbs Racing in 23 years.

 

“This was a team victory,” Hamlin said. “My teammates did an amazing job all day; this is a proud moment for everyone at Toyota. I don’t know what happened, I can’t even figure out what I did.”

 

Truex was understandably of mixed emotions following the race, but mostly proud of his day and of establishing his team’s good working relationship with Gibbs’ stable of Toyotas.

 

He was running second behind fellow Camry driver Matt Kenseth for the final 20 laps but when Hamlin pulled out to make a run for the win on the final lap, Kenseth went up to block the progress. Hamlin got by, and Truex and Busch jumped in line behind as Kenseth got shuffled back and ultimately finished 14th.

 

“It hurts a little bit, but it’s something to be proud of for sure,” Truex said managing a smile and insisting he didn’t know if he had won or not at the checkered flag. He said he was actually looking at the large video screen as he went around the track for a replay.

 

“I knew it was really close,” he said. “I didn’t think either way, just said, ‘Man that was really close.’ I have a feeling I’ll be seeing a picture of that (finish) for a long time.

 

“I’m fine though, I’m proud of what we did.”

 

“This is just one race, but seeing and feeling that teamwork with JGR,” Truex said of his career-best finish at Daytona. “We had a plan before the race and really controlled the entire race. It was great to show them they can trust me to be a part of their team. It was important to kick that relationship off right.”

 

It was a tough day for some of the pre-race favorites such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson — and certainly for the feel-good pole-winner Chase Elliott, too.

 

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Earnhardt, a two-time Daytona 500 champion and a winner in Thursday’s qualifying race, led twice for 15 laps, but crashed alone on Lap 170 racing mid-pack.

 

“I got loose and just busted my tail,” Earnhardt said. “It was time to go. We were making some moves on the outside and moving forward and passing some guys. Just got loose trying to do too much at once.”

 

Earnhardt acknowledged he felt like the car was not where it needed to be, but was also hopeful of getting back to the front to race for the win.

 

“Well it’s fast when it don’t have to handle good” Earnhardt said. “But today it needed to handle and we weren’t handling.”

 

Elliott’s first Daytona 500 took a downturn only a few laps into the afternoon. The youngest pole winner (age 20) in history led the opening three circuits but crashed into the infield on Lap 20.

 

RELATED: Elliott’s day ends early at Daytona

 

“Just got in the middle there a couple of laps before and got loose off of (turn) four and just lost it,” said Elliott, Earnhardt’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate and driver of the famed No. 24 previously driven by newly-retired champion Jeff Gordon.

 

“I hate it, it had been such a fun week and you hate to end the race before it even got started. Just disappointed for everybody. We will just have to look past it and get on for Atlanta.

 

“That is the most important thing now. Can’t get caught up in what happened today, it is irrelevant now. We’ll try and get it fixed and make some laps. Then it’s on to Atlanta and if we can make some laps we will and move forward from here.”

 

Other former winners were occasionally, if not steadily, in the winning mix Sunday only to have various foibles.

 

Six-time champion Jimmie Johnson led 18 laps and ran among the front pack midway through the day, but got shuffled back and finished 16th, his worst finish in four seasons.

 

Brian Vickers, who steered Tony Stewart‘s No. 14 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet while the three-time NASCAR champion stayed home in Charlotte, North Carolina, healing from a back injury, ran up front among the top-10 for a portion of the day and was as high as second place in the final 40 laps.

 

RELATED: ‘Smoke’ checks in from home before Sunday’s race

 

This day certainly seemed to belong to Toyotas and Hamlin, who is still recovering from ACL surgery two months ago. Hamlin is only the sixth driver to win both the Sprint Unlimited and the Daytona 500 in the same season, joining greats such as Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett, the last to do it in 2000.

 

“Here they were three-time champions and they took a chance on us. I hate it that it’s taken this long (for a championship and Daytona 500 win) but the bond we have with Joe Gibbs and his family is stronger than ever,” said President and General Manager of Toyota Racing Development USA David Wilson.

 

WATCH: Harvick’s in-car view of Hamlin’s  winning move

 

For Hamlin, it was particularly special with new crew chief Michael Wheeler calling his first race for Hamlin, the first time they’ve worked together since Wheeler spent six races atop the box in 2014.

 

“For them to be together just this short period of time and accomplish what they have is such an amazing story,” said team owner Joe Gibbs, who also conceded he didn’t know who had won the race at first, either.

 

A good hour after the checkered flag, Hamlin came to his winner’s news conference still pumped up and smiling, raising his arms in triumph.

 

“This is the best,” Hamlin said. “I mean, it’s just the best. It’s the biggest race of my life. The Daytona 500 is the pinnacle of our sport and I’m just proud to be here.”

 

MORE: Hamlin on elite list of 500-Unlimited winners

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The 2016 Daytona 500 was a historical race for many reasons. For one, it was Denny Hamlin‘s first “Great American Race” win. The trip to Victory Lane also secured Toyota its first Daytona 500 win, as well as Joe Gibbs’ first victory at the event since 1993.

The kicker for Hamlin is that the Joe Gibbs Racing wheelman became the sixth driver to win the Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500 in the same year. Check out the elite company Hamlin now keeps.

Drivers who have won the Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500 in same year

Name Year
Bobby Allison 1982
Bill Elliott 1987
Dale Jarrett 1996
Jeff Gordon 1997
Dale Jarrett 2000
Denny Hamlin 2016
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Denny Hamlin won one of the most thrilling Daytona 500s in history, just barely edging Martin Truex Jr. at the start/finish line on the final lap Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. 


Drivers were blown away.




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The highly anticipated Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway kicks off the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season today — but Tony Stewart won’t climb into his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing race car.

Instead, it will be Brian Vickers climbing into ‘Smoke’s’ Chevrolet for the sport’s premier event.

Stewart injured his back in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Jan. 31 and underwent surgery for a burst fracture days later. This would have marked Stewart’s last “Great American Race,” as he will retire from Sprint Cup racing after the 2016 season.

The three-time Cup champion spoke to FOX broadcasters via telephone on Sunday before the race.

“It’s the biggest race of the year and this was my last attempt to try to win the Daytona 500 so to be laying in bed in Charlotte is not the way I wanted to be spending this day, for sure,” Stewart said. “Honestly, every day just keeps getting better and better. I’m getting stronger and getting more mobile.”

“The last week and a half, I’ve been racing R/C cars a couple times and doing some stuff where I’m getting out and walking a lot, but the weird thing is the doctors want me laying on my back or walking. They don’t want me sitting or standing. They want me either laying down or walking, so it’s kind of hard to find many things that are in between there that aren’t sitting or standing. But I walk on the treadmill, just walking around, I mean that’s the stuff that I’m enjoying right now.

“It’s like I told somebody a couple times ago, we’ve been through a lot worse than this. It’s honestly just another bump in the road.”

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History was at hand — and properly documented — Sunday morning before the running of the 58th annual Daytona 500.

The 2016 season-opener marked the formal beginning of the new owner Charter system, which NASCAR and team owners signed a nine-year agreement on before the start of the season. There are 36 Charters, and each Charter team is guaranteed entry into every points-paying race.

The Charter system, a form of which owners have sought in an effort to bolster value of their organizations and which was initiated by NASCAR more than a year ago, also provides stability by guaranteeing sponsors and other potential partners continued participation for an extended period of time.

As such, the momentous occasion was documented by a photo with every Charter-owning member, along with NASCAR dignitaries — much like the classic photo in 1947 at the Streamline Hotel in which Bill France Sr. launched the birth of NASCAR.

 

Top Row (From L-R) Brad Daugherty (JTG Daugherty Racing); Steve Lauletta (Chip Ganassi Racing); Shirley Falk (Circle Sport Racing); Joe Falk (Circle Sport Racing); Bob Germain Jr. (Germain Racing); Larry Rogers (Germain Racing); Archie St. Hilaire (Go FAS Racing); Mason St. Hilaire (Go FAS Racing); Jay Robinson (Premium Motorsports); Dave Alpern (Joe Gibbs Racing).

 

4th Row (L-R) Joe Custer (Stewart-Haas Racing); Bob Jenkins (Front Row Motorsports); Torrey Galida (Richard Childress Racing); Gordon Smith (Circle Sport Racing); Tad Geschickter (JTG Daugherty Racing); Eric Nyquist (NASCAR); Ron Devine (BK Racing); Harry Scott Jr. (HScott Motorsports); Andrew Murstein (Richard Petty Motorsports); Ryan Dubois (BK Racing); Wayne Press (BK Racing).

 

3rd Row (L-R) Brett Frood (Stewart-Haas Racing); Karen Leetzow (NASCAR); Walt Czarnecki (Team Penske); Steve Phelps (NASCAR); Marshall Carlson (Hendrick Motorsports); Steve O’Donnell (NASCAR); Barney Visser (Furniture Row Racing); Joe Garone (Furniture Row Racing); Susan Schandel (NASCAR)

 

2nd Row (L-R) Jack Roush (Roush Fenway Racing); Steve Newmark (Roush Fenway Racing); Gary Crotty (NASCAR); Rob Kauffman (Chip Ganassi Racing); Brent Dewar (NASCAR); Mike Helton (NASCAR); Chip Ganassi (Chip Ganassi Racing); Gene Haas (Stewart-Haas Racing); Tommy Baldwin (Tommy Baldwin Racing).

 

1st Row (L-R) Richard Childress (Richard Childress Racing); Roger Penske (Team Penske); Rick Hendrick (Hendrick Motorsports); Brian France (NASCAR); Jim France (NASCAR); Lesa France Kennedy (NASCAR); Richard Petty (Richard Petty Motorsports); Joe Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing); J.D. Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing)

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Fresh off the season-opening races at Daytona, all three NASCAR Series will head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for a tripleheader. Check out the full weekend schedule below.


Note: All times are ET


FRIDAY, FEB. 26:

ON TRACK
— 9-9:55 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS2 (Results)
— 10-10:55 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS2 (Results)
— 11 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FS1 (Results)
— 12:30-1:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1 (Results)
— 1:30-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1 (Results)
— 2:30-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
— 4-5:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
— 5:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1 (Results)


GARAGECAM (Watch live)
— 10:30 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 8:15 a.m.: Ty Dillon
— 9:15 a.m.: Christopher Bell
— 9:40 a.m.: Chase Elliott
— 10 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
— 12:30 p.m.: Carl Edwards
— 1 p.m.: Denny Hamlin
— 1:30 p.m.: Greg Biffle
— 7:15 p.m.. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying



DAILY ROUNDUP
Bell recounts harrowing Daytona wreck
Jones, Suarez top NXS practices at Atlanta
Enfinger, Townley lead Truck Series practices at Atlanta
Kurt on Atlanta pole after Kyle’s time disallowed 
Kyle’s post-qualifying inspection failure



SATURDAY, FEB. 27:

ON TRACK

— 8:35 a.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1 (Results)
— 10 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS1 (Results)
— 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
— 1:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Heads Up Georgia 250 (163 laps, 251.02 miles, FS1) (Results)
— 4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Great Clips 200 (130 laps, 200.02 miles, FS1) (Results)


PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 3:15 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race
— 6 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race


DAILY ROUNDUP
Busch wins NXS Coors Light Pole Award
Defending race winner Crafton wins the pole at Atlanta
Hamlin hops atop final Atlanta practice
Busch dominates for NXS win at Atlanta
Crafton, Suarez in big wreck at Atlanta
Nemechek tops Hayley to win wild Truck Series race


SUNDAY, FEB. 28:

ON TRACK
— 1 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (325 laps, 500.05 miles; FOX) (Results)

PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 4:45 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race


DAILY ROUNDUP
See race day photos from Atlanta
Kenseth penalized for improper fueling
Newman spins after blowing a tire
Johnson wins at Atlanta to tie The Intimidator with 76 victories


PRE-RACE SCHEDULE

— 11:00:00 a.m.: NSCS Driver/Crew Chief Meeting (Media Center)

— 11:00:00 a.m. Pre-race concert: Mark Wills

— 12:30:00 p.m.: NSCS Drivers Introductions

— 12:51:00 p.m.: Team FasTrax Skydiving Team Jumps

— 12:54:00 p.m.: God Bless America: Cory Kent White

— 12:55:30 p.m.: Flag Folding Ceremony by: Riverside Military Academy

— 12:58:30 p.m..: Taps by: Riverside Military Academy

— 1:00:00 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by: University of North Georgia Corp of Cadets Honor Guard

— 1:00:20 p.m.: Invocation by: Rev. Jason Young, North Point Ministries

— 1:00:50 p.m.: Intro National Anthem (American Flag unfurled on ballfield by Georgia National Guard)

— 1:01:00 p.m.: National Anthem by: Robin Meade

— 1:02:30 p.m.: TOT Fly-by: 2 T-38’s from 325th fighter wing Tyndall Air Force Base

— 1:07:30 p.m.: “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: Robert Patrick, Georgia Native and star of CBS’s Scorpion, Terminator 2, and X Files

— 1:16:00 p.m.: Green Flag Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (325 Laps, 500 Miles)

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All times ET

Monday, Feb. 22
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m., A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1
7 p.m., Untold Stories: Daytona (re-air), FS1
8 p.m., NASCAR Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1

Tuesday, Feb. 23
7 a.m., NASCAR America (re-air), NBCSN
9 a.m., 1979 Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1
9:30 a.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Powershares QQQ 300 (re-air), FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN

Wednesday, Feb. 24
7 a.m., NASCAR America (re-air), NBCSN
5 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN (NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees for 2017 class will be revealed during this program)

Thursday, Feb. 25
7 a.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
12:30 p.m., NASCAR: The List (re-air), NBCSN
5 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
5 p.m., NASCAR America, NBCSN
11:30 p.m., NASCAR K&N Pro Series Race (tape), NBCSN
2 a.m., NASCAR RaceDay (re-air), FS1

Friday, Feb. 26
7 a.m., NASCAR America (re-air), NBCSN
9 a.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS2
10 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
11 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FS1
12:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, FS1
1:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
2:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, FS1
4 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1
5:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1

Saturday, Feb. 27
4 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice (re-air), FS1
5:30 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying (re-air), FS1
7 a.m., The 10: Earnhardt Moments (re-air), FS1
8:30 a.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
10 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
11:30 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, FS1
1 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: XFINITY, FS1
1:30 p.m., NASCAR XFINITY Series Heads Up Georgia 250, FS1
4 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup, FS1
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Great Clips 200, FS1
6:30 p.m., 100,000 Cameras: Daytona 500 , FS1
Midnight, NASCAR XFINITY Series Heads Up Georgia 250 (re-air), FS1
2 a.m., 100,000 Cameras: Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1

Sunday, Feb. 28
6 a.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Great Clips 200 (re-air), FS1
8 a.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (re-air), FS1
9:30 a.m., 100,000 Cameras: Daytona 500 (re-air), FS1
11 a.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
12:30 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series FOX Pre-Race Show, FOX
1 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500, FOX
11 p.m., NASCAR Victory Lane, FS1