Daytona 500: Schedule, When and Where to Watch, How to Watch Live

The 64^th edition of the annual Daytona 500 will mark the official starting of the 2022 NASCAR season following the informal start in Clash at the Colosseum in LA where Joey Logano came out victorious. The Historical 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway will host the Next Generation NASCAR for the first time on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 2.30 pm ET with  40 drivers competing in the Great American Race.

The 2021 edition of the Daytona 500 began with a Lap 15 collision, triggering a 16-car accident and chaos followed as low spun of Joey Logano and Keselowski hitting the outside wall and then getting T-boned by Kyle Busch, caused a carnage. McDowell was declared the champion,  for the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career, as he edged ahead of fellow front runners Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon at the moment of caution following the carnage and fans are expecting a more interesting finish this year with the new cars.

Everything you need to know about this year’s qualifying

The Daytona 500 follows a two-staged special qualifying system contrary to its NASCAR car counterparts with Single-car qualifying on Feb. 16 which will have two rounds, with the top 10 speeds in Round 1 moving on to the second round. The fastest two cars in Round 2 will get a front-row start for Sunday’s Great American Race.

The next stages for the qualification for the rest of the place in the grid will have 2 duels,  the Bluegreen Vacation Duels races on Thursday evening where Cars finish first, third, fifth, seventh, etc. in single-car runs will comprise the field for Duel 1. The cars in even-numbered finishing positions in single-car qualifying will comprise the field for Duel 2 and the results from the duels will set the starting line-up.

The finishers from Duel 1 will line up on the inside row in order of their finish meanwhile, the finishers from Duel 2 will line up on the outside row in the same manner. If more than 40 cars enter the race, the two fastest open cars in single-car qualifying will lock their way into the race regardless of the results of Thursday’s duels. The final two spots of the 40-car field will be determined by the best finishers of the qualifying races.

Where to watch Daytona 500 live?

FOX Sports will have the full slate of NASCAR action in Daytona, including practice, qualifying, and the Bluegreen Vacations Duels. Practice begins Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 5:05 p.m. ET, followed by the second practice at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday features Daytona 500 pole qualifying followed by Duels in Thursday and 2 days practice section’s before the All American Race in Sunday.

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