2017 Daytona 500

2017 Daytona 500
Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 1 of 36 in the 2017 Monster Energy Cup Series season
Date February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)
Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The 2017 Daytona 500, the 59th running of the event, will be a NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 26, 2017, Contested over 200 laps, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, It will be the first race of the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season.

The Daytona 500 will be carried on Fox Sports for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race will be carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Report

Daytona International Speedway, the track where the race will be held

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, that is one of six superspeedways, the others being Auto Club Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Talladega Superspeedway.[5] The standard track itself is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.


Qualifying

Qualifying for the front row will begin on February 19, 2017.


References

  1. Guest, Game. "DAYTONA 500". Daytona International Speedway. International Speedway Corporation. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. Guest, Game. "Speedweeks At DAYTONA". Daytona International Speedway. International Speedway Corporation. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. Guest, Game. "NASCAR Schedule". FoxSports.com. Fox Media Group. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. Guest, Game. "Daytona International Speedway Track News, Records, Link". Jayski.com. ESPN. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. Game, Guest. "Daytona International Speedway". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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