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2025 Daytona 500

Race details
Race 1 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)
Location	Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (800 km)
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, TBA, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch), and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The 2025 Daytona 500 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race and the 67th running of the event. It will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It will be the first race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series.

Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

The race will be the return of retired driver, Mike Wallace. The race will also be the debut for Shane van Gisbergen in the race after signing with Trackhouse Racing. The race will also be the debut for Haas Factory Team after former team Stewart–Haas Racing shut down after the 2024 season.

Media

Television

Since 2001—with the exception of 2002, 2004 and 2006—the Daytona 500 has been carried by Fox in the United States. The booth crew consists of longtime NASCAR lap-by-lap announcer Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and 2007 Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick. Reporters TBD will handle pit road for the television side. 1992 and 1998 Daytona 500 winning crew chief Larry McReynolds will provide insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

The race will be broadcast on radio by the Motor Racing Network who have covered the Daytona 500 since 1970—and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. The booth crew consists of Alex Hayden, TBA, and 1989 Cup Series champion Rusty Wallace. Longtime turn announcer Dave Moody will be the lead turn announcer, calling the race from atop the Sunoco tower outside the exit of turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley will work the backstretch for the race from a spotter's stand on the inside of the track & Kyle Rickey will call the race when the field races through turns 3 and 4 from the Sunoco tower outside the exit of turn 4. On pit road, MRN will be operated by Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Brienne Pedigo.

References

1. "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
2. "Daytona International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
3. ^ Sturniolo, Zach (August 29, 2024). "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
4. "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. NASCAR Media Group. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
5. ^ "NASCAR Tracks — The Daytona International Speedway". Speedway Guide. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
6. Page, Scott (January 2, 2025). "Mike Wallace to drive for MBM Motorsports at Daytona". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
7. "Trackhouse Racing taps Shane van Gisbergen for Cup Series in 2025". NASCAR. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
8. "Gene Haas to continue in NASCAR with new Haas Factory Team in 2025". Racer. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

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