{"id":466272,"date":"2026-02-10T17:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466272\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:43:15","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-daytona-500-full-nascar-speedweek-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466272\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the 2026 Daytona 500, full NASCAR Speedweek schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

45 cars have entered the 2026 running of the Daytona 500. The week at Daytona will also feature the season-openers for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck and O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series, as well as the ARCA Menard\u2019s Series. There are a total of 181 entries across all four divisions.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Preece just won NASCAR\u2019s wild wet\/dry Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray<\/a>, so all the momentum is with the No. 60 team heading into Daytona. William Byron enters the race seeking a historic three-peat in NASCAR\u2019s biggest race, which has never been done before. Kyle Larson is the reigning Cup Series champion, and this year, every point matters more as NASCAR has changed the format back something similar to The Chase of old.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/p>\n

What is the 2026 Daytona 500 Speedweek schedule?<\/p>\n

Time \/ Series and Session \/ Where to watch<\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 11<\/p>\n

10am EST \u2013 Daytona 500 practice #1 \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

8:15pm EST \u2013 Daytona 500 qualifying \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 12<\/p>\n

4pm EST \u2013 ARCA practice \u2013 N\/A<\/p>\n

5pm EST \u2013 NASCAR Truck practice \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

7pm \u2013 NASCAR Cup Duels at Daytona (60 laps each) \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

Friday, February 13<\/p>\n

1:30pm EST \u2013 ARCA qualifying \u2013 N\/A<\/p>\n

3pm EST \u2013 NASCAR Truck qualifying \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

4:30pm EST \u2013 NASCAR O\u2019Reilly practice \u2013 CW APP<\/p>\n

5:30pm EST \u2013 Daytona 500 practice #2 \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

7:30pm EST \u2013 NASCAR Truck race (100 laps) \u2013 FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 14<\/p>\n

10am EST\u00a0 \u2013 NASCAR O\u2019Reilly qualifying \u2013 CW APP<\/p>\n

12pm EST \u2013 ARCA race (80 laps) – FOX<\/p>\n

3pm EST \u2013 Daytona 500 practice #3 – FOX SPORTS 1<\/p>\n

5pm EST \u2013 NASCAR O\u2019Reilly race (120 laps) \u2013 THE CW NETWORK<\/p>\n

Sunday, February 15<\/p>\n

12pm EST \u2013 Daytona 500 pre-race show \u2013 FOX<\/p>\n

2:30pm \u2013 68th running of the Daytona 500 (200 laps) \u2013 FOX<\/p>\n

More details on how I can watch the Daytona 500<\/p>\n

Date: Sunday, February 15\u00a0<\/p>\n

TV start time: 12:00pm EST\u00a0<\/p>\n

Green flag: 2:45pm EST<\/p>\n

Laps\/Miles: 200 laps \/ 500 miles\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stages: 65 \/ 65 \/ 70\u00a0<\/p>\n

TV channel: FOX | TSN (Canada) | Other international viewing options\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Live stream: In-car cameras on HBO MAX Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n

Who is competing in the 68th running of the Daytona 500?<\/p>\n

There are 36 chartered entries that are guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500, and the only full-time driver set to make their 500 debut is Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 for Trackhouse Racing. There are also eight open entries set to battle for four available spots on the grid. A ninth open entry is already locked in via the Open Exemption Provisional, and that is 7x Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.<\/p>\n

Other notable open entries include Corey LaJoie for RFK Racing, Corey Heim for 23XI Racing, Chandler Smith for Front Row Motorsports, and Justin Allgaier for JR Motorsports. You can find a complete entry list for all race’s this week through the link below:<\/p>\n

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– The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"45 cars have entered the 2026 running of the Daytona 500. The week at Daytona will also feature…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,19546,2884,190306,190305,634,3628,82],"class_list":["post-466272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daytona-500","tag-daytona-international-speedway","tag-full-nascar-speedweek-schedule","tag-how-to-watch-the-2026-daytona-500","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}