The NASCAR Cup Series will open its 73rd season on Valentine’s Day 2021 with the 63rd race of the Daytona 500, also known as the Great American Race, also known as the 500. This year’s event will be very different from the 2020 edition due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19. Attendance to the race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, will be restricted to about 30,000 socially distant spectators. Before the pandemic, the track schedule for Speedweeks was reduced to six days, from nine days in 2020. More: Watch the Daytona 500 live with fuboTV (a 7-day free trial) and for the first time in two decades, the race track won includes Jimmy Johnson. The seven-time Cup Series champion retired as a full-time NASCAR driver after last season. Johnson already competed in the Daytona races this year; Compete at Rolex 24 on the facility road track. What has not changed is the importance of racing for drivers, teams and sponsors. Still NASCAR’s most famous event. Below is everything you need to know to see the 2021 Daytona 500 on Fox, the network’s 18th show of race. When is the Daytona 500 in 2021? NASCAR lists the start time of the Daytona 500 at 2:30 PM; In fact, this is the start time for Fox Racing TV broadcasts. The green flag numbers will drop at around 3 PM ET, weather permitting. Fox made a change to the broadcast crew in Offseason. The network hired retired driver Clint Boyer as a race analyst, adding him to a team that brings back Mike Joy (play after play) and Bower’s former foe Jeff Gordon (analysis) and Larry McCreanolds (analysis). The four will drive coverage of the Daytona 500 race for the network, and Jamie Little, Reagan Smith and Vince Welch will be race reporters. Chris Myers and Shannon Specie will be providing previous coverage on Fox and FS1. Michael Waltrip, Bobby LaPonte, and Tom Rinaldi will also have the Daytona 500 network coverage, and fans of the 2021 Daytona 500 can watch Speedwicks 2021 events on Fox. Programming will begin with the annual Busch Clash Show race. NASCAR moved the Clash from a 2.5-mile oval in Daytona to the facility’s 3.61-mile road track for this year, and the Busch Clash, Daytona 500, Pole Qualification, Duels and Daytona 500 matches will be broadcast live on FS1, FS2 or Fox and will be broadcast on MRN, the Motorsports, Below is the full TV broadcast schedule of all Daytona 500 training sessions, events and qualifying races. All events shown on FS1 or Fox can be streamed live on Fox Sports Go. Time Event TV Radio 7 pm ET Busch Clash at Daytona FS1 MRN Time Event TV Radio 12:05 pm ET Daytona 500 Exercises FS1 MRN 7 pm ET Daytona 500 Qualifiers FS1 MRN Time Event TV Radio 7 pm ET Duels at Daytona FS1 MRN Time Event TV Radio 9:30 AM ET Daytona 500 Practice FS2 MRN 12:05 PM ET Daytona 500 Practice FS1 MRN Time Event TV Radio 2:30 PM ET Daytona 500 Fox Qualified MRN Daytona 500 2021 NASCAR uses a unique format to set the stage for its first event. Begins to qualify for the pole. Drivers who finish 1-2 in this session are booked in the front row of the race. The full kick-off results are used to stage Stage 2, the fencing races. Drivers who qualify in the odd-numbered positions (1st, 3rd, etc.) will compete in the first match. Drivers who qualify on even points (second, fourth, etc.) will compete in the second match. Each race is 150 miles (60 laps) in length, and the results of the first indoor row fencing race will determine the Daytona 500 field; The results of the second fencing race will determine the outer row. NASCAR has not released an official entry list for the 2021 Daytona 500 as of February 4. What is certain is that the ’36 series’ “compact” teams are guaranteed spots in 40 cars and a group of “open” teams will compete for the remaining four spots. Drivers in open cars will need to run through the pole position or finishers in Duel Races. Daytona 500 odds 2021 It is not surprising that the two-time race winner, Denny Hamlin, is the favorite bet for the 2021 race, but the 2020 Cup, Chase Elliott, the series champion, is a slight surprise as the second choice because he did not finish better than 14th in five of the Daytona 500s despite Who won the title twice. Bubba Wallace, who signed the new Hamlin-Michael Jordan 23XI Racing team last year, could be a valuable game at 20-1. Wallace is strong on restricted board tracks, finishing second in his career at the 2018 Daytona 500, here are the odds of FanDuel Sportsbook (as of February 1) winning the 2021 Daytona 500: Driver Odds Denny Hamlin 8-1 Chase Elliott 10 -1 Brad Kisilowski 12-1 Joey Lugano 12-1 Ryan Blaney 12-1 Kevin Harvik 13-1 Kyle Bush 14-1 Kyle Larson 17-1 Alex Bowman 18-1 Kurt Bush 18-1 Martin Trux Jr. 18-1 Eric Allerola 20-1 Austin Dillon 20-1 Bubba Wallace 20-1 Ross Chastain 20-1 William Byron 20-1 Ricky Steinhouse Jr. 24-1 Matt Dipendetto 30-1 Chase Brisco 40-1 Chris Bucher 40-1 Christopher Bell 40-1 Cole Custer 40-1 Ryan Newman 40-1 Tyler Riddick 40-1 Eric Jones 55-1 Michael McDowell 70-1 Corrie Laguey 100-1 Daniel Suarez 100-1 Ryan Press 100-1 Tai Dillon 130-1 Brennan Ball 150-1 Timmy Hill 150-1 BJ McLeod 170-1 Garrett Smithley 170-1 JJ Yeley 170-1 James Davison 170-1 Landon Cassill 170-1 Quin Houff 170-1 Reed Sorenson 170-1 This article has been corrected for presentation that changes to 2021 Spe Edweeks procedure prior to COVID-19 , And MRN will be broadcasting all Daytona 500 practices.
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