The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season gets underway in earnest Sunday with the much-anticipated Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
2016 Daytona 500 start time, TV schedule, radio and more
Joey Logano won last year’s Daytona 500, one of six victories on the season that saw him finish sixth in the Chase for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup championship. He will start in fifth position Sunday, trying to become the first repeat winner in Daytona since Sterling Marlin in 1994-95.
Logano was 24 when he captured the 2015 Daytona 500, making him the youngest winner of NASCAR’s premiere event, but this year the focus for the week has been on someone even younger.
Chase Elliott, just 20 years old, grabbed the pole position for Sunday’s race, thanks to the best qualifying time among all drivers. Elliott is the youngest pole sitter in Daytona 500 history.
The Daytona 500 will be Elliott’s sixth career NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Coverage for the 2016 Daytona 500 begins on Fox Sports 1 with NASCAR Raceday at 10:30 a.m. ET, with hosts John Roberts and Danielle Trotta. Coverage on Fox begins at noon, with host Chris Myers alongside analysts Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Gordon and Michael Waltrip for Fox NASCAR Sunday.
Full race coverage begins at 1 p.m., with analysts Darrell Waltrip, Gordon and Larry McReynolds joining play-by-play man Mike Joy, plus reports from Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum.
Online coverage both before and during the race can be seen using Fox Sports Go. The race will be rebroadcast on television Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., both on Fox Sports 1.
2016 Daytona 500 info
Location: Daytona International Speedway, Fla.
Pre-race coverage: 10:30 a.m. ET, Fox Sports 1; noon, Fox
Race coverage: 1 p.m., Fox
Green flag: 1:31 p.m. (approximately)
TV: Fox
Online: Fox Sports Go
Radio: Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM channel 90
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