Chaos or calm? No one knows what the opening lap in Sunday’s Cup race on the Daytona road course will be like. Or any of the 65 laps in the race – especially with no practice.
“I’ve never entered a race where you literally just have no idea what to expect,” Chase Elliott said.
Said Kevin Harvick, who will start on the pole: “I think me leading everybody into Turn 1 at Daytona could be interesting because I have no freaking clue where I’m going as we go down there.”
And then add the potential for rain and Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET on NBC) truly could be a wildcard event.
Here’s all the info for the Sunday Cup race at Daytona road course:
(All times are Eastern)
START: Bill Hanson, president of the Bowling Centers Association of Florida, will give the command to start engines at 3:07 p.m. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 3:19 p.m.
PRERACE: Cup haulers enter at 6 a.m. Garage access health screening begins at 8 a.m. Drivers report to their cars at 2:50 p.m. The invocation will be given at 3 p.m. by AdventHealth Chaplain Joel Rivera-Mercado. The national anthem will be performed by Catlina Mack at 3:01 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 65 laps (234.65 miles) around the 3.61-mile road course.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends on Lap 15. Stage 2 ends on Lap 30.
TV/RADIO: NBCSN will televise the race. Coverage begins at 2 p.m. with NASCAR America Pre Race. Countdown to Green follows at 2:30 p.m. and the race coverage begins at 3 p.m. Motor Racing Network’s radio coverage will begin at 2 p.m. and also can be heard at mrn.com. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the broadcast.
STREAMING: Watch the race on the NBC Sports App. Click here for the link.
FORECAST: The wunderground.com forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms with a high of 89 degrees and a 43% chance of rain at the start of the race.
LAST RACE: Kevin Harvick won last Sunday at Michigan to complete the weekend sweep.
TO THE REAR: Kaz Grala (driver change for Austin Dillon, who has tested positive for COVID-19), Corey LaJoie (failed inspection twice), Timmy Hill (unapproved adjustment), Stanton Barrett (driver change).
STARTING LINEUP: Click here for lineup
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Something new for NASCAR ended in a familiar sight.
The inaugural Cup race on the Daytona International Speedway road course finished with Chase Elliott taking the checkered flag — the third consecutive road course Cup race Elliott has won, dating back to last season. The victory also is Elliott’s fourth road course victory in the last six such races.
Elliott was dominant on the 3.61-mile course. With no practice and qualifying before the race, there were many questions by drivers, but Elliott showed the way, leading 34 of 65 laps.
Elliott had to hold off the field on a restart created by Kyle Busch’s incident with five laps to go. Elliott kept the lead on the restart with three laps to go and held off Denny Hamlin to score his second win of the year.
Hamlin finished second and was followed by Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Chris Buescher.
Elliott won last year’s Roval race at Charlotte and last year’s race at Watkins Glen.
STAGE 1 WINNER: Chase Elliott
STAGE 2 WINNER: Denny Hamlin
NEXT: Saturday, Aug. 22 at Dover (4 p.m. ET on NBCSN) in the first of two races there on the weekend.
Sunday’s Cup Series race on the Daytona road course has resumed after a lightning delay.
The caution was displayed for lightning within eight miles of the track on Lap 36 of 65.
The caution came out at roughly 4:44 p.m. ET. Engines were re-fired at 5:21 p.m. ET.
Chase Elliott is scored at the leader on Lap 38 over Kurt Busch, Michael McDowell, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski.
The race is airing on NBC.
Sheldon Creed beat Brett Moffitt to win Sunday’s Truck Series race on the Daytona road course.
It is Creed’s second win of the year and Moffitt’s second runner-up finish of the season.
The top five was completed by Raphael Lessard, Matt Crafton and Austin Hill.
Click here for the race results.
Point Standings
Exiting Daytona, the final two drivers in the top 10 on the playoff grid are Tyler Ankrum (+5 points above cutline) and Todd Gilliland (+2).
Derek Kraus the first driver outside the top 10. He’s two points back.
Sheldon Creed held off Brett Moffitt in an overtime finish to win Sunday’s inaugural Truck Series race on the Daytona road course.
The GMS Racing driver led 19 of 46 laps and scored his second win of the year.
“Going against Brett like that is really hard, he’s really good and has a lot of experience,” Creed said of his teammate. “I owe a lot to him. He’s helped me a lot in the last year-and-a-half and to be him straight up like that is really rewarding.”
The top five was completed by Raphael Lessard, Matt Crafton and Austin Hill.
The overtime finish was setup by a caution with two laps left in the scheduled distance for Carson Hocevar‘s truck stalling on the track after an incident.
With his victory, Creed also won the first $50,000 bonus of the Triple Truck Challenge.
More: Race results, point standings
More: Sunday Cup Series race start time info
STAGE 1 WINNER: Brett Moffitt won the stage under caution.
STAGE 2 WINNER: Sheldon Creed
WHO HAD A GOOD RACE: Raphael Lessard scored his best-career finish and his first career top-five finish … Matt Crafton earned his fifth top-five finish in the last six races … Parker Kligerman placed eighth for his second consecutive top-10 finish.
WHO HAD A BAD RACE: Zane Smith, who won at Michigan, started from the pole but overdrove the first turn on Lap 1 and fell back to 19th. He finished 13th … In her 200th Truck Series start, Jennifer Jo Cobb finished 31st after suffering brake problems on Lap 6 … Niece Motorsports driver Mark Smith brought out the caution at the end of the first stage when he spun off course and stalled. He finished 36th … Christian Eckes finished 12th after he wrecked from contact with Stewart Friesen coming to the checkered flag .. Alex Tagliani finished 22nd in his only start of the year after he was part of a wreck with Ben Rhodes and Parker Kligerman during the overtime finish.
NOTABLE: Ty Majeski was transported to a local hospital after the race for further evaluation.
WHAT’S NEXT: Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway at 5 p.m. ET Aug. 21 on FS1.
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