Daytona 500: What you need to know

Distance: 200 laps (in stages of 60, 60 and 80), or 500 miles.

Where: Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile, high-banked asphalt oval in Daytona Beach, Fla.

When: 2 p.m., Sunday.

TV: Fox.

Radio: Motor Racing Network.

Last year’s winner: Denny Hamlin.

Also this week: PowerShare QQQ 300, Xfinity Series, Daytona International Speedway, 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Fox Sports 1; Nextra Energy Resources 200, Truck Series, Daytona International Speedway, 7:30 p.m., Friday, Fox Sports 1.

Worth mentioning: The season opens with three races at Daytona ... Denny Hamlin tries to become the first back-to-back 500 winner since Sterling Marlin (1994-95) and the fourth ever.

David Scott

This story was originally published February 23, 2017 at 6:59 PM with the headline "Daytona 500: What you need to know."