NASCAR: Daytona 500: What you need to know about Sunday’s race

Race: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500.

Distance: 200 laps, or 500 miles.

Where: Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile, asphalt trioval in Daytona Beach, Florida.

When: 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

TV: FOX.

Radio: MRN.

Last year’s winner: Kurt Busch.

Also this week: Powershares QQQ 300, Xfinity Series, Daytona International Speedway, 2:30 p.m., Saturday, FS1.

Worth mentioning: This is the 60th running of the Daytona 500, nicknamed “The Great American Race” and the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing.”

Who’s Hot/ Who’s Not

HOT

Alex Bowman: The successor to Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car won his first Daytona 500 pole.

Denny Hamlin: The 2016 Daytona 500 winner had a strong showing in qualifying, finishing second.

NOT

Danica Patrick: Her lesser car performed as such, and she finished 28th in initial qualifying.

Martin Truex Jr.: The reigning Cup Series champion came in 26th in qualifying and has only finished in the top 10 at Daytona three times in 25 races.

Brendan Marks

This story was originally published February 16, 2018 at 8:00 AM with the headline "NASCAR: Daytona 500: What you need to know about Sunday’s race."