NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona Beach, Fla.: Daytona 500 at a glance
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Distance: 200 laps, or 500 miles.
Where: Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile, asphalt tri-oval in Daytona Beach, Fla.
When: 2 p.m., Feb. 21, 2016.
TV: Fox.
Radio: Motor Racing Network.
This year’s winner: Joey Logano.
Also: Powershares 300, Xfinity Series, Daytona International Speedway, 3:30 p.m., Feb. 20, 2016; Nextera 250, Truck Series, Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 19, 2016.
Worth mentioning: The season opens at Daytona, where the track’s massive renovation project is scheduled to be completed.
Who’s Hot/
Who’s Not
HOT
Kyle Busch: Spots the field 11 races, wins Cup championship anyway (thanks to injury waiver from NASCAR).
Chris Buescher: Consistent driver wins Xfinity championship by finishing every race of the season.
Erik Jones: 19-year-old wins Truck championship in his rookie season; not difficult to see him winning on the Cup level soon.
NOT
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Was feeling good about his performances late in the season until a wreck marred his day at Homestead, where he finished 40th.
Tony Stewart: Will enter his final season as a Cup driver on a downer: didn’t win in 2015 and failed to make the Chase.
This story was originally published November 26, 2015 at 1:00 PM with the headline "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona Beach, Fla.: Daytona 500 at a glance."