Daytona 500 Starting Time Pushed Forward One Hour

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEB 14, 2025 - RIS) NASCAR has announced that the starting time for the 67th Daytona 500 has been moved up one hour, due to the forecast of inclement weather setting in Sunday.

The broadcast schedules will begin at 1:30 PM Eastern Time on Fox, MRN Radio and SiriusSM NASCAR Radio. The green flag will fly at 2:00 PM. 

The race begins the Cup Series’ regular season with a purse of $30.3 million. Pole winning Chase Briscoe start first in the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, flanked on the front row by Austin Cindric in the No. 2 Discount Tire Ford. Defending 500 champion William Byron starts fifth in the No. 24 Axalta Chevy.

Starting Line DAYTONA 500, Daytona International Speedway
Pos, Driver, Car
1) Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota
2) Austin Cindric, No. 2 Discount Tire Ford
3) Bubba Wallace, No. 23 McDonald's Toyota
4) Erik Jones, No. 43 AdventHealth Toyota
5) William Byron, No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet
6) Chris Buescher, No. 17 Fastenal Ford
7) Ty Dillon, No. 10 Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet
8) Denny Hamlin, No. 11 National Debt Relief Toyota
9) Ross Chastain, No. 1 Busch Light Chevrolet
10) Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford
11) Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Nasty Beast Toyota
12) Corey LaJoie, No. 01 Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax Ford
13) AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Celsius Chevrolet
14) Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Love's Travel Stops Ford
15) Austin Dillon, No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet
16) Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Menards/Peak Ford
17) Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
18) John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Dollar Tree Toyota
19) Justin Allgaier(i), No. 40 Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet
20) Christopher Bell, No. 20 DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota
21) Kyle Busch, No. 8 zone Chevrolet
22) Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
23) Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota
24) Riley Herbst #, No. 35 Monster Energy/Zero Sugar Toyota
25) Michael McDowell, No. 71 Go Bowling Chevrolet
26) Shane Van Gisbergen #, No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet
27) Ryan Preece, No. 60 BuildSubmarines.com Ford
28) Cody Ware, No. 51 Parts Plus/Jacob Construction Ford
29) Josh Berry, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford
30) Cole Custer, No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford
31) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 SUNNYD Chevrolet
32) Noah Gragson, No. 4 Rush Truck Centers Ford
33) Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet
34) Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Kroger/Cottonelle Ford
35) Justin Haley, No. 7 Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet
36) Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet
37) Zane Smith, No. 38 Speedy Cash Ford
38) Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet
39) Martin Truex Jr., No. 56 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota
40) Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Carvana Toyota
41) Helio Castroneves, No. 91 Wendy's Chevrolet
(i) Ineligible for driver points, (#) Rookie

Did Not Qualify: No. 66 Chandler Smith(i), No. 62 Anthony Alfredo(i), No. 78 BJ McLeod, No. 44 JJ Yeley

Event Race Record: Buddy Baker, Feb 17, 1980, 177.602 mph