{"id":17491,"date":"2016-02-12T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=17491"},"modified":"2016-02-13T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:54:35","slug":"nascar-at-daytona-2016-sprint-unlimited-practive-and-race-info-plus-daytona-500-qualifying-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2016\/02\/12\/nascar-at-daytona-2016-sprint-unlimited-practive-and-race-info-plus-daytona-500-qualifying-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Daytona 2016: Sprint Unlimited practice and race info plus Daytona 500 qualifying schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15897\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2015\/02\/daytona.jpg\" alt=\"daytona\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season kicks off like so many have in the past &#8211; with Speedweeks in Daytona!<\/p>\n<p>Before NASCAR has it&#8217;s first regular season race there will be plenty of action. On Friday drivers who qualified for the Sprint Unlimited will begin practicing with the race itself to be held on Saturday night. The 75 lap will give fans their first taste of racing this year. Fans will also want to check out the ARCA race on Saturday afternoon as it typically is one of the series&#8217; better events.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday it is time for qualifying for the Great American Race as everyone on the entry list will attempt to lock themselves into the race ahead of the weekend duel races.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can see the entire NASCAR weekend schedule for the start of 2016 below.<\/p>\n<h2>NASCAR Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500 Qualifying 2016 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><b>FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- medium in story ad --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"9984433490\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>5-5:55 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series Sprint Unlimited practice, FS1<br \/>\n6:30-7:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series Sprint Unlimited final practice, FS1<\/p>\n<p><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>10:30 a.m-12:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series practice, FS1<br \/>\n1:30-3:25 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series practice, FS1<br \/>\n4:30 p.m.: ARCA\u00a0Lucas Oil 200 Driven By General Tire, FS1<br \/>\n8:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series Sprint Unlimited, (75 laps, 187.5 miles), FOX<\/p>\n<p><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint\u00a0Cup Series Daytona\u00a0500 Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season kicks off like so many have in the past &#8211; with Speedweeks in Daytona! Before NASCAR has it&#8217;s first regular season race there will be plenty of action. On Friday drivers who qualified for the Sprint Unlimited will begin practicing with the race itself to be held on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,786,788],"tags":[789,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-17491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series","8":"category-nascar-topstory","9":"category-news","10":"tag-front","11":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17491"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}