{"id":11730,"date":"2014-02-21T08:18:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=11730"},"modified":"2014-02-23T23:25:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T04:25:48","slug":"nascar-at-daytona-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/21\/nascar-at-daytona-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Daytona 2014: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Practice, Qualifying, TV and Weather Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11754\" style=\"width: 5076px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754\" alt=\"Budweiser Duel 1\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014.jpg\" width=\"5076\" height=\"3246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014.jpg 5076w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014-594x379.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/02\/nscs_budweiser_duel1_green_flag_022014-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5076px) 100vw, 5076px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getty Images for NASCAR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASCAR starts their season this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.\u00a0All three series race at the 2.5 mile track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series will run the\u00a0Next era Energy Resources 250 on Friday evening, the Nationwide Series will run the Drive4COPD 300 on Saturday and the Sprint Cup cars will finish the weekend with the Daytona 500 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Dillon had the fastest lap during Sprint Cup qualifying and \u00a0will start on the pole for the Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Daytona 500 Field Set following Budweiser Duels, Full Lineup\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/20\/daytona-500-field-set-following-budweiser-duels-full-lineup\/\"><strong>SPRINT CUP: Daytona 500 Lineup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below you will find the Daytona race weekend schedule, \u00a0including the race start time, practice and qualifying times, tv info, and weather at the track \u00a0if you are headed out to see the races this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend Schedule:<\/h2>\n<p>All times are local to track, (ET)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday, February 21<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m. ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1:05 p.m. ET NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole qualifying <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/21\/dylan-kwasniewski-wins-nationwide-series-pole-a-daytona-full-qualifying-results-for-drive4copd-300\/\">Kwasniewski on pole,\u00a0QUALIFYING RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n2:30-3:55 p.m. ET \u00a0NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a04:05 p.m. ET NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole qualifying <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>7:30 p.m. ET NextEra Energy Resources 250 (100 laps, 250 miles) <a title=\"Kyle Busch wins Truck series race at Daytona, full results for NextEra Energy Resources 250\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/21\/kyle-busch-wins-truck-series-race-at-daytona-full-results-for-nextera-energy-resources-250\/\">WINNER: Kyle Busch, FULL RESULTS<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- linkunitmedium --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"2165284737\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Saturday, February 22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>10:30 a.m.-12:00 ET \u00a0NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice <strong>TV:<\/strong> FOX Sports 1<br \/>\n<strong>1:15 p.m. ET Nationwide Series Race &#8211; DRIVE4COPD 300 (120 laps, 300 miles) <a title=\"Regan Smith wins DRIVE4COPD 300, Full Nationwide Series Results from Daytona\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/22\/regan-smith-wins-drive4copd-300-full-nationwide-series-results-from-daytona\/\">WINNER: Regan Smith, FULL RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sunday, February 23<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 p.m. ET, Sprint Cup Series \u00a0Daytona 500 (200 laps, 500 miles) <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/23\/dale-earnhardt-jr-wins-daytona-500-full-results-for-nascar-sprint-cup-series\/\">WINNER: Dale Earnhardt Jr, FULL RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Sprint Cup Info:<\/h2>\n<p><b>Command to start engines<\/b>: Actor Chris Evans<br \/>\n<b>Honorary Starter\/Wave Green Flag<\/b>: Actor Gary Sinise<br \/>\n<b>Honorary Race Official<\/b>: Paralympic athlete Blake &#8220;American Blade Runner&#8221; Leeper<br \/>\n<b>National Anthem<\/b>: Aloe Blacc<br \/>\n<b>Flyover<\/b>: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Last time:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sprint Cup:<\/strong> Jimmie Johnson<br \/>\n<strong>Nationwide:<\/strong> Tony Stewart<br \/>\n<strong>Truck Series:<\/strong>\u00a0Johnny Sauter<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Weather:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s temperatures will be in the low 80&#8217;s but a heavy thunderstorm could threaten the afternoon practice and qualifying sessions. If it rains, it will most likely happen around the 3:00 pm\/ET hour. Storms could once again threaten the Truck series race with rain most likely between 7:00 pm\/ET and 10:00 pm\/ET. \u00a0Chance of rain is 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday will see temperatures in the mid 70&#8217;s. Rain is in the forecast but the biggest chance of it comes towards the late evening hours when there will be no track activity. Rain chance during the Nationwide race is around 25%.<\/p>\n<p>For the Daytona 500, temperatures will be in the high 70&#8217;s. There is a 25% chance of rain around the start of the race that increases to 50% by late evening. The highest chance of rain would be between the 8:00 pm\/ET and 10:00 pm\/ET hours. \u00a0To sum it up, bring a poncho but hope you won&#8217;t need it.<\/p>\n<h3>If you find this post helpful, share it on Twitter or post it to your Facebook.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR starts their season this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.\u00a0All three series race at the 2.5 mile track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series will run the\u00a0Next era Energy Resources 250 on Friday evening, the Nationwide Series will run the Drive4COPD 300 on Saturday and the Sprint Cup cars will finish the weekend with the Daytona 500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[786,788],"tags":[54,707,842,789,708,856],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":["post-11730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar-topstory","category-news","tag-austin-dillon","tag-daytona","tag-daytona5002014","tag-front","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-weekend-schedule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11730"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}