Daytona Speedweeks Schedule of Events
All times p.m.Eastern Standard time unless noted.


THURSDAY
Noon - 5 ARCA series practice
7 Budweiser Shootout drawing
FRIDAY
Noon ARCA qualifying (Two laps, all positions)
4:15 - 5 Budweiser Shootout practice
5:10 - 6:15 ARCA final practice
6:30 - 7:30 Budweiser Shootout final practice
SATURDAY, FEB. 10
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Nextel Cup practice
1:30 -- 3 Nextel Cup practice
3:30 ARCA driver introductions
4:15 ARCA 200 (80 laps, 200 miles)
8 Budweiser Shootout driver introductions
8:30 Budweiser Shootout (70 laps, 175 miles)
SUNDAY, FEB. 11
2:10 Qualifying for Daytona 500 (Two laps, two positions)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14
Noon - 12:55 Nextel Cup practice
2:05 - 2:55 Final practice for Gatorade Duel
3 - 4:20 Busch Series practice
4:30 - 5:30 Truck Series practice
THURSDAY, FEB. 15
9 -- 9:30 a.m. Busch Series rookie practice
9:30 -- 10:55 a.m. Busch Series final practice
11 -- 11:30 a.m. Truck Series rookie practice
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Truck Series final practice
1:30 Nextel Cup driver introductions
2 Gatorade Duel At Daytona (Daytona 500 qualifying races - 60 laps, 150 miles, each)
7 Truck Series qualifying (Two laps, all positions)
FRIDAY, FEB. 16
1:40 - 2:40 Nextel Cup practice
3:05 Busch Series qualifying (Two laps, all positions)
7:30 Truck Series driver introductions
8 Truck Series race (100 laps, 250 miles)
SATURDAY, FEB. 17
10:35 -- 11:55 a.m. Nextel Cup final practice for Daytona 500
12:45 Busch Series driver introductions
1:15 Daytona 300 (120 laps, 300 miles)
SUNDAY, FEB. 18
2:30 Nextel Cup Series driver introductions
3:15 Daytona 500 (200 laps, 500 miles)


Schedule is tentative and subject to change.

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i can't freakin wait. 2 months is a long time to wait for racing.

the bud shootout drawing party is going to be aired live thurday night at 8 eastern too

wow. the truck race was awesome. .0034 seconds between 1st and 3rd!

hell yeah, harvick is the man!!! too bad harvick isn't running the full busch schedule this year. he'd dominate even more than he did last year.

like i said-----

HARVICK IS THE MAN!!!!!!

fockin' great race ... i had the direct tv hot pass going and what a sweet deal. i'm gonna buy it. 5 channels...5 drivers...3 views of each. fuggin' awesome.

oh shit....callers on windtunnel have been freakin'...but mike joy said it and showed it all... if they had thrown the yellow right when/after the crash happened................................Harvick would have won anyway.

i told you that was gonna happen. all the harvick haters and the martin fans are gonna say they should have thrown the yellow. if it was the other way around, they all would have said let'em race.

i'm a harvick fan, and either way, i would have said let'em race. because the crash had no impact on the finish.

this has nothing to do with the thread, but i was driving by Daytona during the race and listening to it on the radio as we passed. we were headed back from Miami visiting family. listening is different that watching, because you have to pay attention to everything that is being said. so i need to know a few things, like what is dirty air, and clean air. i know about drafting, but who decides who draft what team mate and when.

I do plan on taking my son to the race here in Atlanta, with ear plugs because i assume it is going to be LOUD.

you don't need earplugs. you need a scanner, or better yet, a fan-view.

clean air is when there's no one in front of them. dirty air is when they're beind someone picking up all their crap.
when they draft, they'll choose a car that has more momentum, or a line that's running a little faster, or a teammate, or someone they've run with in the past that they trust. this ALL goes out the window on the last lap though.

draft isn't as huge a factor at atlanta as daytona. atlanta (like texas) makes for some great finishes you love going to watch it nauti

but yeah...like shag mentioned, get the nextel fan-view scanner. frickin' awesome

so i am guessing that the air gets dirtier the farther back you are. that is what a driver on the radio was talking about.

not really. maybe on the first couple laps. but after that, dirty air is anytime you're behind someone.