TV Schedule: Feb. 22-26
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Surprise! Trevor Bayne became the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 in last year's memorable race. Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR |
Last year's Daytona 500 will be tough to beat: fresh-faced Trevor Bayne became the youngest driver ever - at 20 years old - to win NASCAR's biggest race.
Track Facts
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Length: 2.5-mile tri-oval
Type: Superspeedway; restrictor-plate track
Banking: 31 degrees in the turns, 18 degrees in the tri-oval, 3 degrees in the straightaways
SPRINT CUP
Gatorade Duels qualifying races format:
Two 150-mile races, each 60 laps
2011 Duels winners:
Duel 1: Kurt Busch
Duel 2: Jeff Burton
Daytona 500 format:
500 miles, 200 laps
2011 Daytona race winners:
Daytona 500: Trevor Bayne
Coca Zero 400: David Ragan
NATIONWIDE
DRIVE4COPD 300 format:
300 miles, 120 laps
2011 Daytona race winners:
Spring: Tony Stewart
Fall: Joey Logano
CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
NextEra Energy Resources 250 format:
250 miles, 100 laps
2011 Daytona race winner:
Michael Waltrip
The following is a schedule of track events and TV coverage this weekend. All times are in Eastern Daylight Time. Events without a channel listed will not be televised.
Wednesday, Feb. 22:
11:30 a.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
12 noon NSCS Gatorade Duels Practice, SPEED
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
2 p.m. NASCAR Now, ESPN2
2:30 p.m. NSCS Gatorade Duels Practice, SPEED
6 p.m. NASCAR Race Hub, SPEED
9 p.m. Chasing Daytona: Kenny Wallace, Quest to Race the Daytona 500, SPEED
Thursday, Feb. 23:
12 a.m. Chasing Daytona: Kenny Wallace, Quest to Race the Daytona 500, SPEED
7 a.m. NASCAR Race Hub, SPEED
9 a.m. Chasing Daytona: Kenny Wallace, Quest to Race the Daytona 500, SPEED
10 a.m. NNS Final Practice, ESPN2
12 noon NCWTS Practice, SPEED
1 p.m. NASCAR RaceDay, SPEED
2 p.m. NSCS: Gatorade Duels at Daytona, SPEED
5:30 p.m. NASCAR Now, ESPN2
5:30 p.m. NASCAR Victory Lane: Gatorade Duels at Daytona, SPEED
6:30 p.m. NCWTS Final Practice, SPEED
8 p.m. NSCS: Gatorade Duels at Daytona, SPEED
11:30 p.m. Chasing Daytona: Kenny Wallace, Quest to Race the Daytona 500, SPEED
Friday, Feb. 24:
3:30 a.m. NASCAR Now, ESPN2
7 a.m. NASCAR Victory Lane: Gatorade Duels at Daytona (re-air), SPEED
10:30 a.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
11 a.m. NSCS Daytona 500 Practice, SPEED
12 noon NASCAR Live, SPEED
12:30 p.m. NSCS Daytona 500 Practice, SPEED
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Now, ESPN2
2 p.m. NNS Qualifying, ESPN2
4 p.m. NCWTS Qualifying, SPEED
6 p.m. NSCS Daytona 500 practice (re-air), SPEED
7 p.m. NCWTS SetUp, SPEED
7:30 p.m. NCWTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250, SPEED
Saturday, Feb. 25:
12 a.m. NCWTS SetUp (re-air), SPEED
12:30 a.m. NCWTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250 (re-air), SPEED
10 a.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
10:30 a.m. NSCS Daytona 500 Final Practice, SPEED
12 noon NNS Countdown, ESPN
1:15 p.m. NNS: DRIVE4COPD 300, ESPN. Green flag: 1:34 p.m.
4 p.m. NASCAR Live, SPEED
4:30 p.m. Trackside: The Daytona 500, SPEED
5:30 p.m. Chasing Daytona: Kenny Wallace, Quest to Race the Daytona 500, SPEED
6:30 p.m. NASCAR Performance, SPEED
Sunday, Feb. 26:
4 a.m. NNS: DRIVE4COPD 300 (re-air), ESPN2
8 a.m. NASCAR Performance, SPEED
8:30 a.m. SPEED Center NASCAR Edition, SPEED
9 a.m. NASCAR Now, ESPN2
9 a.m. NASCAR RaceDay, SPEED
12 p.m. NSCS Pre-Race Show, FOX
1 p.m. NSCS: Daytona 500, FOX. Green flag: 1:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. NASCAR Victory Lane, SPEED
6:30 p.m. The 10, SPEED
7 p.m. Sportscenter at Daytona, ESPN2
9 p.m. NASCAR Victory Lane, SPEED (reruns at midnight and 9 a.m. Monday)
TV Schedule: Feb. 22-26
Reviewed by Rebecca Kivak
on
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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