daytona speedweeks tv schedule 2022

When is Speed Week at Daytona?

Daytona Speedweek. The 64th running of the Daytona 500 will take place on Sunday, February 20 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. To earn a spot in this year’s Daytona 500, drivers must first compete in the Bluegreen Vacations Duel – twin 150-mile qualifying races that set the 40-car field for the Daytona 500.

When is qualifying for Daytona?

The Daytona circuit’s slow corners offered plenty of opportunity ... The drivers of the Ferrari Challenge series will be back bright and early Sunday with qualifying beginning at 9:35 a.m. (all times ET) and continuing through to 10:35.

When does NASCAR begin?

The season unofficially begins with the exhibition Busch Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Feb. 6. It begins in earnest two weeks later with the Daytona 500. There's just one off weekend from the Daytona 500 through the title race at Phoenix on Nov. 6, a stretch of 37 races in 38 weeks counting the All-Star Race on May 22.

How to watch Daytona Speedweeks

All three national divisions and the ARCA Racing Series will be present at Daytona this week, kicking off the 2022 season in a big way on the high banks of the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Here's how and where to watch all the on-track activity:

Wednesday, February 16

8:05 p.m. - NASCAR Cup Series single-car qualifying (two rounds) - FOX SPORTS 1

Sunday, February 20

Michael McDowell enters the 500 as the defending champion with six former winners in the field (Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon).