The Daytona 500 will officially kick off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at Daytona International Speedway on February 16. The season’s most prestigious race will be broadcast on FOX at 2:30 pm ET.Held in Daytona Beach, Florida, it will be the first points-paying race of the season. It will see the Next Gen car in action for the seventh time at Daytona International Speedway. The 200-lap race is divided into three stages. Stage 1 ends on lap 65, Stage 2 consists of 65 laps, and the final Stage consists of 70 laps.The 2.5-mile-long superspeedway features four turns, with 31 degrees of banking in turns, 18 degrees of banking in tri-oval, and three degrees of back straightaway.The Daytona International Speedway hosted its first NASCAR Cup Series race in 1959, where NASCAR legend Lee Petty won the inaugural Daytona 500.It will be the 67th Daytona 500, hosted by Daytona International Speedway. The 41 drivers entering this week’s Cup Series race will compete across 200 laps in 500 miles. The NASCAR Cup Series season-opening weekend will begin with a practice 1 and qualifying session on Wednesday (February 12), followed by two duel races, and conclude with The Great American Race on Sunday, February 16.Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron will enter as the defending winner of the event after a thrilling victory in last year’s Daytona 500.NASCAR veteran Denny Hamlin is the only active driver who has won multiple times at this event. He won the 500-mile in 2016, 2019, and 2020.Full weekend schedule for the 2025 Daytona 500 at Daytona International SpeedwayHere’s the complete practice, qualifying, and race schedule for this exciting weekend at Dayton International Speedway, as this will be the first official weekend of the season:Wednesday, February 1210:05 am ET: NASCAR Cup Series Practice 18:15 pm ET: NASCAR Cup Series qualifyingThursday, February 134:05 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series practice5:05 pm ET: NASCAR Truck Series practice7 pm ET: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 18:45 pm ET: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2Friday, February 141:30 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series practice3 pm ET: NASCAR Truck Series qualifying4:35 pm ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice5:35 pm ET: NASCAR Cup Series practice 27:30 pm ET: Fresh and Florida 250Saturday, February 1510 am ET: Xfinity Series qualifying12 pm ET: Daytona ARCA 2003:05 pm ET: Cup Series final practice 35 pm ET: United Rentals 300Sunday, February 162:30 pm ET: Daytona 500Catch the adrenaline-fueled NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series weekend at Daytona International Speedway from February 12 to 16.