NASCAR Daytona 500: Weather forecast for the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway

The 2025 Daytona 500 is officially back. Fans are in for a high-octane season-opening weekend of stock car racing at the Daytona International Speedway for the biggest race of the year on Sunday (February 16). The 2.5-mile superspeedway will mark the 67th annual Daytona 500.

A total of 45 Cup Series cars will be seen in action for the practice, qualifying and duel races before The Great American Race on Sunday afternoon.

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Weather forecast for the 2025 Daytona 500

Here’s the weather forecast for the Cup events of the first race of the season at Daytona International Speedway:

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series practice/qualifying: High 86°F, Low 64°F, Mostly Sunny and a 10% chance of rain

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 and Duel 2: High 89°F, Low 66°F, Mostly Sunny then Partly Cloudy and a 40% chance of rain

Friday, February 14, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series practice 2: High 70°F, Low 66°F, Overcast & a scattered shower and a 30% chance of rain

Saturday, February 15, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series final practice: High 84°F, Low 67°F, mostly sunny and a 20% chance of rain

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Daytona 500: High 83°F, Low 67°, Overcast conditions and a 50% chance of rain

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Full entry list for NASCAR's 2025 Daytona 500

The 2025 iteration of the Daytona 500 is set to see a total of 45 Cup cars lined up on the grid, which are as follows:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #01 - Corey LaJoie
3. #2 - Austin Cindric (W)
4. #3 - Austin Dillon (W)
5. #4 - Noah Gragson
6. #5 - Kyle Larson
7. #6 - Brad Keselowski
8. #7 - Justin Haley
9. #8 - Kyle Busch
10. #9 - Chase Elliott
11. #10 - Ty Dillon
12. #11 - Denny Hamlin (W)
13. #12 - Ryan Blaney
14. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
15. #17 - Chris Buescher
16. #19 - Chase Briscoe
17. #20 - Christopher Bell
18. #21 - Josh Berry
19. #22 - Joey Logano (W)
20. #23 - Bubba Wallace
21. #24 - William Byron (W)
22. #34 - Todd Gilliland
23. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
24. #38 - Zane Smith
25. #40 - Justin Allgaier (i)
26. #41 - Cole Custer
27. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
28. #43 - Erik Jones
29. #44 - J. J. Yeley (i)
30. #45 - Tyler Reddick
31. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (W)
32. #48 - Alex Bowman
33. #51 - Cody Ware
34. #54 - Ty Gibbs
35. #56 - Martin Truex Jr.
36. #60 - Ryan Preece
37. #62 - Anthony Alfredo (i)
38. #66 - Chandler Smith (i)
39. #71 - Michael McDowell (W)
40. #77 - Carson Hocevar
41. #78 - B. J. McLeod (i)
42. #84 - Jimmie Johnson (W)
43. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
44. #91 - Hélio Castroneves (i)
45. #99 - Daniel Suárez

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Catch the action-packed NASCAR weekend live at the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 2:30 pm ET on FOX and MRN.