NASCAR will travel to Daytona International Speedway for the Daytona 500 to officially kick off the points-paying action of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.The 500-mile event is considered the most prestigious and crucial race in NASCAR. The race will take place on Sunday, February 18 at the 2.5-mile-long superspeedway, and the live telecast of the race can be enjoyed on FOX at 2:30 pm ET.Located in Daytona Beach, Florida Daytona International Speedway will host the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Truck Series, and the ARCA Menards Series’ season-opening race over five days.A total of 40 NASCAR Cup Series drivers are entered in the 2024 Daytona 500. The race will see over 200 laps of action on the 2.5-mile-long track. The season-opening weekend will start with practice on Friday, February 16, followed by final practice on Saturday, and finally conclude with the Daytona 500 main race.NASCAR legend Richard Petty holds the record for winning the Great American Race most often. He has seven titles in his bag, followed by Cale Yarborough with four. Among active drivers, Denny Hamlin is the only driver with multiple wins. He won the Great American Race three times - in 2016, 2019, and 2020.Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and JTG Daugherty Racing enter as the defending champions of the Great American Race after their thrilling victory in the 65th running.Full weekend schedule for the 2024 Daytona 500Here’s the complete practice, qualifying, and race schedule for the 66th edition of the Great American Race at Daytona International Speedway:Wednesday, February 148:15 pm ET: Daytona 500 qualifyingThursday, February 154:05 pm ET: ARCA Series practice5:05 pm ET: Truck Series practice7 pm ET: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 18:45 pm ET: Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2Friday, February 161:30 pm ET: ARCA Series practice3 pm ET: Truck Series qualifying4:35 pm ET: Xfinity Series practice5:35 pm ET: Cup Series practice7:30 pm ET: Fresh and Florida 250Saturday, February 1710:30 am ET: Cup Series final practice11:30 am ET: Xfinity Series qualifying1:30 pm ET: Daytona ARCA 2005 pm ET: United Rentals 300Sunday, February 182:30 pm ET: Daytona 500Catch the adrenaline-fuelled NASCAR Cup Series weekend at Daytona International Speedway from February 14 to 18.