Daytona 500 Race Day Preview

The race: Daytona 500
The track: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL.
The date/time: Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2:30 p.m. (ET).
TV: NBC, 1:30 p.m. (ET). Also, available in HD

Announcers: Bill Weber, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach
Pit Reporters: Allen Bestwick, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider, Dave Burns
Bank of America Pre-Race Host: Bill Weber
Radio: MRN/XM Satellite.
Posted awards: $18,029,052

Tickets: Sold-Out! Infield tickets available, 240,000 fans expected Sunday.

Track layout: 2.5-mile tri-oval.
Length of frontstretch: 3,800 feet
Length of backstretch: 3,400 feet
Race length: 200 laps, 500 miles.
2005 winner: Jeff Gordon
2005 polesitter: Dale Jarrett

8:00 am NASCAR Live! on location Daytona (LIVE) SPEED
11:00 am NASCAR RaceDay (LIVE) SPEED

1:30 pm Daytona 500 (LIVE) NBC HD

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Daytona International Speedway

Performer: Bon Jovi

Honorary Official: Roger Clemens, ride in one of pace vehicles at the start of Daytona 500

Pace Car Driver: Jay Leno

Grand Marshall: James Caan, Gives command to start engines

Honorary Starter(s): Olympians Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler, wives Green Flag for start of Daytona 500

Fly-Over During Sprint Tribute to America: Two F-22A Raptor, from the 43rd Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida

Fly-Over During National Anthem: Two B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota

2006 Daytona 500 Starting Line-up

Row 1: 1. 31 Jeff Burton  2. 24 Jeff Gordon
Row 2: 3. 38 Elliott Sadler 4. 5 Kyle Busch
Row 3 5. 99 Carl Edwards 6. 26 Jamie McMurray
Row 4: 7. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8. 43 Bobby Labonte
Row 5: 9, 48 Jimmie Johnson 10. 6 Mark Martin
Row 6: 11. 17 Matt Kenseth 12. 45 Kyle Petty
Row 7: 13. 2 Kurt Busch 14. 42 Casey Mears
Row 8: 15. 20 Tony Stewart 16. 16 Greg Biffle
Row 9: 17. 11 Denny Hamlin 18. 12 Ryan Newman
Row 10: 19. 1 Martin Truex Jr. 20. 7 Robby Gordon
Row 11: 21. 66 Jeff Green 22. 41 Reed Sorenson
Row 12: 23. 21 Ken Schrader 24. 109 Mike Wallace
Row 13: 25. 88 Dale Jarrett 26. 19 Jeremy Mayfield
Row 14: 27. 9 Kasey Kahne 28. 29 Kevin Harvick
Row 15: 29. 49 Brent Sherman 30. 55 Michael Waltrip
Row 16: 31. 61 Kevin Lepage 32. 40 David Stremme
Row 17: 33. 136 Bill Elliott 34. 22 Dave Blaney
Row 18: 35. 25 Brian Vickers 36. 18 J.J. Yeley
Row 19: 37. 07 Clint Bowyer 38. 01 Joe Nemechek
Row 20: 39. 14 Sterling Marlin 40. 32 Travis Kvapil
Row 21: 41. 00 Hermie Sadler 42. 27 Kirk Shelmerdine
Row 22: 43. 96 Terry Labonte (Champions Provisional)

Daytona Gatorade Duel Results

Gatorade Duel 1 Top 3 Results: Duel 1 Results

1. Elliott Sadler
2. Carl Edwards
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Gatorade Duel 2 Top 3 Results: Duel 2 Results

1. Jeff Gordon
2. Kyle Busch
3. Jamie McMurray