The NASCAR season opens Sunday with the 68th edition of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. The broadcast starts at 12:30 p.m. ET and the green flag is at 2:30 p.m. ET (FOX and the FOX Sports app).
What does the weather look like?
The Daytona Beach, Florida forecast for Sunday features a high of 79 degrees Farenheit and a low of 58 degrees. There is a 14 percent chance of rain, down from 62 percent, according to FOX Weather as of Friday. That said, the Daytona 500 could potentially be disrupted yet again.
There are also winds heading south at 16 miles per hour. The sun will set at 6:13 p.m. ET.
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Final season’s Daytona 500 was affected by rain. There have been two delays that totaled greater than three hours and half-hour, however after it lastly resumed, William Byron in the end received the race. Rain has additionally already been a narrative for the 2026 season of NASCAR. The Conflict at Bowman Grey, the exhibition race final Wednesday in North Carolina, took three and a half hours to finish, and included 17 warning flags and dicey racing on a moist observe.
Mom Nature usually impacts the occasion generally known as “The Nice American Race.” There is a heavy probability it impacts Sunday’s consequence. However the chances are skies ought to be clear for the rest of the race week and weekend, from Wednesday by means of Saturday. There is a 10 p.c probability of rain on Thursday, 16 p.c on Friday and seven p.c on Saturday.
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Following qualifying on Wednesday, when Kyle Busch won the Daytona 500 pole, and the duels Thursday the 2026 Daytona 500 field and starting lineup is ready.
Observe 2 might be held Friday at 5:35 p.m. ET, and Observe 3 is on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET. Every of these occasions ought to proceed with few obstacles, in keeping with FOX climate.
“Situations on Saturday couldn’t be higher for these heading out to the observe,” the FOX Forecast Heart famous. “Temperatures will high out within the low 70s with low humidity and a gentle, however mild breeze coming in off the backstretch. Wall-to-wall sunshine within the morning will solely be punctuated by a number of excessive clouds shifting in all through the day.”
Sunday’s race might be a unique story.
