The week is finally here. The NASCAR Cup Series officially kicks off Sunday with the Daytona 500.
Coming off of a season in which the Big 3 of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. seemingly won every race and yet none came away with the championship as Joey Logano earned his first Cup Series title, this season is once again shaping up to be a good one as familiar faces (including Truex) take over new rides.
And as one new rule stipulates drivers who fail inspection after a race will be disqualified rather than simply dropping playoff points, this year comes with a little more risk, as well.
Qualifying will be determined Thursday at the Daytona Duels as William Byron will lead Duel 1 and Alex Bowman will lead Duel 2.
The Daytona 500 can be seen Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
Here's the weekend schedule:
NASCAR at Daytona 2019: TV channel and streaming info
Note: All times are ET
Thursday, February 14
2:35 p.m. ET: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series First Practice, FS2
4:35 p.m. ET: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Final Practice, FS2
7 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV Duel 1 at Daytona, FS1
9 p.m. ET: NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV Duel 2 at Daytona, FS1
Friday, February 15
12:05 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
1:05 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series third practice, FS1
2:05 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
3:05 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series fourth practice, FS1
4:40 p.m.: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Qualifying, FS1
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, NextEra Energy 250, FS1
SATURDAY, February 16
9:40 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
12:05 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Experience 300, FS1
SUNDAY, February 17 2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500, FOX
Which Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers are racing at Daytona?
There are 42 Cup drivers entered in Sunday's race. Here is the list of participating Cup drivers in alphabetical order by first name:
Alex Bowman
Aric Almirola
Austin Dillon
BJ McLeod
Brad Keselowski
Brendan Gaughan
Casey Mears
Chase Elliott
Chris Buescher
Clint Bowyer
Cody Ware
Corey LaJoie
Erik Jones
Daniel Hemric
Daniel Suarez
Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.
David Ragan
Denny Hamlin
Jamie McMurray
Jimmie Johnson
Joey Gase
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Landon Cassill
Martin Truex Jr.
Matt DiBenedetto
Matt Tifft
Michael McDowell
Parker Kligerman
Paul Menard
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Ross Chastain
Ryan Blaney
Ryan Newman
Ryan Preece
Ryan Truex
Ty Dillon
Tyler Reddick
William Byron