The 58th running of the Daytona 500 takes place on Sunday, marking the official beginning of the 2016 NASCAR season. We're here to get you prepped for NASCAR's most stories race with a few breakdown and preview.
Start Your Engine & Green Flag
Actor Gerard Butler will kick off the 2016 NASCAR season by requesting that drivers "start their engines" at 1:19pm ET. New Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. will get the race officially started by waving the green flag at 1:31pm ET.
TV/Radio Schedule
FOX will broadcast the race, starting with a pre-race show at 12:00pm EST.
Online Streaming
You can catch the entire race on the FOX Sports Go web and mobile apps.
Number Of Laps
200 at a distance of 2.5 miles per (500 miles in total)
Full Starting Lineup
1. Chase Elliott
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4. Kyle Busch
5. Joey Logano
6. Jamie McMurray
7. Ryan Blaney
8. Kurt Busch
9. Kevin Harvick
10. Carl Edwards
11. Denny Hamlin
12. Ty Dillon
13. Kasey Kahne
14. Kyle Larson
15. Greg Biffle
16. Danica Patrick
17. Chris Buescher
18. Brian Vickers
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20. Matt DiBenedetto
21. Austin Dillon
22. Michael Annett
23. Trevor Bayne
24. Landon Cassill
25. Brad Keselowski
26. Jimmie Johnson
27. Regan Smith
28. Martin Truex Jr.
29. David Ragan
30. AJ Allmendinger
31. Clint Bowyer
32. Casey Mears
33. Bobby Labonte
34. Aric Almirola
35. Brian Scott
36. Michael Waltrip
37. Paul Menard
38. Ryan Newman
39. Michael McDowell
40. Robert Richardson Jr.
Last Daytona 500...
Joey Logano staved off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick for his first Daytona 500 victory.
2015 NASCAR Champ Starts Again
Kyle Busch missed the first 11 races of the 2015 season after suffering a compound leg fracture and a midfoot fracture in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona. However, his fortunes reversed in remarkable fashion -- leading to him winning the first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship.
He'll look to get off to a fast start in 2016, starting fourth on the grid.
This Year's Major Storyline
Rookie Chase Elliott is going to have outsized expectations placed on him on Sunday. Taking over the #24 from the retired Jeff Gordon, Elliott's car will be sporting the legendary # in pole position out of the gate. If he can somehow pull off a wire-to-wire win, it'd be one of those "where were you?" moments in NASCAR history.