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Daytona 500 final practice rained out
NASCAR Cup Series final practice, which was scheduled for 10:30am ET Saturday morning, has been canceled due to rain.
The 40 teams competing in the Daytona 500 will go through inspection before the cars are impounded ahead of Sunday’s race. NASCAR will close the garage at 3:30pm ET.
Joey Logano and Michael McDowell, a pair of Fords, will lead the field to the green flag in the 66th annual Daytona 500. Both are former Daytona 500 champions.
Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell, Toyota teammates, will be in row two. Chase Elliott and Austin Cindric will be in the third row.
A lone 50-minute session on Friday is the only practice drivers have had ahead of the Daytona 500. Their other on-track activity was the Duel races on Thursday night and single-car qualifying earlier in the week.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the defending winner of the Daytona 500.
DJ Khaled is the honorary starter for the Daytona 500. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the grand marshal.
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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