Story byMotorsport photoNick DeGrootSun, February 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM UTC·3 min readKyle Busch is 0-20 in NASCAR's biggest race, but he earned pole position on Wednesday for Richard Childress Racing. Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing will join him on the front row. Joey Logano and Chase Elliott won the Duel qualifying races on Thursday, while Chandler Smith completed a heroic four-wide pass for the win to secure victory in the Truck Series season-opener on Friday. Austin Hill continues his superspeedway domination on Saturday, winning the NASCAR O'Reilly race, while Gio Ruggiero claimed victory in the ARCA season-opener. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt's been a dramatic week with four-wide passes for the win, inspection drama, and a lot of torn up race cars at Daytona International Speedway. Read Also: Kyle Busch and RCR win pole position for the 2026 Daytona 500 Chandler Smith wins Daytona Truck race in unreal four-wide finish Austin Hill unstoppable in dominant Daytona NASCAR O'Reilly win Joey Logano wins Duel #1 as Mears full-throttles into wreck to make the Daytona 500 Chase Elliott wins Duel #2 in caution-free race AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTime / Series and Session / Where to watchWednesday, February 1110am EST – Daytona 500 practice #1 – FOX SPORTS 18:15pm EST – Daytona 500 qualifying – FOX SPORTS 1Thursday, February 124pm EST – ARCA practice – N/A5pm EST – NASCAR Truck practice – FOX SPORTS 1– FOX SPORTS 1Friday, February 131:30pm EST – ARCA qualifying – N/A3pm EST – NASCAR Truck qualifying – FOX SPORTS 14:30pm EST – NASCAR O’Reilly practice – CW APP5:30pm EST – Daytona 500 practice #2 – FOX SPORTS 1AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement– FOX SPORTS 1Saturday, February 1410am EST – NASCAR O’Reilly qualifying – CW APP12pm EST – ARCA race (80 laps) - FOX3pm EST – Daytona 500 practice #3 - FOX SPORTS 1– THE CW NETWORKSunday, February 15*NOTE: NASCAR has moved up the start of the race by an hour due to the threat of rain*11:30am EST – Daytona 500 pre-race show – FOX– FOXSunday, February 1511:30am EST2:13pm ESTLaps/Miles: 200 laps / 500 miles65 / 65 / 70FOX One | In-car cameras on HBO MAXAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMRN, SiriusXM NASCAR RadioThere are 36 chartered entries that are guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500, and the only full-time driver set to make their 500 debut is Connor Zilisch in the No.