They are the signature spectacles in each racing series, the Indianapolis 500 and all its pageantry with more than a century of tradition and milk drinking in open wheel racing, and the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s season opener run under the Florida sun at the unofficial home of the “birthplace of speed.

NASCAR unveiled its 2025 Daytona 500 qualifying format with a new practice session, two Duels, and an intense battle for open spots from non-chartered cars

Chase Briscoe will start on the pole for the 67th annual Daytona 500 and Austin Cindric will join him in the front row.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe made an impactful debut in his first qualifying attempt with his new team, posting the fastest lap (182.745 mph) during Wednesday night’s session to win the pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

The Daytona 500 has NASCAR’s most unique — and complicated — qualifying format. And it got more convoluted this year with the largest number of entrants in a decade and a new rule that could add a 41st driver to the 40-car field.

The 67th Daytona 500 will have a 41st driver as four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves will use a controversial new NASCAR provisional to make his Cup debut in The Great American Race. Castroneves crashed on Lap 14 in the first Duel qualifying race.