Daytona Road Course 101: Schedule, odds, tickets, stats

The NASCAR Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 at the Daytona Road Course begins Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

The pre-race coverage starts on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET with an all-new NASCAR Race Hub: Best of Radioactive on FS1. NASCAR race on FOX at 2:30 p.M. The green flag for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 253 is scheduled to wave at 3:20 p.,m., Stage 1 is set to end at Lap 16, Stage 2 at lap 34 and the checkered flag at the conclusion of Lap 70.

Chase Elliott is the favorite to win at the first road course race of the season. Martin Truex Jr. trails just behind at 4-1, followed by Denny Hamlin at 10-10, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch at 12-12.

Limited seating options are available for this weekend's Daytona Road Course 101. Tickets for seating on the frontstretch can be purchased at the Daytona International Speedway event site.

Elliott has won the Busch Pole Award. He will start from the No. 9 spot. Michael McDowell will be the other driver on the pole. Austin Dillon, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick will all start inside the top-five positions.

Elliott dominated the inaugural Cup Series race on the Daytona Road Course. He has won at each of the last four road circuits dating back to the Charlotte Roval in September 2019.

This weekend's race will feature a reduced-downforce aero package combined with a 750-horsepower engine and 2.75-inch rear spoiler.

Goodyear will bring Wet Weather Radials for the race in case of inclement weather. The minimum recommended tire inflation is 28 psi for left front, 30 psi on right front and 22 for rear.

Daytona Road Course is the first of seven road courses on the Cup Series schedule. Jeff Gordon holds the longest streak of road course wins with six. Martin Truex Jr. has visited Victory Lane at eight of the last nine road races.

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