The indexeventdatable to the day
Daytona 500
Fires when mid-late February
Photograph Miriam S. Gallet · Public domain
The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.
February, peaking February. The notch is October.
- Where
- Daytona International Speedway
- Drive
- 110 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- February
- Peak
- February
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- check the venue
From the field
Afternoon light on high banking, and the biggest crowd of the year to work.