NASCAR SPEEDWEEK AT DAYTONA: How to watch Thursday's Bluegreen Vacations Duel races
DAYTONA BEACH — The first racing of Speedweek is set for Thursday with a pair of 150-mile qualifying races in the Cup Series that will determine the starting lineup for Sunday's 65th Daytona 500.
The first of the 60-lap sprints is set to get underway at 7:21 p.m. with the second tentatively planned for 8:45. The top two starting spots for the Daytona 500 will be set during qualifying on Wednesday night. The two front-row drivers will each start from the pole in their respective qualifying race, with the rest of qualifying determining the lineups of the two races.
Also, six teams will race for four spots after the 36 charters are slotted in. That means that two teams participating in Thursday night's races will head home before Sunday's 500.
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Where and when do the Bluegreen Vacation Duel races take place?
What: The Bluegreen Vacation Duel
The place: Daytona International Speedway
Time: Coverage begins at 7 p.m.
Green flag: 7:21 p.m.
What channel is the NASCAR duels on TV, live stream?
Network: Fox Sports 1 (Channel 219 on DirecTV, Channel 150 on Dish Network), fuboTV, YouTube TV, Sling TV
Radio: Motor Racing Network, WNBD, Sirius XM Channel 90.
FYI: Last year, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing swept the Duel races with Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher each claiming a win. Matt Kenseth is the last driver to have won a Duel race and the Daytona 500 in the same year, doing so in 2012.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: DAYTONA 500: What channel has NASCAR's Duel qualifying races Thursday
