The countdown is on.
With the 2025 Daytona 500 looming on Feb. 16, the Daytona Beach News-Journal is checking off the boxes on the calendar until the 67th running of the Great American Race.
Today’s driver and car: Ty Dillon drove the No. 13 for Germain Racing from 2017 through 2020. Over the years, the car number has been used sparingly, for superstitious reasons, you have to assume. The No. 13 has visited Victory Lane just once, and it came at Daytona, when Johnny Rutherford won a 1963 Thursday qualifier in a Smokey Yunick-prepared Chevrolet.
Daytona NASCAR race schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 12: Pole qualifying to set the front row for the Daytona 500, 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13: The Duels at Daytona, two 150-mile races to set the lineup for the Daytona 500, 7 p.m. (Fox Sports 1).
Friday, Feb. 14: Truck Series, Fresh From Florida 250, 7:30 p.m. (FS1).
Saturday, Feb. 15: ARCA 200, noon (Fox); Xfinity Series, United Rentals 300, 5 p.m. (CW).Sunday, Feb. 16: Daytona 500, 2:30 p.m. (Fox).
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Daytona 500 countdown: How many days until the NASCAR season begins?
