Austin Dillon took home the win in the first week of the season and the second of his career in February. He will attempt to win for the second time this year.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the defending champion in the summer, but Daytona has been a fickle beast in recent years as no driver has repeated either as a seasonal winner, or simply in back-to-back races since Jimmie Johnson did so when he won both runs in 2013. 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the only other mulitple-time winner in the years since then as he won in the spring of 2014 and the summer of 2015. But since Earnhardt won the spring race of 2014, there have been eight different winners in eight races.

Here’s the weekend schedule: 

NASCAR at Daytona 2018: TV channel and streaming info

Note: All times are ET.

Thursday, July 5  1:05-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, NBCSN  2:05-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN  3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBCSN  4:05-4:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBCSN 

Friday, July 6  2:10 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series pole qualifying, NBCSN  4:10 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole qualifying, NBCSN  7:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 (100 laps, 250 miles), NBCSN 

Saturday, July 7 7 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 (160 laps, 400 miles), NBC

Streaming: All Xfinity and Monster Energy events can be live-streamed on fuboTV (7-day free trial). 

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points standings

Driver Points Behind Leader (Playoff Points)

  1. Kyle Busch, N/A (30) 2. Kevin Harvick, -62 (27) 3. Joey Logano, -119 (7) 4. Martin Truex Jr., -142 (18) 5. Brad Keselowski, -144 (4) 6. Clint Bowyer, -157 (10) 7. Kurt Busch, -176 (2) 8. Denny Hamlin, -199 (2) 9. Kyle Larson, -212 10. Ryan Blaney, -241 (4) 11. Aric Almirola, -243 (1) 12. Jimmie Johnson, -294 13. Chase Elliott, -301 14. Erik Jones, -328 15. Alex Bowman, -346 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., -369 17. Paul Menard, -374 (1) 18. Daniel Suarez, -420  19. Austin Dillon, -422 (5) 20. Jamie McMurray, -427 21. William Byron, -430 22. Ryan Newman, -438 23. AJ Allmendinger, -463 (1) 24. Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr., -467 25. Chris Buescher, -475 26. David Ragan, -496 27. Michael McDowell, -496 28. Kasey Kahne, -477 29. Ty Dillon, -529 30. Matt DiBenedetto, -552

Which Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers are racing at Daytona?

There are 41 Cup drivers entered in Sunday’s race. This list will be wittled down in qualifying. Here is the list of participating Cup drivers in alphabetical order by first name:

AJ Allmendinger Alex Bowman Aric Almirola Austin Dillon Brad Keselowski Brendan Gaughan Chase Elliott Chris Buescher Clint Bowyer Corey Lajoie Daniel Suarez Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. David Ragan Denny Hamlin DJ Kennington Erik Jones Jamie McMurray Jeffrey Earnhardt Jimmie Johnson Joey Gase Joey Logano JJ Yeley Kasey Kahne Kevin Harvick Kurt Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Larson Landon Cassill Martin Truex Jr. Matt DiBenedetto Michael McDowell Ray Black Jr. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ross Chastain Ryan Blaney Paul Menard Ryan Newman Timothy Peters Trevor Bayne Ty Dillon William Byron