Drivers start your engines! The Daytona 500 opens the NASCAR season. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is hopi…

SEASON STARTS IN DAYTONA. JAMAL SAINT CYR TONIGHT, THE BUSY START OF THE WEEK AT THE RACETRACK. AID DOESN’T GET BETTER THAN THIS. EVERYBODY LOVES RAY SEASON IN THE DAYTONA 500 IS ONE OF THE BEST OF THE YEAR IS GOING TO BE A 66 RUNNING OF THE 500. IT’S ALMOST HERE TONIGHT. WE’LL FIND OUT WHO HAS POLE POSITION FOR THIS WEEKEND’S RACE. THE QUALIFYING RUN START TONIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK. SO MAKE SURE YOU TU IFOR THAT. WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON TONIGHT HERE. BUT IS ALSO MEDIA DAY DOWN IN DAYTONA TODAY. THAT’S ON

THE PALM ON MADE THE DRIVE DOWN TO SEE HOW THE DRIVERS ARE FEELING BEFORE THEY GET OUT ON THE TRACK. >> BUT AS SEASON IS FINALLY HERE, AND IT BEGINS ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC RACES, THE DAYTONA 500, WHICH WILL BE RACING AROUND THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND AHEAD OF A BUSY WEEK OF RACING. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE TEAM’S REPAIRING THEIR TRAILERS PIT ROAD FOR, LIKE I SAID, BUSY WEEK OF RACING. ALL BEGINS TONIGHT WITH BALL LAST YEAR’S RICKY STENHOUSE JUNI. HE OKINTO FENDHIS TITLE, BUT HE KNOWS WAS NOT VERY

EASY WIN HERE AT DAYTONA IN 2. YOU DO MAKE YOURSELF IN HISTORY. JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST OF NAMES THAT THEY HAVE WON THIS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, PAST CHAMPIONS THAT THAT NEVER WON THIS RACE,

THAT WOULD. >> YOU KNOW, TRADED CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A DAYTONA 500. I THINK THAT. KIND OF PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG THIS RACES YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WIN. IT IS IS VERY DIFFICULT. BUT JUST LIKE HOW TO PICK CREWS ARE GETTING THEIR DRIVERS READY FOR THE BIG DAYTONA 500 ON SUNDAY. MAKE SURE TO

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