Daytona 500 Lineup - Start time - Weather Forecast

Daytona 500 Lineup - Start time - Weather Forecast

The 51st annual Daytona 500 is scheduled to start off at 3:30 pm Eastern today, and, according to raceweather.net, the patch of rain moving into the area should clear out well before the beginning of the race. For the uninitiated, the Daytona 500 is a 500 mile Nascar Sprint Cup race that consists of 200 laps around the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Beach. The race offers the larges financial reward and is considered to be the biggest race of the year for many Nascar fans.

The Daytona 500 is littered with the best race drivers on earth. Martin Truex Jr is in pole (first) position in the lineup. Some of the best known drivers include Jeff Gordon, Rick Hendrick, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Mark Martin.  New to Daytona is Marcus Ambrose, the first Australian ever to compete in the race. The full Daytona 500 lineup including strarting positions is provided below:

1 1 Martin Truex Jr
2 5 Mark Martin
3 24 Jeff Gordon
4 18 Kyle Busch
5 14 Tony Stewart
6 83 Brian Vickers
7 48 Jimmie Johnson
8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
9 20 Joey Logano
10 11 Denny Hamlin
11 8 Aric Almirola
12 96 Bobby Labonte
13 2 Kurt Busch
14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr
15 9 Kasey Kahne
16 99 Carl Edwards
17 36  Scott Riggs
18 41 Jeremy Mayfield
19 98 Paul Menard
20 44  AJ Allmendinger
21 26 Jamie McMurray
22 33 Clint Bowyer
23 47 Marcos Ambrose
24 12 David Stremme
25 07 Casey Mears
26 31 Jeff Burton
27 55 Michael Waltrip
28 00 David Reutimann
29 77 Sam Hornish Jr
30 19 Elliott Sadler
31 7 Robby Gordon
32 29 Kevin Harvick
33 6 David Ragan
34 43 Reed Sorenson
35 16 Greg Biffle
36 39 Ryan Newman
37 34 John Andretti
38 82 Scott Speed
39 17 Matt Kenseth
40 21  Bill Elliott
41 28  Travis Kvapil
42 78 Regan Smith
43 66 Terry Labonte