WATCH: Daytona Road Course Ready for NASCAR Cup Series Debut Race

This weekend, races will be run in each of the three NASCAR national arrangements for the first time in Daytona International Speedway’s history.

The famous Daytona high-banked 2.5-mile speedway is set to be supplanted by the 3.61-mile and 14-turn street course. Most of the drivers competing in the race lack experience on the street course.

The track integrates both the speedways’ high-banked turns and a tight, specialized infield segment. There is a great deal of fervor about the serious prospects.

It is a swap race for the Watkins Glen round due to the sanctions imposed by the government owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race will be composed of three phases: the initial two phases at 15 laps each, and 35 for the last.

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The lineup for the historic NASCAR race

The lineup is set for Sunday’s GoBowling 235 at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course, with Kevin Harvick on pole position.

The arrangement was resolved by utilizing NASCAR‘s new formula. The formula considers completing the situation from the past race (weighted half), positioning in group proprietor points (35%), and the quickest lap from the past race (15%).

Harvick in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford is the current week’s Busch Pole Award victor. He will lead the field during the current week’s Road Course race. Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota will be along with him in the first row.

However, the biggest obstacle for NASCAR drivers is the lack of practice before entering the Road Course. Kevin Harvick is set to revisit the Road Course after 18 years. He raced in the 24 hours of Daytona in 2002.