Daytona 500 2025 is on Sunday, February 23, 2025: Anyone watch the Daytona 500?

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The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series motor race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Daytona 500 Experience, formerly known as Daytona USA, was an interactive motorsports attraction and museum located at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

51st DAYTONA 500 DRAWS 16 MILLION VIEWERS DESPITE RAIN

Abbreviated Race One of America’s Most-Watched Sports Events

New York & Los Angeles - The rain-shortened Daytona 500 last Sunday (2/15) reaffirmed its status as one of America’s premier annual sports events. Despite losing to rain what are historically its most-watched laps, this year’s average audience of 16.0 million viewers places the Daytona 500 ahead of many of the country’s iconic sports events including the NCAA Final Four (15.4 million viewers), Beijing Olympics (15.2 million), 2008 NBA Finals (14.9 million), Kentucky Derby (14.2 million) and the final round of The Masters (13.1 million) and US Open (12.1 million). The Daytona 500 also maintained its position as the No. 1 motorsports event on television, outdistancing last year’s Indianapolis 500 by 122% (7.2 million).

The 2009 DAYTONA 500 on FOX averaged a 9.2/19 household rating/share according to fast national figures released by Nielsen Media Research. This year’s edition of the Great American Race is the second broadcast by FOX since 2001 negatively impacted by the weather. The last rain-shortened Daytona 500 came in 2003, and posted a 9.8/21, with an average audience of 16.8 million viewers. Last year’s full 200 lap, 500 mile race earned a 10.2/20, with 17.8 million viewers.

Clearly, Sunday’s rain interruption prevented the Daytona 500 from enjoying the explosive viewership growth it typically experiences over its final laps. The 2009 Daytona 500 was called due to rain with 48 of 200 laps remaining. Last year, viewers arrived in droves to catch the conclusion of the race, lifting the rating for the last half-hour of racing +16% higher than the previous half-hour (12.1 vs. 10.4). On Sunday, the final half-hour grew by just +1% over the previous half-hour (9.8 vs. 9.7).

Greenville (SC) led all local markets with a 21.2/33; followed by Greensboro (NC), 19.9/33; Dayton, 18.0/31; Indianapolis, 17.2/31; Knoxville, 16.9/27; Charlotte, 15.6/27; Orlando, 15.4/29; Nashville, 15.3/27; Tampa, 15.2/30; and Jacksonville, 15.1/25.

when is the daytona 500?

The Daytona 500 is an annual race held every year in February at the Daytona Speedway. The very first Daytona 500 was held in the year 1959.

Daytona 500?

The concept is valid since the Daytona 500 is the sports Super Bowl. The problem is that the final race of the season is only dramatic for a handful of drivers...usually two or three drivers. Can you imagine watching the Daytona 500 with the only interest being the two or three drivers that have a shot at winning the championship? On the other hand, by having the greatest race of the season first, every driver is part of the drama. Just making the race is a drama. Weeks of testing and of course the Shootout and the qualifying races. Daytona should remain the first race!