The Associated Press

Denny Hamlin tries to win his fourth Daytona 500 and defending race winner William Byron goes for the repeat, with 2024 NASCAR champion Joey Logano also among the star drivers in the field for the “The Great American Race” on Feb. 16 at Daytona International Speedway.

Hamlin would be become just the third driver with at least four Daytona 500 victories while Byron is trying to become the first repeat winner since Hamlin pulled it off in 2019 and 2020. They are part of a field that includes NASCAR’s most popular driver, Chase Elliott, who won the exhibition Clash and will try to duplicate the sweep his father, Bill, pulled off in 1987. Among other stars in the field are Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney, and three international drivers: Helio Castroneves (Brazil), Daniel Suarez (Mexico) and Shane van Gisbergen (New Zealand).

TV time

The race will be aired on Fox and Fox Deportes. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick are in the booth. Larry McReynolds partners with Joy, Bowyer and Harvick to offer analysis. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims cover stories from pit road. Race coverage starts at 12:30 p.m. Eastern. MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio offer broadcasts and the race will be streamed on the Fox Sports app.

Starting time

It will start at 2:30 p.m.

The favorite

Logano, Blaney and Brad Keselowski are listed as co-favorites (+1200) to win the race, per BETMGM Sportsbook.

Famous people

Captain America is ready for “The Great American Race.” Actor Anthony Mackie, set to play Captain America in the upcoming movie “Brave New World,” will serve as the grand marshal and will give the command for drivers to start their engines.

Pitbull will perform at the pre-race concert. Pitbull also is part of the ownership group of Trackhouse Racing.

The field

There are traditionally 40 drivers in the field: 36 guaranteed spots while nine other drivers compete in earlier qualifying races for the other four spots.

Should Castroneves not qualify traditionally, the field will have 41 cars. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. are among the nine drivers.