Daytona 500 start time 2011, and the TV grid - Huffington Post

Daytona 2011 500 is just a few hours, with an official launch clock Eastern Time on 20 February 2011 13.00. Television coverage begins at noon on FOX, which will make the race.

The 200 towers, the 500-mile race, NASCAR's largest and most prestigious, is at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.

Bleacher Report notes that this year's race will mark 10 years since the tragic death of Dale Earnhardt after the crash in 2001 Daytona 500

Here is the official starting grid for the Daytona 2011 500:

Line 1: 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet 2nd 24 Jeff Gordon eventually lead to hunger Chevrolet

Row 2:
3. Kurt Busch 22 Shell / Pennzoil Dodge
4. 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar

Line 3:
5. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet Regan Smith
6. 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet

Line 4:
7. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser
8. 15 * Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota

Line 5:
9. Matt Kenseth Ford 17 Royal Crown Black
10. Kyle Busch 18 M & M's Toyota

Line 6:
11. Kasey Kahne 4 Toyota Red Bull
12. Brian Keselowski # 92 K-Automotive Dodge

Line 7:
13. 42 Chevrolet Juan Pablo Montoya target
14. Jamie McMurray 1 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet

Line 8:
15. 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford
16. Brad Keselowski 2 Miller Lite Dodge

Line 9:
17. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Mark Martin
18. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Denny Hamlin

Line 10:
19. Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards 27 Peak /
20. 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota

Line 11:
21. U.S. Army Chevrolet 39 Ryan Newman
22. 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac

Line 12:
23. / 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's Kobalt Tools
24. 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine

Line 13:
25. Office Depot 14 Tony Stewart / Chevrolet Mobil 1
26. Greg Biffle Ford 3M 16

Line 14:
27. 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull
28. 37 Robert Richardson Jr. (i) Pipe Ford North Texas

Line 15:
29. 09 * Bill Elliott Construction Chevrolet Phoenix
30. 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Energy SPEED

Line 16:
31. Kroger 47 Bobby Labonte / USO Toyota
32. Trevor Bayne 21 (i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford

Line 17:
33. JJ Yeley Chevrolet 46 * Red Line Oil
34. David Ragan 6 UPS Ford

Line 18:
35. 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
36. 77 Steve Wallace (i) 5-Hour Energy Toyota

Line 19:
37. Andy Lally # 71 Chevrolet Super Saver Eco-Fuel
38. 20 Toyota Joey Logano Home Depot

Line 20:
39. Taco Bell 34 David Gilliland Ford
40. 38 * Travis Kvapil (i) Long John Silver's Ford

Line 21:
41. 87 * Joe Nemechek (i) AM Toyota Power FM
* Dave Blaney 42 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy

Line 22:
43. 32 Terry Labonte Chrome * Ford U.S.

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