16-02-2025
Daytona 500 announcers: Who's calling NASCAR's 2025 season opener on Fox?
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series officially begins Sunday with the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, where 41 drivers will compete for a chance to win the sport's most valuable checkered flag.
The race is being broadcast on Fox and was originally supposed to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET. However, as a result of the weather forecast for Daytona Beach, Florida on Sunday, NASCAR bumped the start time up an hour to 1:30 p.m. ET.
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If you're here, you may be wondering whose voices you're hearing on the Fox broadcast calling the Daytona 500. We've got you covered.
For the 2025 Daytona 500 on Fox, Mike Joy is on the play-by-play and will be joined by analysts and former NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer.
Larry McReynolds, a two-time Daytona 500-winning crew chief, also will serve as an analyst, while Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Josh Sims will be pit road reporters.
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Fox Sports' pre-race coverage will feature 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray, two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip and Tom Rinaldi — along with Harvick and Bowyer.
The 2025 Daytona 500 is set for Sunday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m. ET on Fox.
