SportsCenter will present a one-hour special from Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN2, the eve of NASCAR’s Daytona 500. Hosted by Allen Bestwick, with analysts Rusty Wallace, Ricky Craven and Brad Daugherty, SportsCenter at Daytona will preview the “Great American Race” with analysis, opinion, and interviews. Also contributing will be reporters Marty Smith, Nicole Briscoe and Mike Massaro.

NASCAR Now, ESPN2’s daily news and information show, will surround Sunday’s Daytona 500 with two one-hour episodes. The 9 a.m. edition will preview the race and review Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event with Bestwick, Wallace, Craven and Dale Jarrett. At 10 p.m., a wrap up at Daytona Speedweeks will be highlighted by an appearance by the Daytona 500 winner. The season’s first edition of the NASCAR Now Monday roundtable will air Monday, Feb. 21, at 5 p.m. and will include Bestwick, Wallace, Smith and the Daytona 500 winner.

ESPN2 will air live coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Daytona on Saturday at noon.

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