J.J. Watt will serve as the grand marshal for the Daytona 500, making him the first NFL player to give the command for drivers to starts their engines in the race.
NASCAR team owner/driver Tony Stewart has been hospitalized and is able to move his extremities after suffering a back injury in a non-racing accident while driving an ATV.
Joey Logano, the driver who has spent seven years trying to live up to impossible expectations, raced to his first career Daytona 500 victory Sunday as he continued to reward Roger Penske for catapulting him into one of NASCAR's top stars.
Kevin Harvick, who criticized Daytona International Speedway last year for still having exposed concrete walls, characterized himself as "a dot" that did not get a reaction following his 2014 accident and said Sunday that tracks need to be more proactive.
Kurt Busch, whom a Kent County (Del.) Family Court commissioner determined had committed an act of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend, remains indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after losing his initial appeal to the sanctioning body Saturday.
Jeff Gordon will start from the pole in the final Daytona 500 of his career.
