AT A GLANCE | This weekend's races

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
Daytona 500
Schedule: Sunday, race (NBC, 1:30 p.m.).
Track: Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles, 31 degrees banking in turns, 18 degrees in tri-oval).
Race distance: 500 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Michael Waltrip won the Daytona 500 for the second time in three years after the day's second rainstorm shortened the race to 109 laps, 91 short of the scheduled distance.
Fast facts: Greg Biffle won the pole last Sunday with a mark of 188.387 mph. Elliott Sadler will start on the outside of the front row after placing second. The rest of the field will be determined at the twin qualifying. ... Dale Earnhardt Sr. was killed in a crash on the last lap of the 2001 race. ... Only three racers have won the Daytona 500 in consecutive years, most recently Sterling Marlin in 1994 and 1995. ... The winner of the Daytona 500 has gone on to win the series title seven times, most recently Jeff Gordon in 1997. ... Buddy Baker holds the record for fastest winning speed (177.602 mph in 1980) while Junior Johnson owns the mark for the slowest (124.740 mph in 1960).
BUSCH SERIES
Hershey's Kisses 300
Schedule: Saturday, race (NBC, Noon).
Track: Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles, 31 degrees banking in turns, 18 degrees in tri-oval).
Race distance: 300 miles, 120 laps.
Last year: Dale Earnhardt Jr. led 67 of the 120 laps at the Koolerz 300 in Daytona Beach and won the Busch season opener for the second consecutive year. Matt Kenseth, who won the race in 2000, finished second.
Fast facts: Nextel Cup regulars won 14 of the 34 Busch races last season. ... Earnhardt Jr. swept both Busch races at Daytona last season after winning the Winn-Dixie 250 on July 4. ... Eight drivers have won this race and the Daytona 500 with only three doing it in the same year, most recently Darrell Waltrip in 1989.
CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS
Florida Dodge Dealers 250
Schedule: Today, race (Speed Channel, 8 p.m.).
Track: Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles, 31 degrees banking in turns, 18 degrees in tri-oval).
Race distance: 250 miles, 100 laps.
Last year: Rick Crawford won a three-car battle with Robert Pressley and Travis Kvapil as they approached the finish line to take the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. It was Crawford's first victory in 120 starts.
Fast facts: Mike Wallace won the inaugural race in 2000, during which Geoffrey Bodine was injured after his truck flew toward a crowded grandstand in a fiery crash that injured nine fans and two drivers. ... The inaugural race was the first for the series on a track greater than two miles in length. ... Mike Skinner, who won the inaugural truck championship in 1995, is returning to the circuit on a full-time basis this season.
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-- Associated Press