When is the 2027 Daytona 500? Sunday, February 21, 2027 at Daytona International Speedway — moved off Presidents’ Day weekend to clear Super Bowl LXI on February 14.
Current target date: Sunday, February 21, 2027 (Race day). We update this page when Daytona 500 publishes schedule changes.
69th Daytona 500: Sun Feb 21 2027. Shifted one week after Super Bowl LXI (Feb 14, SoFi) — not traditional Presidents’ Day weekend. 2026 stayed on the holiday weekend.
Race day
Sunday, February 21, 2027
February 21, 2027 — the 69th Daytona 500 runs a week after Super Bowl Sunday
Daytona International Speedway locked Sunday, February 21, 2027 for the 69th Daytona 500. The Great American Race still opens the NASCAR Cup season at the World Center of Racing — just not on the Presidents’ Day weekend slot fans memorized for decades.
Track Feb 21 for the green flag. Feb 14 that year belongs to Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles; don’t set a Daytona hotel alarm for the wrong Sunday.
Confirmed: Sun Feb 21 Daytona / 69th 500 — not Feb 14, not Presidents’ Day weekend, not Super Bowl
Confirmed: February 21, 2027; Daytona International Speedway; 69th Daytona 500; moved off Presidents’ Day weekend to clear Super Bowl LXI (Feb 14, SoFi). Not confirmed as a Saturday night 500, as a permanent holiday-weekend divorce, or as sharing Sunday with the NFL title. Fake “cancelled Speedweeks / Bristol opens Cup instead” stubs invent a corridor.
How the NFL’s 17-game calendar shoved the 500 off its holiday weekend
- 2021 onward — NFL adds a 17th regular-season game; Super Bowl drifts earlier in February.
- Feb 15 2026 — Daytona 500 still on traditional Presidents’ Day weekend.
- Oct 2025 — Daytona announces 2027 race date early for travel planners.
- Feb 14 2027 — Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium (NFL title Sunday).
- Feb 21 2027 — 69th Daytona 500, one week later, stands alone.
Numbers that keep this off generic “mid-February NASCAR” filler
- Race day: Sunday, February 21, 2027.
- Edition: 69th Daytona 500 — Cup Series season opener.
- Venue: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Conflict avoided: Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027.
- Habit break: not Presidents’ Day weekend (third Monday cluster) in 2027.
2027 is the year the Daytona 500 explicitly yields Presidents’ Day weekend to the Super Bowl — and runs February 21 instead
For a generation the 500 meant Presidents’ Day weekend at Daytona. February 2027 is the first clean collision under the NFL’s longer season where Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 14 at SoFi) would have sat on that traditional NASCAR launch pad — so Daytona published Feb 21 early and told fans to rebook. That calendar dodge is the page’s distinctive fact, not another “500 miles of restrictor-plate drama” paragraph.
Honest copy keeps Sunday Feb 21, names the Super Bowl conflict, notes 2026 stayed on the holiday weekend, and refuses to sell Feb 14 as race day.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When is the 2027 Daytona 500?
Sunday, February 21, 2027, at Daytona International Speedway — the 69th running of the Great American Race. Daytona announced the date early so fans could rebook off the usual Presidents’ Day weekend habit.
2Why isn’t it on Presidents’ Day weekend?
Super Bowl LXI is scheduled Sunday, February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium. NASCAR and Daytona moved the 500 one week later to February 21 so the season opener isn’t crushed by NFL title Sunday — a collision created by the NFL’s 17-game regular season pushing the Super Bowl onto February’s second Sunday.
3Is February 21 still Speedweeks?
Yes — the Cup season still opens with Daytona’s Speedweeks cluster (qualifying, Duels, support series) building into the 500. Exact midweek session dates for 2027 follow closer to the event; the championship Sunday is locked as Feb 21.
4Was 2026 also moved?
No. The 2026 Daytona 500 stayed on its traditional Presidents’ Day weekend (February 15, 2026). The calendar shift is a 2027-specific answer to the Super Bowl date, not a permanent abandonment of the holiday weekend.
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