page_title: 2019 Daytona 500
section_title: Television
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 Daytona 500 / Media / Television
caption_attribution_description: 2019 Daytona 500
context_page_description: The 2019 Daytona 500, the 61st running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 17, 2019, Contested over 207 laps -- extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile asphalt superspeedway. After three multiple car crashes in the last 20 laps, only 19 of the 40 cars were running at the end of the race and only 14 completed every lap. It was the first race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and also marked the debut of the Ford Mustang, which Ford brought in as a replacement for the Fusion. This race was the final career start for Casey Mears and 2010 winner Jamie McMurray.
  This Daytona 500 was the first not to feature the Earnhardt name in the starting lineup since 1978.
context_section_description: Since 2001—with the exception of 2002, 2004 and 2006—the Daytona 500 has been carried by Fox in the United States. The booth crew consisted of longtime NASCAR lap-by-lap announcer Mike Joy, three–time Daytona 500 champion Jeff Gordon, and for the final time 1989 race winner Darrell Waltrip. Pit road was manned by Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum.
  Spanish-language network Fox Sports LA aired the race live, with lap-by-lap announcer Jessi Losada and color analyst Rodolfo Landeros.
caption: Jamie Little interviewing Brendan Gaughan in this race
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