But was it necessary for yesterday's pre-race show to offer some of the same features as Sunday's - to an audience that is likely the same on Day 2?

The pre-race show is 30 minutes for Nationwide races and an hour for Sprint Cup races.

Updates were given through the hour, and the network came back on-air for an abbreviated pre-race show.

Add an extra fifteen minutes following the pre-race show for the scheduled green flag of the race.

Kyle Petty (during pre-race show also on Speed during nascar victory lane)

The pre-race show on CBS featured some of the greatest Daytona 500 finishes in recent memory.

In 2011, Pizza Hut became the presenting sponsor of the pre-race show.

It played at the very beginning of the pre-race show.

Beginning with the 2009 Daytona 500, Digger was extended into a series of short cartoons that aired during the pre-race show.

Lenny Kravitz performed the pre-race show.