Yes. It was on February 14th on Fox at 1 pm eastern. Check out the link below for the full tv listings of speedweek which started with practice on February 4th.
I think it was the 1972 Daytona 500. One of the 500's was the first fully televised race.
The 1979 Daytona 500
The first known telecast of Nascar was in 1960 and it was the Daytona 500 race.
On February 19, 2012, the Daytona 500 qualifying will be televised on FOX.
The 2011 Daytona 500 was televised on channel 5 (FOX).
The 2011 Daytona 500 was televised on channel 5 (FOX).
Yes, it is.
The 2010 Daytona 500 started at 1:00PM EST and the pre-race was at 12:00PM EST.
In the 2010 Daytona 500, a total of 43 drivers started the race. There were 33 drivers still running at the end.
The booth announcers for the 1979 Daytona 500 were Ken Squier, David Hobbs and Chris Economaki. This was the first race shown live in its entirety on national television.
The 2011 Daytona 500 will be televised on channel 5 (FOX).
The first Daytona 500 race was held at the Daytona International Speedway on February 22, 1959.