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The 2027 Daytona 500 will move off its traditional Presidents Day weekend date.

This scheduling conflict is a result of the NFL adding a 17th game to its regular season in 2021.

It took several years, but the NFL’s addition of a 17th regular-season game has finally stiff-armed the Daytona 500 off its (mostly) traditional race date.

Getting ahead of things by 16 months, NASCAR has announced the 2027 Daytona 500 — NASCAR’s own “Super Bowl” — will move off Presidents Day weekend and instead take the green flag Sunday, Feb. 21, seven days after Super Bowl LXI, scheduled for Feb. 14 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

“It’s a very crowded sports landscape in February of ’27, including the Super Bowl scheduled for Feb. 14,” said Frank Kelleher, president of Daytona Inter

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