Getty Aric Almirola led last year's Daytona 500 in the final lap before crashing.
Daytona 500 qualifying is scheduled to start at 12:15 p.m. ET and will be broadcast nationally on Fox. But if you don’t have cable, you can still watch a live stream of qualifying on your computer, phone, or streaming device by signing up for one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
In addition to their extensive Netflix-like streaming library, Hulu now also offers a bundle of 50-plus live TV channels, including Fox (live in most markets).
You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of qualifying on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Fox (live in most markets) is included in FuboTV’s main package, which includes 75-plus total channels and is largely tailored towards sports fans.
You can start a free 7-day trial right here, and you can then watch a live stream of qualifying on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a handy “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which will allow you to watch qualifying on-demand up to three days after it airs even if you forgot to record it.
Fox (live in select markets) is included in the “Sling Blue” channel package.
You can sign up for a free 7-day trial, and you can then watch a live stream of qualifying on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, you can get 50 hours of cloud DVR storage as an additional add-on.
Fox Sports Go
Additionally, you can watch a live stream of qualifying on your computer via the Fox Sports Go website, or on your phone, tablet, or streaming device via the Fox Sports Go app. You’ll need to log in to a cable provider to watch this way, but if you don’t have that, you can still sign up for one of the above options and then use your FuboTV, Hulu, or Sling TV credentials to sign in and watch on the Fox digital platforms.
2019 Daytona 500 Qualifying Preview
At last year’s Daytona 500, Aric Almirola led the way in the final lap before an attempt to block a pass from Austin Dillon sent Almirola into the wall.
Dillon claimed the checkered flag. Almirola finished 11th.
“Did I ever have a moment where behind closed doors I stomped my feet and hit some things? Maybe,” Almirola said with a laugh on Saturday, according to Yahoo Sports. “In that time, in that moment, it was more important for me to go out and be a good representative for my sponsors and my partners and my kids.
“My kids were sitting back in my motorhome watching on TV like the rest of the world, so at that time it was an opportunity for me to be a good role model for my kids. You’ve got to be a good sport and sometimes things don’t always go your way. You’ve got two choices. You can either keep your head high and take the high road, or you can pout and piss and moan and the sponsors usually like the first one.”
He wouldn’t get his first and only win of the season until the playoffs, when Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch ran out of fuel on the final lap in the 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Speedway, opening the door for Almirola’s victory by .105 seconds.
“This is awesome! At Talladega!” Almirola said after that win, according to NASCAR.com. “I’ve been so close so many times this year. Four or five times this year, I feel like we’ve had a shot to win, and I haven’t been able to seal the deal. … I feel like I’ve let (the team) down so many times, because we’ve had so many opportunities to win and haven’t done it. … We come here, a place that I love — I won an Xfinity race here last year. I just love racing at Talladega, and I came here with the mind-set that we were going to go give ’em hell, and if we wreck, we wreck, and if we win, we win. And we won!”
The 34-year-old from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, finished a career-high fifth in points in 2018.
“Coming off of winning the last restrictor-plate race certainly gives our team a lot of confidence,” Almirola said, per Yahoo Sports. “These are the same rules we had at Talladega with this car, so the new kind of unknown is the Mustang, but, so far, with the few laps of practice I feel like we’re kind of picking right up where we left off.”