The race was held at Daytona International Speedway, a race track located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since its opening in 1959, the track has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts ARCA, AMA Superbike, USCC, SCCA, and Motocross races. It features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speed tri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km) sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010.
On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway was done by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, at a cost of US $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands included 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000.[9][10] The project was completed before the start of Speedweeks.
Later on, during lap 155, Ryan Preece's No. 41 Ford was spun around after getting rear ended by Erik Jones on the backstretch where Preece's car turned left into his teammate Chase Briscoe and the two went spinning in the infield grass. Preece's car caught air and subsequently went barrel rolling 10 times in the infield grass before coming to a rest on all four tires. Preece walked out a few minutes later under his own power and was placed on a stretcher and taken into an ambulance. After the race was over, Preece was transported to a nearby hospital for further evaluation, from which he was released the next morning. This was the third time a Next Gen car flipped over and the second at Daytona, after Harrison Burton's flip in the 2022 Daytona 500. Preece would race in the next race at Darlington. He revealed in his interviews the following race at Darlington that he had two black and bloodshot eyes as a result from the wreck. The car was taken back to the NASCAR Research and Development center to be studied. Safety concerns emerged on social media following the race as film of the crash showed that the roof hatch, designed to allow the driver to escape from the car through a method other than via the driver's side window, was detached from the car early in the crash, exposing the cockpit during the remainder of the crash.
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XMNASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and 1989 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Rusty Wallace called the action for MRN when the field races thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the action for MRN from atop the Sunoco tower outside the exit of turn 2 when the field races thru turns 1 & 2. Mike Bagley worked the Daytona Backstretch for MRN from a spotter's stand in the inside of the track. Jason Toy worked the action for MRN when the field races thru turns 3 & 4. Pit road was operated by lead pit reporter Steve Post, Kim Coon, Alex Weaver, and Brienne Pedigo.
