The Daytona 500 is all set for Sunday afternoon with qualifying taking place today, and a local southwestern Ontario driver is attempting to be in the field.
D J Kennington from St Thomas was 38th out of 42 drivers in qualifying last Sunday, and needs to finish in the top of four drivers in order to participate in Sunday's big event.
In order to race in Sunday's Daytona 500, Kennington will have to finish ahead of Timmy Hill, Corey LaJoie, and Reed Sorenson in tonight's qualifying event.
39 year old Kennington told AM800's the Morning Drive "we actually have the duel qualifying races this evening if the weather holds up, and basically there's three of us that aren't in the race yet, so we have to be the top car of the three."
Kennington made his NASCAR debut last November finishing 35th in Phoenix.
Another local driver, Terry Jones from Amherstburg will race in tomorrow's NASCAR truck series.