Kurt Russell is the 2026 Daytona 500 honorary pace car driver Actor Kurt Russell is the 2026 Daytona 500 honorary pace car driver. Season 2 of his Apple TV series, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” airs Feb. 27. The sports calendar takes a slight pause this weekend. Sure, we got the conclusion of the Australian Open, as well as some thrilling college basketball games. There was also the return of Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour, if that's your thing. But with no football (no, the Pro Bowl Games don't count) for the first time since August, the schedule seems a lot more empty than usual. But hark! What's that on the horizon? No, not the Super Bowl, past that. Do you hear engines starting? Is that...
