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Lachlan Murdoch (DIS photo)

Fox’s Murdoch Named Honorary Starter For Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corporation, will wave the green flag as the Honorary Starter for the 64th running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona Int’l Speedway on Sunday.

FOX Sports will broadcast its 19th consecutive Daytona 500 and 22nd consecutive season of NASCAR coverage at Daytona Int’l Speedway. The Daytona 500 will be broadcast on Feb. 20 on FOX.

NASCAR on FOX will present broadcast cover of Speedweeks Presented By AdventHeath, totaling more than 40 hours of live programming, including FS1’s live telecast of the season openers for the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Feb. 19, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Feb. 18 and ARCA Menards Series on Feb. 19. This year marks FOX Sports’ 20th consecutive season of exclusive Truck Series coverage. All FOX NASCAR events are streamed live in English and Spanish on the FOX Sports app.

Fox Corporation is among the most recognized and influential media companies in the world. In this role, Murdoch oversees the Company’s premier portfolio of news, sports and entertainment assets. Murdoch was instrumental in the spinoff of FOX by 21st Century Fox and the establishment of FOX as a standalone public company.