54th Annual Daytona 500 Postponed to Monday

UPDATE: The Daytona 500 start time has been moved from noon to 7 p.m. ET

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway has been postponed due to rain showers and rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 27 at 7PM.
Tickets for Sunday’s race will be honored on Monday. Tickets for the Daytona 500 will also be on sale at the gate or the Daytona International Speedway ticket office.

The race will air on FOX at 7pm (originally noon).

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Season Notes
1963 First 10 laps run under yellow due to rain.
1965 Rain-shortened — 133 laps (332.5 miles).
1966 Rain-shortened — 198 laps (495 miles).
1979 First 16 laps run under yellow due to rain.
1992 Laps 84-89 run under yellow due to rain on backstretch.
1995 Red flag on lap 71 due to rain. Red flag lasted 1:44.
2003 Two red flags for rain. 1st: lap 63; 1:08. Rain-shortened — 109 laps (272.5 miles).
2009 Rain-shortened — 152 laps (380 miles).
2012 Race postponed from 2/26 to 2/27 because of rain.

54th Annual Daytona 500 Postponed to Monday

UPDATE: The Daytona 500 start time has been moved from noon to 7 p.m. ET

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The 54th annual Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway has been postponed due to rain showers and rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 27 at noon.
Tickets for Sunday’s race will be honored on Monday. Tickets for the Daytona 500 will also be on sale at the gate or the Daytona International Speedway ticket office.

The race will air on FOX Sports at noon.

Continue reading “54th Annual Daytona 500 Postponed to Monday at Noon Eastern on Fox”

Mike Helton: Yeah, unfortunately we’re going to have to reschedule because this last rain that set us back, we’re now predicting it will take three to three and a half hours to dry. which means it will be 12:30 or 1 o’clock in the morning before we could start, which is just not reasonable to do. That along with the forecast that everybody that does that professionally around here universally agrees that for the next 36 hours starting sometime later tonight it’s about 100% chance in this area with more than likely three, four, five inches of rain, high wind and all the things that create dangerous situations with weather. We’ll have respect for that and reschedule this race to start at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning.

Dale Jarrett: I would have to say, this doesn’t change the Richmond schedule whatsoever though. These teams are very well-prepared to be ready to be there on Friday and going?

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—A system of showers that camped out over the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York forced postponement of the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen until Monday at 10 a.m. on ESPN
The rain arrived right after Sunday’s driver introductions for the 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season. When the race begins Monday, Kyle Busch will start from the pole next to second-place qualifier AJ Allmendinger.
All told, 15 drivers broke the track record during time trials for the second road-course race on the Cup schedule. Juan Pablo Montoya, the defending race winner, will start fifth behind Busch, Allmendinger, Marcos Ambrose and five-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.

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