The Daytona 500 is scheduled to begin at 2:30 this afternoon on tv.
On the observe, the beginning time, as within the inexperienced flag, is 3:11.
But anybody looking of their window is aware of all of that’s tentative. It’d take a climatic misdirection of monumental proportion to alter the very fact we’re one thing aside from the scheduled operating of the 66th Daytona 500.
Saturday’s Xfinity Series opener was, predictably, rained out. It’s been rescheduled for Monday at 11 a.m. Conventional knowledge tells us the Daytona 500 will begin someday after the top of that race, most certainly mid-afternoon.
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The solely query, getting into Sunday, is when that rescheduling will likely be. But hey, that is Florida, and climate will be fickle.
Maybe we’ll catch a break.
Just do not financial institution on it.
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As it turned out, NASCAR did not wait too lengthy to make the decision.
With rain pounding the world and anticipated to proceed all through Sunday, the choice to maneuver the Daytona 500 to Monday was made at 9:30 a.m. The Great American Race will begin at roughly 4 p.m. on Monday, after the conclusion of the Xfinity Series opener, the United Rentals 300, which is slated for an 11 a.m. begin.
Nope. Not but anyway.
As of 9:18 a.m. on Sunday morning, no adjustments have been made to the schedule. The drop of the inexperienced flag continues to be technically set for 3:11 p.m. this afternoon.
But, a fast have a look at the window paints an ominous … and grey … image. And should you’re not within the space, here is a have a look at the present, dwell radar:
