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Daytona 500 postponed to Monday by rain
The 66th running of the Daytona 500 has been postponed until Monday afternoon, due to rain. NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take to the track at 4pm ET. The race will follow the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, which was postponed from Saturday to 11am ET on Monday.
The broadcast slate remains unchanged. The Daytona 500 will be carried live on Fox with radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
This is the third time in its history the Daytona 500 will be run on a Monday. In 2012 and 2020, the race started on Sunday but rain forced its conclusion to be pushed to Monday.
Joey Logano, the 2015 Daytona 500 champion, will lead the field to the green flag. Michael McDowell, the 2021 Daytona 500 champion, joins Logano on the front row.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the defending race winner. Stenhouse starts 35th.
There are seven former Daytona 500 champions in the field: Logano, McDowell, Austin Cindric, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Austin Dillon, and Stenhouse.
Forty drivers will take the green flag. Ford will have the most representation in the field with 16 drivers. Chevrolet has 15 drivers competing for the win and Toyota has nine.
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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