NASCAR Daytona 500 under weather delay for rain after 11 laps

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16-02-2025

The Daytona 500 is in a weather delay after 11 laps.
The opening race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has been red flagged entering lap 12 for rain. The cars have been brought to pit road and will be covered at 1:28 p.m. CT.
William Byron leads the race on lap 12 of the scheduled 200.
Sunday's race was moved up an hour from the 1:30 p.m. CT start to 12:30 p.m. CT to accommodate for the weather.
Daytona International Speedway hosts night races and has lights if the race is able to be restarted on Sunday. If not, the race will be restarted on Monday.
Daytona International Speedway has lights meaning the Daytona 500 can be held at night. But how long will NASCAR be willing to wait out the rain?
Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass posted on the X platform that he believes NASCAR would need the rain to stop by 5:30 p.m. CT. That would allow the race to restart by 8 p.m.
Yes. Last year's Daytona 500 was moved from Feb. 18 to Feb. 19 after the original date was postponed a day because of rain.
Yes. There are lights at Daytona International Speedway. The race can finish under the lights.
This story will be updated as more information is made available.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR Daytona 500 rain delay: Race stopped after 11 laps for weather