NASCAR followers who’re eagerly awaiting the beginning of the 2024 season must wait another day.
The Related Press reported the Daytona 500 has been postponed till Monday as a consequence of inclement climate that has introduced “two days of rain” to Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
The ultimate observe on Saturday was canceled, and the Xfinity Sequence race was postponed to 11 a.m. ET on Monday. The Daytona 500 is scheduled to start out at 4 p.m. ET.
The occasion was final postponed for a day in 2012. In 2020, the race ran for 20 laps earlier than rain halted it, forcing drivers to restart the next day.
Suspending the occasion protects drivers and ensures that followers do not should endure unfavorable situations. Earlier this month, the Conflict on the Coliseum — an exhibition race — moved up at some point as a consequence of heavy rainfall in Los Angeles.
Group Penske’s Joey Logano — the 2015 Daytona 500 winner — earned pole place on Wednesday evening. The 2-time Cup Sequence champion solely received one race final season however believes he might rebound this yr.
“I additionally know that plenty of occasions, extra occasions than not, when we’ve an off yr, the following yr’s fairly rattling sturdy,” he lately informed MotorSport.com. “So, I really feel like we are able to do this once more.”
As of Sunday, DraftKings offers the 33-year-old the second-best odds (+950) to win the occasion behind Denny Hamlin (+850) of Joe Gibbs Racing.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of JTG Daugherty Racing received it final yr, however he has work lower out for him. He is beginning in thirty fifth place. The final driver to seize back-to-back Daytona 500 victories was Hamlin in 2020.
