Daytona 500: Race Still on Time for 7 PM EST Start

Due to rain in the area all morning and early this afternoon, NASCAR decided to move the start of the 54th annual Daytona 500 back to a 7 PM EST start.This gave the track workers ample amount of time to get the track dried and run the first ever primetime race on a Monday night in NASCAR history.As of now, the 7 PM start is still on schedule even though there is still a band of rain just west of Daytona and southeast of Ocala that could threaten the new start time.I think even if it does rain, NASCAR will do anything in their power to run the Daytona 500 tonight no matter what time it ends. They can't take the risk of running the race tomorrow with teams having to scramble and make the long trip out west to Phoenix and be there by Thursday....

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