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The race only completed 20 laps before a rain delay pushed proceedings to 4 p.m. ET Monday.
The postponement is the third significant delay for the Daytona 500 in the past five seasons. The 2020 Daytona 500 concluded on Monday after rain stopped the race shortly after it began and the ...
The 2020 Daytona 500, the 62nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 16–17, 2020. It was contested over 209 laps—extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway.
Not long after Trump’s limousine pulled off the track, rain started to fall at Daytona and the start of the 500 was delayed. The rain put a halt to any plans Trump had of watching the first few ...
The Daytona 500 has been plagued by rain in recent seasons. The 2020 race was delayed until Monday, and the 2021 race finished late Sunday night because of rain.
IMSA waited until 8 PM to declare the race official. While the race was thirteen laps under the official threshold (500 miles), the clock had passed the five-hour mark when the race was called at 8 PM. [13] The 2012 Daytona 500 was postponed by rain for the first time in history, as it was postponed 30 hours from 1 PM Sunday to 7 PM Monday. [14]
In 2020, Denny Hamlin won the rain-delayed race after it started as scheduled on Sunday before rain halted the event 20 laps in. This year, the Daytona 500 was run in its entirety on Monday.
Trump never saw a lap of the race live, however. The race was delayed by rain twice and will restart with 180 laps to go at 4 p.m. ET Monday.