Daytona 500

• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Are you ready for some racing — some Monday night racing? NASCAR pushed the start of its season-opening Daytona 500 to Monday night, under the lights and in primetime for the first time in its history.
(Indianapolis Star)
• DAYTONA BEACH —With 40 laps left, the remainder of the Daytona 500 is in jeopardy after Juan Pablo Montoya apparently ran into a track drying vehicle. The vehicle was out on the track during a caution blowing off debris.
(Chicago Tribune)
• Daytona Beach, Florida (CNN)-- For the first time since its inaugural race in 1959, drivers competing in NASCARs Daytona 500 started burning rubber at night and on a Monday after Florida showers forced a day-long delay.
(CNN)
• The Daytona 500 has been halted by a fiery explosion caused when Juan Pablo Montoya slammed into a jet dryer under caution. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(Abc Local Web)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Daytona 500 has been halted by a fiery explosion caused when Juan Pablo Montoya slammed into a jet dryer under caution. Its the latest mess to hamper NASCARs season-opening race.
(Huffington Post)
• A race car hit a truck filled with jet fuel, which then burst into flames during a caution at the Daytona 500 late Monday night. So far, no injuries have been reported.
(WSB-TV Atlanta)
• If the Daytona 500 is run today it will be as a night race. NASCAR president Mike Helton announced this morning that the race will start at 7 p.m. ET, if weather allows.
(USA Today)
• The Daytona 500 makes history tonight when it has a night start for the first time, the day after it was rained out for the first time. Well live-blog all the action until they wave the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway.
(USA Today)
• Jeff Gordons night is over at the Daytona 500. The Pittsboro native blew his engine on Lap 81 and was forced out of the race.
(msnbc.com)
• Martin Truex Jr. claimed a $200,000 bonus for leading at the halfway point in Monday nights rain-delayed Daytona 500.
(Miami Herald)