Nascar news

• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Daytona 500 has been postponed for the first time in its 54-year history. NASCAR postponed The Great American Race after heavy rain saturated Daytona International Speedway on Sunday.
(US News and World Report)
• The start of the 54th Daytona 500 may be delayed because of rain at the track on the west coast of Florida. Nascar's season-opening race is scheduled to begin at 1:29 p.m.
(Bloomberg)
• The car has been wrapped in Santorums campaign logo, hoping to draw the attention of NASCAR fans watching the race as Santorum continues to campaign in Michigan before Tuesdays critical primary.
(YAHOO!)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(Business Wire)
• A persistent rain kept all 43 cars parked on pit road for four hours after the 1 p.m. scheduled start before NASCAR finally pulled the plug and rescheduled the start for noon today on FOX.
(Augusta Chronicle)
• NASCARs premier event, the season-opening Daytona 500, has been postponed until noon Monday. Jet driers could not keep up with the intermittent, sometimes heavy showers at Daytona International Speedway.
(News-Press)
• But after an 11-minute red-flag delay on Lap 104 to clean up truck carnage in the tri-oval, it turned out to be King who claimed the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener before an estimated crowd of 70,000. Im a rookie.
(Daytona Beach News-Journal)
• NASCAR is in a very good place right now and our entire industry is working very hard for you, the fans, as we continually seek to improve and grow our sport.
(NASCAR)
• DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has postponed the Daytona 500 because of rain, the first time in the 54-year history of the event that it has been delayed a day.
(Duluth News Tribune)