UPDATE: Rain Postpones Daytona 500 To Monday Night

Persistent rain has led NASCAR officials to postpone the running of the Daytona 500 to Monday. It's the first time the event has been postponed in its 53 year history. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR

After trying valiantly against the elements, NASCAR officials announced shortly after 5 pm Sunday afternoon that the 54^th annual Daytona 500 will be postponed to the next day.

Plans are now to run the event at 7 pm  Monday evening.  It marks the first time that the event has not been run on its scheduled date.

Rain has continued to fall in Daytona, but is expected to taper off late in the afternoon.  The original plan called for the event to be run beginning at noon today (Monday), but officials made the decision to move the time back with more favorable weather expected in the evening.

Four times previously, it has been cut short by rain, that occurring in 1965 (winner, Fred Lorenzen), 1966 (Richard Petty), 2003 (Michael Waltrip), and 2009 (Matt Kenseth).

Rain has twice delayed the start of the 500.  In 1963, the first 10 laps of the event were run under yellow due to rain.  A similar situation saw the first 16 laps run under yellow in 1979.
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In 1992, a brief shower on the backstretch led to a five lap caution between laps 84 and 89.  In 1995, the race was red flagged for an hour and 44 minutes due to rain.  In 2003, the event saw two red flags for rain before finally being called at 109 laps.

Live television coverage will be on Fox beginning at 7 pm.

For the latest weather updates, visit wx-man.com/NASCAR.

For more updated race information, visit nascar.com.