The 2021 Daytona 500 will indeed resume racing on Sunday, Feb. 14, as NASCAR announced that it will get back underway around 9 p.m. ET.
Drivers were called to report to their cars around 8:45 p.m. ET after a delay of nearly six hours.
The rain hit shortly after a massive pileup that involved nearly 20 cars, including Aric Almirola, Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Blaney.
NASCAR is targeting a 9 PM ET restart for the #DAYTONA500 on FOX. pic.twitter.com/1ZRLvMNsC9
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 15, 2021
Track drying efforts continue at @DAYTONA.
Tune in to live #DAYTONA500 coverage on FOX now for the latest. pic.twitter.com/1ibVC4zRu9
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 15, 2021
Kevin Harvick will lead the field back to green, with Christopher Bell alongside him.
The current top five is rounded out by Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott.
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.