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The season-opening Daytona 500 is under a rain delay after nine laps. William Byron is the leader under the red flag. Byron, the defending Daytona 500 winner, took the lead on lap 8. He leads Austi…
The season-opening Daytona 500 is currently in a rain delay after nine laps with William Byron leading under the red flag. Byron, the defending Daytona 500 winner, took the lead on lap eight, ahead of Austin Cindric, Ty Dillon, polesitter Chase Briscoe, and Joey Logano. The race had a three-wide formation before the caution flag was raised due to rain, prompting NASCAR to bring the field to pit road and display the red flag. Expectations are for rain and heavy wind in the area over the next several hours as Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric initially led the field before Byron’s ascent to the top spot. With Helio Castroneves in 35th place, Carson Hocevar, who lost the draft early on, is the driver at the bottom of the leaderboard. The race, scheduled for 200 laps at Daytona International Speedway, will be official at the halfway mark, lap 100.
