Daytona 500 Start Your Engines for the 51st Time!

The scheduled start time for the 51st annual Daytona 500 is 3:30 pm Eastern today.

However the AP is reporting that rain may delay the roaring of the engines:

Rain threatens start of Daytona 500

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rain is threatening to delay the start of the Daytona 500.

Intermittent showers were expected to move across Daytona International Speedway a few hours before the start of the NASCAR race, which could potentially delay the green flag. It takes about two hours to completely dry the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway after a rainstorm.

NASCAR officials, though, were hopeful the season-opening race would be completed Sunday — even if the entire event had to take place under the lights and in prime time.

Local forecasts called for a 70 percent chance of rain and scattered showers all afternoon and throughout the evening.

Let's hope the rain clears out, leaving the 200 lap race at Daytona International Speedway ready to run.

The race, at Daytona Beach, Florida is the largest financial purse and many Nascar fans consider it to be the biggest and best race event of the year.

For details on the complete starting line up check out the Arkansas Democrat Gazette