Four times in the past six years, the Daytona 500 has dealt with rain. Over the past four-plus decades of the race, things were mostly high and dry.

The Daytona 500 carried the sports calendar over the busy Presidents' Day weekend, but the "Great American Race" still suffered a ratings hit.

The Daytona 500 is under way to open the NASCAR Cup Series season. Sunday's race was delayed for almost two hours for a heavy rainstorm. The track is dry and set to go back to racing shortly as the cars are rolling to get the Daytona 500 restarted.