Daytona 500, Oscars, NBA All-Star Game may bump up against each other - Washington Post (blog)

Greg Biffle's car — like all those at Daytona International Speedway — remained under cover as rain fell. (Todd Warshaw / Getty Images for NASCAR)

Updated at 5:13 p.m.

Rain began to fall again and NASCAR officials made the unprecedented decision to move the Daytona 500 to noon Monday at Daytona International Speedway.

Forecasts call for worst weather Monday, however.

Updated at 5:04 p.m.

The rain reportedly has stopped and the track is being dried as NASCAR tries to start the Daytona 500.

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Rain continues to fall in Florida, delaying the start of the Daytona 500 and placing the race on a collision course with the Oscars and the NBA All-Star Game, if only lthe weather will break.

The Academy Awards will start at 8:30 p.m. EST (ABC), with the All-Star Game beginning at 7:30 (TNT) — a head-to-head matchup that already was on tap.

The auto race was scheduled to start around 1:30, but rain has fallen steadily all day. Officials say it would take about 2 1/2 hours to dry the track once the rain stops and, with the track lighted, there could be night-time racing.

NASCAR officials plan to wait as long as possible to push the race to Monday — when the forecast remains dire — with Fox committed to showing the race tonight, if it comes off.

If it does happen, call it the the NBAytonOsctargame or something like that. In the meantime, go to Twitter, where Danica Patrick's delayed Sprint Cup debut and the Oscars are trending with #replacewordinmovietitlewithdanica. ("TallaDanica Nights.")

H/T Steve Sweeney

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