Then, following just 20 laps, rain returned and the race was postponed until 4 p.m. ET Monday.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Alex Bowman earned their places on the front row for the start of the 2020 Daytona 500 with their pole qualifying speeds, and the rest of the 40-car field was set by the results of Thursday night’s Duels.

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Last year, Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500. The year before that, Austin Dillon took the crown.

Sporting News is tracking live lap-by-lap updates and highlights from the Daytona 500. Check back Monday when the race resumes. 

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Daytona 500 live updates, highlights from 2020 race

(All times Eastern.)

6:48 p.m. — NASCAR has postponed the race until Monday. See you guys tomorrow.

6:43 p.m. — The rain is back. Of course.

6:34 p.m. — Hmm.

6:22 p.m. — This whole endeavor is like building a sandcastle right in front of the tide.

6:11 p.m. — Not looking great right now.

6:02 p.m. — The big question is how late NASCAR would be willing to restart the race tonight. There has got to be a cap somewhere, but there is also an incentive to not wait until tomorrow because that scenario would mess up crews trying to get to the West Coast for next weekend.

5:49 p.m. — Monday is increasingly becoming a possible reality for this race.

5:27 p.m. — So Hill is legitimately holding a news conference during this delay with Bojangles in hand. This is hilarious.

5:24 p.m. — Timmy Hill is doing just fine. And making us hungry.

5:04 p.m. — This delay could take even longer than the last one.

4:36 p.m. — Red.

4:36 p.m. — Caution flag now out.

4:34 p.m. — Rain is coming down again, but they’re still racing — for now.

4:32 p.m. — Stenhouse has the upper hand in the early going, leading through 15 laps.

4:26 p.m. — We’ve settled into single-file racing in a hurry here.

4:19 p.m. — GREEN FLAG. FINALLY.

4:15 p.m. — Progress.

4 p.m. — We’re still in a delay! Drivers are getting antsy.

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What time does the Daytona 500 start?

Start time: 2:30 p. m. ET Green flag time: Whenever the rain stops TV channel: Fox (TSN in Canada) Live stream: Fox Sports Go

The start time of 2:30 p.m. ET for the Daytona 500 is really the start time for prerace ceremonies, which include the invocation, the national anthem, the command to start engines and the pace laps. Which means the Daytona 500 wasn’t supposed to actually get underway until roughly 3:05 p.m. ET, when the green flag was scheduled to wave. Rain pushed back green flag time by at least an hour.

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Daytona 500 lineup

Sunday’s pole qualifying set the front row for the Daytona 500, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earning the pole and Alex Bowman recording the second-fastest lap. Thursday night’s Duels set the rest of the field for the Daytona 500 — the results of Duel 1 determined the inside row, and the results of Duel 2 set the outside row.

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 2020 Daytona 500.