The track at Daytona International Speedway has been soaked with rain all day Thursday, the only day of practice for NASCAR drivers before Friday's Nationwide race and Saturday's Sprint Cup race.
No drivers have practiced in their cars yet.
The rain has slowed to a drizzle, and as of 5 p.m., NASCAR officials still expect the drivers to get in some practice time on Thursday.
Qualifying is scheduled for Friday.
"It makes it a pretty boring day, not knowing when you're going to be able to get back on the race track," Kyle Busch said.
BUSCH INSISTS HANDSHAKE WAS GENUINE
After last week's Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif., Kyle Busch walked over to Kevin Harvick and shook his hand. It was a puzzling gesture, even to Harvick, considering the two drivers have been feuding ever since Harvick tried to punch Busch through his car window on May 7.
Shortly after the incident, Harvick tweeted, "Thought it was weird myself."
On Thursday afternoon, while rain poured down in Daytona Beach to postpone practice for the Coke Zero 400, Busch again addressed the episode.
He insists the handshake was sincere.
"I felt like we had a really good race with each other, so I wanted to let him know that," Busch said. "We gave each other great room and raced each other hard and clean. And that's all there is to it. Y'all are reading way too much into things.
"I'm a nice guy, believe it or not."
The two drivers, who both served five-week probations after the punching incident, worked together briefly during the race at Sonoma.
Harvick, however, doesn't think the feud is over just because of that brief truce.
"I mean, we raced together for a lap and a half," Harvick said. "I was so confused about all that as everybody else."
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