Rain postpones NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – The Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway has been postponed by rain.
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It will be run Monday at 11 a.m., nine hours before the start of the NCAA national championship game in nearby Arlington.
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It’s the third time in seven Sprint Cup Series races this season that rain has hampered the event. The season-opening Daytona 500 was stopped for more than six hours, and the race at Bristol Motor Speedway had two delays totaling more than five hours.
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Sunday’s event at Texas didn’t start as scheduled as steady rain saturated the track. NASCAR’s new track drying system requires two hours to dry the 1.5-mile speedway, but the unseasonably cool temperatures made the task more difficult.
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