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Kentucky NASCAR race postponed to Sunday lunch


Sparta, Kentucky - A series of heavy rain forced NASCAR to the State 400 Sprint Cup Series race set Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway Quaker.

Outsmart persistent dawn of time, but more rain storms in the forecast Sunday.

The race has been moved to Sunday lunch. TNT broadcast.

Meteorologists called for thunderstorms all afternoon and Saturday night, and they were right. The first major rainmakers swept 15 hours and another, so the road thoroughly soaked runway shortly after 5 s.

Spray Dryer were, and enter another cell made ​​at 7:15. NASCAR ordered the dryer. It took a few times until NASCAR called just after 9.

It takes about two hours to dry the 1.5-mile track.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. to leave after Sunday. Unfortunately, the forecast expects Sunday just like the one making the effort to watch Friday and Saturday in Kentucky. NASCAR dodging thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Nationwide Series race Friday night at Kentucky was also affected by bad weather, Brad Keselowski was declared winner after rain reached 30 towers and shorten the event.

NASCAR has an additional challenge: Weepers, the cracks in the track where the water flows and currents below the surface. Kentucky worn asphalt and has more than whiners other tracks.

Moreover, the new NASCAR titanium Kentucky has drying track. It is a challenge for the use of titanium air and Speedway Motorsports Inc. to pay tracks - owner of Kentucky Speedway - balked at high prices.

Titan Air has contributed to the delay in Talladega for about 45 minutes, 5 Can shorten.

The last time I had to push a NASCAR Cup race was the Daytona 500, 2012. This event was conducted on the following Monday.

 

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