Rain postponed the Coca-Cola 600 for the first time in history, moving the longest race on NASCAR’s schedule to Monday.
The 50th running of the event will begin at noon ET.
This is the sixth time a Sprint Cup race has been postponed or shortened by rain at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The first race at the 1.5-mile superspeedway originally was scheduled for May 20, 1960 but was postponed three weeks because of construction delays. USA Today
The weather for the remainder of the week still calls for rain and the Cup teams must prepare to leave North Carolina and head for Delaware to make next week’s race at Dover International Speedway.
Fortunate for most, Sunday’s postponement doesn’t cause too much of an inconvenience as most of the drivers and crew live in the area and won’t need to pay additional travel expenses.
“Financially it’s not a big deal because we’re here, it’s local and everybody is staying at home anyway. As far as Dover, yeah we do have time. We can run [Monday] and still be able to meet our schedule, our truck will be out of there Wednesday and be ready for Dover and not be a real problem,” said Elton Sawyer, Red Bull Racing’s director of competition. “The worst part is [Monday] is a holiday and everyone wants to be on the lake. You can’t do anything about the weather so we’ll do what we have to do.” NASCAR.com
Ryan Newman will lead the field to the green flag after winning his first pole of the season and the first for Stewart-Haas Racing in Thursday’s Sprint Cup Series qualifying. Miami Herarld.com
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