{"id":58831,"date":"2022-08-28T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nascar-cup-race-at-daytona-postponed-after-storm-delay\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:44:14","slug":"nascar-cup-race-at-daytona-postponed-after-storm-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nascar-cup-race-at-daytona-postponed-after-storm-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup race at Daytona postponed after storm delay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A thunderstorm warning is displayed on an infield monitor as spectators stream into the track before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo\/Phelan M. Ebenhack)<\/p>\n


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Daytona had to wait another day. (Live updates from Sunday’s race, here)<\/p>\n

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The NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway has been postponed to 10 am on Sunday, per NASCAR. The race will be broadcast on CNBC, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.<\/p>\n

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The regular-season finale was supposed to begin a little after 7 pm on Saturday, but unrelenting rain and a not-promising local forecast into the night prompted NASCAR to pull the plug just after 8:20 pm<\/p>\n

NASCAR’s race at Daytona will begin an hour after Formula 1’s Rolex Belgian Grand Prix starts on Sunday. The F1 race (slated to start at 9 am on ESPN2) is much anticipated: It’s the first one since F1 began its scheduled four-week summer break in July.<\/p>\n

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Inclement weather defined Friday’s Xfinity race, too, which saw Jeremy Clements fly into Victory Lane a little after 1:30 am after hours of start delays.<\/p>\n

The news means that NASCAR drivers, teams and fans will have to make it through a night before seeing some of this season’s biggest story lines converge at one of the sport’s most thrilling venues.<\/p>\n

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In other words, 15 drivers will still be vying for those last two playoff spots \u2014 something that happened after Kurt Busch announced that he was taking himself out of the Cup Series championship chase because of his lingering head injury \u2014 and most of them will need to notch a win in order to do so.<\/p>\n

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Bubba Wallace, who finished second in the Daytona 500 in February, will need a win. So will Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher, teammates for RFK Racing who each won duels at Daytona earlier this season.<\/p>\n

The Coke Zero 400 will feature 160 miles around Daytona International Speedway’s 2.5-mile trioval. Stage 1 is set to end on Lap 35, Stage 2 on Lap 95 and Stage 3 on Lap 160.<\/p>\n

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The purse for the race is $8,312,719. <\/p>\n

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Per NASCAR: \u201cGrandstand tickets for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 will be honored. Parking lots will open Sunday at 7 am ET with Free Parking available in Lots 3 and 6 (Lot 7 will not be open). All Saturday parking passes will be honored tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published August 27, 2022 8:19 PM.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Alex Zietlow writes about NASCAR, Charlotte FC and the ways in which sports intersect with life in the Charlotte area for The Observer, where he has been a reporter since August 2022. Zietlow’s work has been honored by the NC and SC Press Associations, as well as the APSE, which awarded him with Top-10 finishes in the Beat Writing and Short Feature categories in its 2021 writing contest. He previously wrote for The Herald in Rock Hill from 2019-22.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n