{"id":33144,"date":"2021-04-10T23:21:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=33144"},"modified":"2021-04-10T23:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T04:22:06","slug":"saturday-nights-nascar-cup-race-delayed-by-rain-will-resume-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/10\/saturday-nights-nascar-cup-race-delayed-by-rain-will-resume-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night\u2019s NASCAR Cup race delayed by rain, will resume Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

MARTINSVILLE, Va. \u2013 Rain halted Saturday night\u2019s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway after 42 laps, necessitating a Sunday doubleheader of incomplete races that will feature 458 laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race, along with the final 159 circuits of Friday night\u2019s rain-delayed Cook Out 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series event.<\/p>\n

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The eighth race of the NASCAR Cup Series season will restart Sunday at 4 p.m. ET, following the conclusion of the Xfinity race, which completed 91 of 250 laps Friday night, before rain and lightning forced a halt to the proceedings.<\/p>\n

The Cook Out 250 is scheduled to resume at noon ET. Both races will be broadcast on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin led 35 of the 42 laps before rain halted the action at 9:43 p.m. on Saturday. Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott held the top five positions, respectively, when the race was red-flagged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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