{"id":35910,"date":"2021-10-03T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=35910"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:25:29","slug":"nascar-cup-playoff-race-at-talladega-postponed-until-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/03\/nascar-cup-playoff-race-at-talladega-postponed-until-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Playoff race at Talladega postponed until Monday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

TALLADEGA, Ala. \u2013 Intermittent and ill-timed rain showers prevented the start of Sunday\u2019s scheduled YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and forced postponement of the second Playoff race in the Round of 12 until 1 p.m. ET on Monday (to be broadcast on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). <\/p>\n

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 MoneyLion Ford, Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, and Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards\/Sylvania Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 25, 2021 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Minutes after the Cup drivers were given the command to start engines and began circling the track on pace laps, a hard rain began falling in the tri-oval at the 2.66-mile speedway and soon drenched the entire track, erasing the progress that had been made in drying the asphalt. <\/p>\n

Without hope of completing the race before dark, NASCAR announced the postponement shortly before 4 p.m. ET. Denny Hamlin, winner of this race last year, will lead the field to green on Monday with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch beside him. <\/p>\n

Hamlin already has clinched a spot in the Round of 8 in the Playoff by virtue of his victory last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

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