NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond postponed until Sunday
April 25, 2015
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
RICHMOND,
Va.—At 6 p.m. Saturday, with rain drenching Richmond International
Raceway, NASCAR announced the postponement of Saturday night’s scheduled
Toyota Owners 400 Sprint Cup Series race until 1 p.m. ET on Sunday
(live on FOX).
Parking lots at RIR will open at 7 a.m., with spectator gates opening at 10 a.m.
Defending
race winner Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag with
local favorite Denny Hamlin beside him on the front row.
The
last time a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was postponed until the next
day because of weather, Aric Almirola earned his first trip to the Chase
for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a victory at Daytona International
Speedway on July 6, 2014.
The
postponed race was stopped by rain 48 laps short of its scheduled
distance of 160 laps, with Almirola in the lead. With no prospect of
restarting the race, NASCAR declared Almirola the winner.
Sunday’s
race at .75-mile Richmond is the ninth Cup race on the 2015 schedule
and is the third time in four races the series will visit a track
measuring less than a mile.
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