Rain forces postponement of Charlotte Chase races to Sunday
Oct. 8, 2016
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
CONCORD,
N.C. – Persistent rain, a far-reaching effect of Hurricane Matthew, and
a deteriorating forecast have forced postponement of the Bank of
America 500 from Saturday night
to Sunday at noon.
NBC will broadcast the first race in the Round of 12 of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
The
NASCAR XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300, originally scheduled for
Friday night, will run after the conclusion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series race and will be televised
on NBCSN.
The Sprint Cup garage will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Kevin
Harvick, the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, will lead the
field to green on Sunday in the night-race-turned-day-race. Non-Chaser
Alex Bowman, substituting for
sidelined Dale Earnhardt Jr., shares the front row with Harvick.
All
12 remaining Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers start the
Charlotte race on even terms after the elimination of four drivers last
Sunday at Dover. On the XFINITY side,
however, the Drive for the Cure 300 is the elimination race for the
Round of 12 in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase.
Elliott
Sadler and Daniel Suarez already have earned berths in the NASCAR
XFINITY Series Chase Round of 8 by virtue of their respective victories
at Kentucky and Dover.
Tickets
to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race allow fans to watch the NASCAR
XFINITY series race as well. Tickets to Sunday’s races can be purchased
on
NASCAR.com/tickets.
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