Rain pushes Sprint Cup race to today

Associated Press

RICHMOND, VA.

Weather disrupted NASCAR’s top series for a second consecutive week when Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series race was postponed because of persistent rain at Richmond International Raceway.

NASCAR rescheduled the event for today at 1 p.m.

It’s the first time this season the series has been unable to race because of rain, but completing last Sunday’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway was a challenge.

Rain caused nearly a 90-minute delay at Bristol Motor Speedway, and the race was stopped for a four-hour rain delay not long after it finally began.

In all, the Bristol event took nearly nine hours from start to finish.

Joey Logano will start from the pole when the Richmond race begins.

Denny Hamlin, who grew up 20 minutes from the speedway in Chesterfield, will start second in his attempt to complete a nearly perfect weekend. Hamlin won the pole for Friday night’s Xfinity Series race and then led all but two laps in winning the race.