FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race in Texas was postponed for another day without drivers running laps on Monday.
Eight hours after the race was scheduled to resume a misty day with low temperatures of 40 degrees Fahrenheit (in a Celsius figure), NASCAR postponed it and will review it again on Tuesday.
Similar weather conditions were forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Only 52 of the planned 334 laps were completed on Sunday before the fog and drizzle forced the race to stop. There was a delay of more than 4 hours before the race was postponed one day.
There are another 115 laps to succeed in the middle of the 167-lap race that would turn Texas into an official race.
There are still 3 places to win in the four-wheel championship race in the season finale in Phoenix. The other race between Texas and Phoenix is Sunday in Martinsville, the shortest and oldest drinking track.
Joey Logano opened the last three-run playoff circular with a victory in Kansas, where he kept Kevin Harvick at bay for the last 40 circulars for a victory that took him from outside the most sensible Four to a guaranteed championship chance in November. . 8 last.
Harvick, who has won the last three fall races in Texas and won nine times this season, approached the wall while leading in round 29 on Sunday.
Monday’s laps on the 1-and-a-half mile track were through Air Titan trucks and jet dryers. Race cars remained parked in the garage, without even driving down the pit street.
There were several periods on Monday when the track gave the impression of drying up, before more fog situations permeated the track. There was never heavy rain, but cool temperatures and lack of sun caused the asphalt to dry completely.
Two drivers who retired from NASCAR full-time after this season, Clint Bowyer and seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, stayed first and a moment at night.
The cars continued to roll for 8 laps after Sunday’s first weather alert, with jet dryers circling the track at the same time. The cars remained exposed on the pit street for about an hour before the canvases and drivers left. and the crews took cover.
Erik Jones third, Logano striker.
Martin Truex Jr. will resume the race in fifth place, having recovered from being forced to start at the back of the group due to an illegal spoiler. He got ahead of his playoff chase partner, Chase.
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