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.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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