NASCAR Sprint Showdown, Truck race postponed to Saturday

Rea White

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With a steady downpour throughout the day, NASCAR was forced to postpone Friday's planned Sprint Showdown and Camping World Truck Series race until Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NASCAR canceled Sprint Showdown and Truck qualifying earlier Friday. The Sprint Showdown will be run at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday. The Truck race will be run at 12:30 p.m. ET, with both events to be televised on Fox Sports 1.

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Chase Elliott will start from the pole position for the Showdown, with Austin Dillon also lining up on the front row. The race includes three segments (20 laps, 20 laps, 10 laps) with the winner of each earning a berth in the Sprint All-Star Race, scheduled for Saturday night.

The full schedule for Saturday, per NASCAR.com, is as follows (all times ET)

9:30 a.m.: Sprint All-Star Race practice (FS1)

10:05 a.m.: Sprint All-Star pit road speed practice (FS1)

11 a.m.: Sprint Showdown (FS1, Motor Racing Network)

12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 (FS1, Motor Racing Network)

7:10 p.m.: Sprint All-Star Race qualifying (FS1)

9 p.m.: Sprint All-Star Race (FS1, Motor Racing Network)

The starting field for the Truck race was set according to speeds from Thursday’s rain-shortened practice. The method put Kansas winner William Byron on the pole with Spencer Gallagher beside him on the front row and Ben Kennedy and Johnny Sauter third and fourth, respectively.

Series leader Matt Crafton will start from the 17th starting spot.

— Reid Spencer with the NASCAR Wire Service contributed to this report

 

 

Rea White