Bristol race postponed due to rain, slippery track

BRISTOL, TENN. — After numerous cautions for both weather and the sort of slippery racing it caused, NASCAR officially postponed the finish of Sunday’s Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway until Monday. The race will resume at 1 p.m. Monday, barring any other rain delays. The race will air on FOX, and the garage will open at 10 a.m. The forecast heading into the race was bleak, as a storm moving up the East Coast threatened the possibility of any Sunday racing. Instead, NASCAR chose to try to get the race in during pockets of clear weather. If drivers had been able to complete 250 laps of the race, it would have counted as official. NASCAR red-flagged the race, or paused it, after 204 laps had been completed. When the race resumes, Kyle Larson will begin first, followed by Denny Hamlin, Paul Menard, Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Rain is still likely at Bristol on Monday morning, but should taper off in the afternoon, according to the Weather Underground website.