NASCAR puts Fort Worth race on hold again
The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth was pushed back yet another day without drivers completing any more laps Monday.
Eight hours after the race was scheduled to resume on a misty day with temperatures in the low 40s, NASCAR postponed it and decided to try again Tuesday.
Similar weather conditions were in the forecast for Tuesday and into Wednesday.
Only 52 of the 334 laps were completed Sunday before mist and drizzle forced the race to stop. There was a delay of more than four hours before the race was postponed a day.
Except the only laps completed Monday on the 11⁄ 2- mile track were by the Air Titan and jet dryer trucks. The race cars remained parked in the garage, never rolling to pit road.
Two drivers retiring from fulltime NASCAR competition after this season, Clint Bowyer and seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, were running 1-2 when the race was halted Sunday.
Erik Jones was running third, ahead of Joey Logano, the only driver locked into a spot in the final four after winning a week earlier at Kansas.
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