Jimmie Johnson will start out front for the second time in 2008 because of rain.Bristol Motor Speedway was hit with several rain showers Friday afternoon that first delayed practice and finally canceled Sprint Cup and Nationwide qualifying.
Johnson started on the pole of the season's first race at Daytona, at California because of rain, and now at Bristol -- leaving Atlanta and Las Vegas as the two tracks Johnson didn't start out front in.
The lineup for Sunday's Food City 500 was set based on owner points at the end of the 2007 season in addition to a myriad of other processes for non-Top 35 drivers. Missing the race were Jeff Green, John Andretti, and Patrick Carpentier.
Saturday's schedule at Bristol looks even worse for practice and racing. Rain is possible before 2pm/ET and is highly likely (including heavy downpours) after that.
I'll be surprised if NASCAR gets most of their scheduled show in on Saturday, though Sunday's forecast looks much more promising.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-15-2008 @ 1:38PM
Rusty@therustygourmet.com said...
Times have certainly changed. I can remember when Mother Nature was a NASCAR fan.
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3-15-2008 @ 9:14PM
Figue-8 racing said...
I hate it when qualifying gets rained out, especially this early in the season and points are so important.
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3-16-2008 @ 7:43AM
jeff said...
I think nascar should line the field up by how the points are this year not from last year. Even though there has not been many races this year, those drivers should get to start in their 2008 point standings.
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