Texas Sprint Cup Series action delayed due to rain – Nascar

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The second race in the Round of 8 of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is under delay with rain hitting Texas Motor Speedway and surrounding areas. 

The AAA Texas 500‘s green flag was scheduled for 2:04:30 p.m. ET (NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Air Titans continue to dry the 1.5-mile track.

Once the track is dried, Richard Childress Racing‘s Austin Dillon will lead the field to green after scoring his third Sprint Cup Series career pole during Friday’s Coors Light Pole Qualifying. 

Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series contender Joey Logano will line up alongside Dillon in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. 

Going into today’s 500-miler, Jimmie Johnson — the defending race winner — is the only Chaser with a secured spot in the Championship 4. The Joe Gibbs Racing trio of Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch currently sit above the cutoff line while Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards are below it. Next Sunday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway marks the cutoff in the Round of 8 in which four drivers will be eliminated from the Chase ahead of the championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20.

Wet weather impacted the track schedule earlier in the week when two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practices were washed out on Thursday due to rain.

This story will be updated.