Weather Postpones Texas NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race to Wednesday

Update – Tuesday, October 27 at 8 p.m.

Tuesday was a wash at Texas Motor Speedway; the conclusion of the Autotrader EchoPark 500 NASCAR Cup Series race is now scheduled for Wednesday, start in 3 p.m. ET.

Update Monday, October 26 at 7 p.m. ET

Persistent condensation over Texas Motor Speedway on Monday has caused the remainder of the Autotrader EchoPark 500 NASCAR Cup Series race to be postponed again, until Tuesday. The green flag for lap 53 is set for 11 a.m. ET. The race will be broadcast by NBCSN (TSN3 in Canada).

Tuesday’s forecast for Fort Worth show more light rain, all day.

With only two more races after it to determine the 2020 series champion, NASCAR officials are in somewhat of a quandary to get the Texas race done this week. The second-to-last race is this Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia and the championship race is the next Sunday (October 8) at Phoenix Raceway in Arizona.

As of Sunday, October 25 at 10 p.m. ET

NASCAR officials postponed Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark 500 Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8 race at Texas Motor Speedway after wet weather halted the race 52 laps into the 334-lap event.

The race will resume at 10 a.m. ET on Monday on NBCSN (TSN 1 and TSN4 in Canada)

Clint Bowyer, in search of his first 2020 win and set to retire to the FOX Sports broadcast booth following the conclusion of the season, led the field at the time of the red flag. The race is almost exactly halfway through the 105-lap Stage 1.

Bowyer’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick has won the last three fall playoff races at Texas and appeared set to cruise to the Championship 4 based on his points lead, but a Stage 1 brush with the wall while leading has him slotted in 36th place and one lap down with the race on hold.

Denny Hamlin slipped up the track on a Lap 28 restart and fell back to 28th in the running order, but the driver of the No. 11 Toyota avoided contact with the wall and worked his way back to 15th at the time of the delay.

There have been four lead changes, with Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr., Brennan Poole, and Bowyer all spending at least a lap out front. The yellow flag for rain was the third caution of the afternoon after spins for Chris Buescher and JJ Yeley.

NASCAR Wire Service