NASCAR Restarts Atlanta Cup Race After 3-Hour Delay as Ryan Blaney Leads at 109 Laps
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Updated · Tennessean · Jul 12
NASCAR Restarts Atlanta Cup Race After 3-Hour Delay as Ryan Blaney Leads at 109 Laps
3 articles · Updated · Tennessean · Jul 12
Summary
11:37 p.m. ET, NASCAR lifted the red flag at Atlanta and restarted the Quaker State 400 after more than three hours of weather stoppage.
Lightning and rain halted the Cup Series race at 8:25 p.m. ET after 109 laps, with heavy rain later soaking the Hampton, Georgia, track and forcing a full drying operation.
Ryan Blaney led when the race was stopped, and NASCAR told teams they would run the full distance Saturday night with a dry track, lights and clearing radar.
130 laps will make the race official; if it slips into July 13, the National Weather Service forecasts another 50% to 70% chance of rain from mid-morning through evening.