Bristol, TN (SportsNetwork.com) – Persistent rain at Bristol Motor Speedway forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 Camping World Truck Series race.<\/p>\n
The 200-lap race at this 0.533-mile short track has been rescheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. It will be televised live on Fox Sports 1.<\/p>\n
Heavy rain showers moved over the track in the early evening. The green flag for this event was scheduled to drop at 8:46 p.m. ET. With rain continuing to fall, NASCAR officials made the decision just before 10 p.m. to postpone it until the following day.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday afternoon, Kyle Busch claimed the pole with a qualifying lap at 124.662 mph. Busch, a Sprint Cup Series regular, has won a truck race at this track a record four times, including a victory in last year’s event. He is scheduled to compete in all three NASCAR national touring series races at Bristol this week.<\/p>\n
Cole Custer qualified second, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr, Brad Keselowski, also a Sprint Cup regular, and Gray Gaulding. Johnny Sauter, the current points leader and winner of last Saturday’s race at Michigan, will start seventh.<\/p>\n
According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for the Bristol area on Thursday calls for partly sunny skies during the morning and then a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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