NASCAR Cup Series race in Michigan postponed because of rain

NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer stands on pit row Sunday at Michigan International Speedway after the race's original start time was pushed back because of rain. The race was eventually rescheduled for Monday. NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer stands on pit row Sunday at Michigan International Speedway after the race's original start time was pushed back because of rain. The race was eventually rescheduled for Monday.

By Associated Press June 10, 2019 3 min read

BROOKLYN, Mich. – The break in NASCAR’s Cup Series schedule will have to wait.

Sunday’s race at Michigan International Speedway was postponed because of rain. It was rescheduled for Monday at 5 p.m. EDT, the second time in just more than a month that a Cup Series race has been pushed past the weekend because of weather.

The race at Dover International Speedway early last month also was pushed to Monday. That left a quick turnaround before the following Saturday’s race at Kansas Speedway. That’s not an issue this time. The schedule has an open date next weekend before resuming June 23 at Sonoma Raceway in California.

Of course, that means this delay eats into that time off.

Sunday’s race never began, and the postponement was announced after a delay of about 2 1/2 hours from the scheduled start time.