NASCAR at Pocono 2016 Postponed Due to Weather, Updated Schedule Announced

Rainy weather in Pennsylvania forced NASCAR to postpone Sunday's event at Pocono Raceway. Per ESPN's Bob Pockrass, the race was rescheduled for 11 a.m. ET Monday. Pockrass reported NASCAR postponed the race because the first and third turns were "lost" due to vast amounts of water on the track and added it would "have to start over" before even considering beginning the competition. Pockrass also tweeted the AccuWeather forecast at Pocono Raceway on Monday calls for a "5 percent chance of rain at 11 a.m. [...] 50 percent at 2 p.m. and rising through afternoon." Martin Truex Jr. will be on the pole for the race after breezing through Friday's qualifying with a speed of 179.244 mph. Carl Edwards, Paul Menard, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman roun...

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