After just 38 laps, the race was halted as rain, somewhat heavy at times, hit the half-mile track.
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Sprint Cup veteran Carl Edwards expects similar results Saturday night.
Lightning in the area delayed the start of the race by 40 minutes, but the race eventually started and drivers completed 30 laps under green before another storm cell arrived.
Denny Hamlin will join his teammate Edwards on the front row.
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Kyle Busch is the favorite to win, as he has 5/1 odds.
Tonight’s Food City 300 Xfinity Series race is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm eastern.
Hamlin, the most recent Sprint Cup victor two weeks ago at Watkins Glenn, is still searching for his first pole of the season.
Kyle Busch is also locked into the Chase field this season which opens up the possibilities to take some chances to secure a victory and lets him approach the race more aggressively than those drivers on the Chase bubble. In the last 13 races, Johnson has produced only two top-five finishes, one at Charlotte in May and the other at Indianapolis in July, and no additional top 10s. And there are the issues of race winners Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher.
Kenseth is ninth in the standings, 127 points out of first place. In the final field of twelve drivers, Dillon, who is third in the points’ standings, is the leading points’ getter among the next nine who are now eligible based on points.
Bryan Clauson considered the quarter-mile Kokomo Speedway his home track, and in his memory the track is hosting a celebration of his life Wednesday, Aug. 24, with free admission for a USAC Sprint Car race.
But wild cards could have an impact on McMurray’s fate.
Kasey Kahne used to be a solid threat at this track.
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Biffle is starting 34th for the race. Newman is a couple of positions ahead of McMurray in points. The spurt didn’t last and Biffle has ended 39th, 25th and 39th the past three races. But he continues to be on the sidelines recovering from concussion symptoms.
