CUP: Rain Only Winner At Martinsville

Sprint Cup

CUP: Rain Only Winner At Martinsville

Showers cancel two scheduled practice sessions; one rescheduled Saturday…

Mike Hembree | Posted October 28, 2011 Martinsville, VA

No practice sessions were able to be held on Friday for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Persistent showers finally forced NASCAR to cancel Sprint Cup practice Friday at Martinsville Speedway.

NASCAR called it a day around 4 p.m. (ET) after wrestling with rain that forced jet driers off the track several times. Practice had been scheduled at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m.

A practice session was added to Saturday’s schedule. It will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m., weather permitting. Saturday’s morning forecast is not promising.

Qualifying for Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 is scheduled at noon Saturday, following scheduled Camping World Truck Series time trials at 10:30 a.m.

Sprint Cup practice will take precedence over qualifying if weather becomes a factor Saturday.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 29 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mike Hembree

MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

CUP: Smoke Gets In Johnson’s Eyes
Tony Stewart wins at Dover after Jimmie Johnson penalized on restart……
CUP: Kyle Busch Still On The Hunt
After missing Saturday win, Kyle Busch tries again at Dover today……
CUP: Dover Saturday Notebook (UPDATE 5)
Joey Logano prevails in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Dover...…