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TRUCKS: Rain, Rain Go Away
Saturday’s NCWTS race has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Sunday...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted August 06, 2011   Long Pond, PA
James Buescher walks in the rain during a delay of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 at Pocono Raceway on August 6, 2011 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Getty Images)
Heavy and persistent rain at Pocono Raceway Saturday afternoon forced the postponement of the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The race will be run Sunday morning at 9 a.m., weather permitting.

Parker Kilgerman was leading the race when it was red flagged following the completion of the first 17 of a scheduled 50 laps. To count as official, at least 26 laps would have had to be run.

Tomorrow morning, the race will resume on Lap 18, with Kilgerman leading Joey Coulter, Cole Whitt, Chad McCumbee and Ryan Sieg.

NASCAR Sprint Cup regulars Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch started on the front row, Harvick going into the lead on the opening lap.

But the caution flew early, as Whitt lost a right-rear tire on Lap 3. On the Lap 6 restart, Jason White got hit from behind and spun on the frontstretch to bring out another yellow, with White fortunate to avoid making contact with the wall.

Harvick again held the point on the Lap 9 restart as the rains moved nearer.

The rain brought out the third yellow on Lap 14, and at the same time, Busch had a flat left-front tire. The field pitted under yellow, and then the red flag came out. Finally, after nearly four hours of heavy rain, the event was postponed.

SPEED will offer live coverage of Sunday’s rain-postponed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Pocono Raceway Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. NASCAR RaceDay Built by The Home Depot follows the Truck Series race live at 10 a.m. ET. The network also provides same-day delayed coverage of the ARCA Racing Series race from Pocono Sunday at 10 p.m. ET following Wind Tunnel.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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