MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Rain pressured the postponement of the NASCAR Cup Collection race at Martinsville Speedway after simply 42 laps Saturday night time, organising a doubleheader Sunday.

The day will begin at midday with the completion of an Xfinity Collection race that was suspended after 91 laps Friday night time. That race has 159 laps to finish, and the Cup completion will start at 4 p.m. in situations that climate forecasts recommend might be sunny and within the mid-70s.

Denny Hamlin handed pole-sitter Joey Logano simply 4 laps into the race and led the remainder of the way in which till mild drizzle intensified and the drivers have been informed to return down pit street for a pink flag delay. Circumstances on the monitor have been good, however pit street was very moist.

Climbing from his automotive, Martin Truex Jr. joked that visibility wasn’t a lot of an issue.

“You possibly can see much more than we may at Bristol two weeks in the past,” Truex stated, referring to the mud that was so difficult when the sequence ran on dust at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Climate forecasts all day referred to as for rain round race time, and monsoon-like situations arrived across the 7:30 p.m. scheduled begin time. Jet dryers circled the monitor for greater than an hour, then made two passes on pit street making an attempt to restrict the puddling.

The race bought underway at 9:25 p.m.