Rain delays start of Texas race

UPDATE The race has been postponed to Monday. The Cup Series race has been rescheduled for noon ET Monday, with the Nationwide race to follow at 5 p.m. ET. The Samsung Mobile 500 will be broadcast live on FOX while the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 will be shown live on ESPN2

04/18/10 Rain will delay the start of the Samsung Mobile 500 today at Texas Motor Speedway. It was raining 30 minutes before the scheduled 3:16 p.m. EDT (2:16 p.m. Central) start, and it likely will take nearly three hours to dry the track because of the cool conditions.

The delay could put in jeopardy the NASCAR Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, which is scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT following the Cup event. The National Weather Service predicts a 45 percent chance of rain today, decreasing to 30 percent after 7 p.m. EDT. The priority today would be to get the Sprint Cup race completed.