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Rain washes out all track activities Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Crew members push driver Kasey Kahne’s car through the garage area at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord on Friday before the scheduled start of the Sprint Showdown auto race later today. Activities at the track have been were moved to Saturday because of rain in the area.
Crew members push driver Kasey Kahne’s car through the garage area at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord on Friday before the scheduled start of the Sprint Showdown auto race later today. Activities at the track have been were moved to Saturday because of rain in the area. Bob Jordan AP
CONCORD

Rain washed out Friday’s track activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Truck Series race being postponed until 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Sprint Showdown – also originally scheduled for Friday night – will be run at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the winners of its three segments advancing to Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star race.

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All-Star race practice is scheduled from 9:30 to 10 a.m. There will be no Showdown practice.

Charlotte’s William Byron will start from the pole in the Truck race, based on his fastest practice time Thursday. Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon will start on the front row of the Showdown.

Rain continues to be in the forecast Saturday, with a 50 percent chance for the All-Star Race’s scheduled 9:26 p.m start.

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This story was originally published May 20, 2016 at 6:34 PM with the headline "Rain washes out all track activities Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway."

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