Posted at 1:48 a.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Autos: NASCAR tries to race today; telecast at 4 a.m.
Associated Press
BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR's 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race will be held today at Michigan International Speedway, weather permitting.The race is scheduled to be telecast on ESPN2 at 4 a.m. Hawaii time.
The race, which was originally scheduled to be run on Sunday, was washed out again yesterday and rescheduled for today.
Officials said it would be the first time in NASCAR's modern era, dating to 1973, that a race has been run on a Tuesday.
The last time a Cup race was postponed for two consecutive days was April, 1997, at Talladega, Ala. That event was run two weeks later, after a race at Sonoma, Calif.
The National Weather Service forecast for today called for a 30 percent chance of rain.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said the race could be run as late as tomorrow, with the Cup transporters due to arrive in Bristol, Tenn., Thursday afternoon to set up for Saturday night's race.
"It looks like we can do it logistically Wednesday, if necessary," Poston said.
