Pocono Race Postponed to Today

BY ESPN

Pocono CEO Brandon Igdalsky took refuge from the rain inside a garage stall that was being used as the site of the drivers meeting.

His message Sunday morning to Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and the rest of the field: "I love you guys. But I don't want to see you tomorrow."

Well, tough luck. Call it, Pocono Rainway. Rain washed out the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, and the 400-mile race will now run at 11 a.m. Monday.

Martin Truex Jr. is on the pole and Kurt Busch will try to sweep Pocono in the track's second Monday race of the season.

The June Pocono race also was delayed a day. NASCAR said this is the first time a track has had two rain-postponed races in the same season.

This was NASCAR's 10th postponed race since 2011. The 2012 rain-shortened race at Pocono was marred by lightning strikes that killed one fan and injured nine others.

Monday's forecast also appears cloudy, but NASCAR set the time an hour earlier than the green flag start on that June Monday to try to beat some of the rain and reach at least the halfway point for an official race.

"I feel bad for the fans more than anybody," Igdalsky said. "We were going to have an unbelievable crowd here today."

The track-drying Air Titans provided the only action at Pocono and, after morning rain had passed, there were clear skies at the scheduled 1:30 p.m. start. But about 90 minutes later, it started pouring at the track, and the race was quickly called off.

Jones Wins at Iowa Speedway

Erik Jones has made winning look easy in his rookie season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Ty Dillon found out yet again how hard victories are to come by.

Jones retook the lead from Dillon with 16 laps to go and won Saturday night at Iowa Speedway for his third victory of the season.

Jones led a race-high 154 of 250 laps, but it took a late inside move for Jones to overcome Dillon for his first win since at Dover in May.

"I was really working as hard as I could to get around Ty. Man, it was tough," said Jones, who was 27th in the June race at Iowa. "I feel like we deserved to win when he came here earlier this year. We really had a fast car. It's nice to get some redemption."

Brad Keselowski was the only Sprint Cup driver in the field, leaving Iowa wide-open for an Xfinity regular to snatch a victory. But Jones remains the only series driver with more than one of those in 2016.

Dillon, seeking his first victory since Indianapolis in 2014, finished second. He's winless in 66 races.