The Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, which was scheduled for a green flag start at 3:16pm/et on Sunday April 6th, has been postponed due to rain to Monday, April 7th and is scheduled to air on FOX at 12:00pm/et. FOXSports1 is scheduled to air a 30 minutes pre-race show at 11:30am/et.
Driver Introductions and pre-race ceremonies were done Sunday afternoon. Track drying was attempted by the Air Titan 1 and Air Titan 2 as well as some jet dryers, but rain started again and there were some weepers on the backstretch.
The The National Weather Service forecast (updated as of 6:52pm/et on 4/6/2014) for the Fort Worth, TX area on Monday is:
a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
See other links on the Texas Race Info page – weather links section.(4-5/6-2014)
UPDATE: Fans at Texas Motor Speedway will be able to get weather updates regarding the Duck Commander 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which is scheduled for a 2:00pm/ct [3:00pm/et] start today, and its surrounding activities via the ‘Big Hoss TV’ video board broadcast.
‘Big Hoss TV,’ which utilizes FM frequency 97.7 FM and 454.700 on the scanner frequencies for its audio broadcast, will provide fans with the latest updates on weather and status of pre-race activities. For those with a view of ‘Big Hoss TV’ at the speedway, the world’s largest high-definition LED video board will provide a scroll during the day with weather updates and activity schedule.
‘Big Hoss TV’ also will provide entertainment for campers in the meantime, ranging from a rebroadcast of the thrilling 2010 AAA Texas 500 and a live appearance on screen by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fans will be asked to tweet #IWannaRace and one lucky fan will be selected to come to the control suite of ‘Big Hoss TV’ and play against him in the video game NASCAR ’14 on the board.
NASCAR and Texas Motor Speedway have a large contingent of track-drying vehicles to combat the inclement weather consisting of five state-of-the-art Air Titan 2 trucks, three Air Titans and six jet trucks. Given the track-drying equipment, an expected break in the weather and that Texas Motor Speedway has lights, all efforts will be made to get in the race today.(TMS)
