Rain postpones Sam's Town 250 at Memphis

MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- A constant rain forced NASCAR to postpone the Sam's Town 250 benefiting St. Jude to Sunday.

	Mother Nature forces postponement of Saturday's race. Credit: VPS Motorimages

The 250-lap race was re-scheduled for 12:50 ET at Memphis Motorsports Park.

This is the second year in a row the race has been delayed a day by rain.

Point leader and pole sitter Greg Biffle will start alongside Johnny Sauter when the 43-car field takes the green flag.

For most drivers, the weather was a moderate inconvenience. However, Kenny Wallace will miss out on running the Winston Cup Series race at Martinsville in the No. 23 Dodge.

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Geoffrey Bodine, who practiced and qualified the car, will remain as the driver for Sunday's Old Dominion 500.

"My commitment to George deBidart and to this team comes first right now," said Wallace, about the owner of the No. 48 Chevy he drives in Busch. "Even thought I'm leaving the team at the end of this year, I wanted to end on a professional note with them.

"I really hope for the best for Geoffrey there in Martinsville and I know he'll do a good job."

With possible showers in Martinsville, Va., on Sunday, the television broadcast could be affected, as well.

If the Winston Cup race goes live as scheduled, then the Busch race will air Monday on TNT. If rain delays the Winston Cup race at Martinsville, then the Busch race will be seen live on NBC.