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The call to postpone the race came just after 6 p.m. ET.
Kevin Harvick, the leader when the race was postponed, will lead the field to the green flag when the race resumes on Lap 39.
"I hope my car is as good tomorrow as it was today," Harvick said after the postponement was announced. "We'll just come back tomorrow morning, and like Richard (Childress, team owner) says, we can't control anything but what we can do.
"Most of us are not used to working on Mondays. The only thing we do on Mondays is have our team meeting and that's it. I believe we'll be OK and we'll show up on Monday just as strong as we would have been, today."
Eddie Wood, co-owner of the No. 21 Ford says the 43 teams that had to change their travel plans will get through the week fine.
"You lose a little sleep, big deal, you'll still be there in the morning, ready to go. That won't change."
"Everything will be pushed up, but it'll still work," Wood said. "Everybody has to dig in a little harder, but it'll still work."
Last year's fall race at Atlanta was also affected by rain. Kurt Busch was declared the winner 77 laps before the scheduled finish. On that day, reports of raindrops first went on the officials' radio network at lap 15.
A caution flew two laps later and nine laps after that, a red flag was displayed, stopping action for nearly 2 1/2 hours.
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