Fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race to be impacted by rain in 2014
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SPARTA, Ky. -- The start of tonight's Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway is being delayed by rain.
The event, stop No. 17 for the series, was scheduled for a 7:37 p.m. ET start.
Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who qualified first and second, respectively, in Coors Light Pole Qualifying on Friday will lead the field to green. It is Keselowski's third No. 1 qualifying effort of 2014.
Points leader Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports) will start third while Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing) and Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) round out the top five.
Six-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick) will start 25th.
Rain has impacted three Sprint Cup races this season. The season-opening Daytona 500 was halted for more than six hours, after 32 laps had been completed, due to rain.
This year's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway began an hour and 44 minutes later than scheduled because of rain and was halted for 3 hours, 18 minutes when rain returned after 124 of the race's 500 laps had been run.
The only race to be run the following day due to rain this year has been the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Three-time champion Tony Stewart, 13th on the grid, is expected to drop to the rear of the field at the start due to a transmission change on the No. 14 Chevrolet before tonight's race.
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