{"id":923353,"date":"2026-07-29T09:14:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/nascar-cup-series-race-at-atlanta-restarted-after-3-hour-weather-delay\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:14:43","slug":"nascar-cup-series-race-at-atlanta-restarted-after-3-hour-weather-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/nascar-cup-series-race-at-atlanta-restarted-after-3-hour-weather-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta restarted after 3-hour weather delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 12, 2026Updated July 13, 2026, 2:20 a.m. CT<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: The red flag was lifted at 11:37 p.m. ET\/10:37 p.m. CT, after more than a three-hour delay.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Quaker State 400<\/a> NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> race at Atlanta is under a red flag for lightning and rain after 109 laps.<\/p>\n

The race was halted under a lightning hold at 8:25 p.m. Eastern\/7:25 p.m. Central, with a storm cell near the track in Hampton, Georgia.<\/p>\n

No rain had fallen at the time of the red flag, but did fall a few minutes after the race was paused.<\/p>\n

Despite a dicey weather forecast, the race began on time just after 7:15 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n

Ryan Blaney is the leader.<\/p>\n

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The race will be considered official after 130 completed laps.<\/p>\n

If this race is delayed into July 13, the National Weather Service forecast calls for similar conditions with rain chances hovering between 50-70% from mid-morning through the evening.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Red flag lifted at 11:37 p.m. ET; NASCAR makes it clear they will run full race distance<\/h2>\n

The red flag has been lifted at 11:37 p.m. ET\/10:37 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

NASCAR reminds teams that they will be running the full distance tonight with the dry track, lights and a clearing radar.<\/p>\n

<\/a> NASCAR officials radio: Drivers to their cars at 11:15 p.m. ET\/10:15 p.m. CT<\/h2>\n

Track drying continues, according to the NASCAR officials radio, with drivers to their cars at 11:15 p.m. ET\/10:15 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

<\/a> NASCAR aiming for 11:45 p.m. ET\/10:45 p.m. CT start time<\/h2>\n

From NASCAR:<\/p>\n

<\/a> Lightning hold lifted; NASCAR will start track drying<\/h2>\n

8:10 p.m. Centra<\/strong>l: The lightning hold has been lifted, so NASCAR will start the track-drying process. That will take at least 90-120 minutes. Rain continues to linger from the west.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Rain has washed out the track<\/h2>\n

Heavy rain was falling at Atlanta as of 7:40 p.m. Central, and the track has been completely lost. NASCAR will have to do a full track drying if and when the lightning and rain moves away.<\/p>\n

This story will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nancie Damron
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July 12, 2026Updated July 13, 2026, 2:20 a.m. CT UPDATE: The red flag was lifted at 11:37 p.m. ET\/10:37 p.m. CT, after more than a three-hour delay. The Quaker State 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta is under a red flag for lightning and rain after 109 laps. The race was halted under a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23061,1614],"tags":[8210,5512],"class_list":["post-923353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","category-series","tag-nascar","tag-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}