Nascar Rules

[the H team]

Lap 250, half way. Time to Stand Up for Cancer.

[the H team]

Jeff all over HH, trying to get 1 of his laps back.

[the H team]

Caution out for rain, Ryan gets the free pass.

[the H team]

Race off pit road: Edwards, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Johnson, McMurray, Kahne, Kenseth, Bowyer, Dillon, Larson, Stenhouse, Almirola, Stewart, Allgaier, Menard, Allmendinger. Whitt uncontrolled tire.

[the H team]

Gilliland and Newman too fast on pit road.

[the H team]

Jeff out 19th & only 1 lap down. He is the 2nd car 1 lap down.

[the H team]

• LAP 272:
  
  Rain appears to be picking up and the tower polls the track dryers to make sure they are ready.
  

[the H team]

Pit road is closed as the tower tells pace car to take them to pit road and stop. Drivers are instructed to stay in their cars.

[the H team]

LAP 274:

Red flag: Displayed at 8:07 p.m. ET. Tower says 'This won't take long. I promise you.'

[the H team]

Got to love these rain delays.

[the H team]

If Nascar decides, they can end the race since they have reached the half way point. Carl would be the winner. It was a fast hard rain, that has stopped but it made the track too wet to race. The jet dryers are on the track.

[the H team]

Tower tells spotters to have drivers fire engines.

[the H team]

The flag has changed from red to yellow. 227 laps to go.

[the H team]

A sparse but hearty crowd that stayed to watch the race.

[the H team]

At the green, HH takes an early lead, but Carl comes ahead. Caution out, JJ & Kurt get into each other as Kurt goes around & the rest of the field backs up. Danica gets hit.