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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The water-logged Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway was called after just 48 of 500 laps were run because of rainstorms throughout Saturday night.The race will resume Sunday at 1 p.m.NASCAR officials finally called it after more than three hours of delays. The race started more than an hour late because of rain, lightning and hail near the track. After just 38 laps, the race was halted as rain, somewhat heavy at times, hit the half-mile track.Things cleared after a delay of 1 hour, 24 minutes and drivers got back in their cars. But after 10 slow caution laps, the heavy rain returned and things ended for good.Kyle Busch had the lead, followed by Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth.We havent really even got going so I think until we get some laps and get racing it is really kind of hard to say how its going to go, Elliott said. Im looking forward to the NAPA Auto Parts team getting back going tomorrow.Pole-sitter Carl Edwards, the winner at the track in the spring, led a top five qualifying filled with Joe Gibbs Racing racers. Along with Edwards, JGR teammates Hamlin was second, Busch was third and Kenseth fifth on Friday.All four Gibbs drivers remained in the top seven with Edwards sliding down from No. 1 to seventh.Its the second time in three races weather has altered the Sprint Cup schedule. Rain at Pocono Raceway three weeks ago pushed that finish until Monday when rookie Chris Buescher won his first Sprint Cup title as continued bad weather shortened that race.NASCAR may have looked hard for any free, dry windows of race time given that Bristol will begin transforming the race track into a football field to host Tennessee and Virginia Tech on Sept. 10. The tracks timeline gave them 19 days to convert the infield to a football field and make things ready for what Bristol executive vice president and general manager Jerry Caldwell figured would be more than 155,000 fans coming out to watch the game.The conversion was expected to start early Sunday once the last NASCAR hauler had left the track. Now, that time line is crunched as the track must finish with its main attraction, the Sprint Cup series. Bill Sharman Jersey . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. Don Chaney Jersey . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. https://www.cheapceltics.com/ .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. Danny Ainge Jersey . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. Boston Celtics Store . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. Fernando Alonso has made light of his huge grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix by flipping the provisional grid on social media to show him on the front row with Lewis Hamilton.Alonso has been hit with a 60-place grid penalty, accumulated after multiple engine failures and changes since the start of the Spa weekend. That has put him behind championship leader Hamilton, who has a 55-place penalty after Mercedes made several changes of its own, albeit with a more tactical approach to stockpile fresh power units for the remainder of the yyear.ddddddddddddfter the size of his penalty was confirmed, Alonso shared a picture of the FIAs provisional grid upside down, showing him at the head of the field alongside his former McLaren teammate.?Actual polesitter Nico Rosberg soon replied to Alonsos tweet, joking that he would have to visit the stewards to query the grid reversal.??The Spaniards last pole position was in 2012 at the German Grand Prix.? ' ' '