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NASCAR race at Pocono postponed until Monday

By Amanda Vincent, The Sports Xchange

LONG POND, Pa. -- The Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, originally scheduled for Sunday, has been delayed until Monday because of rain and dense fog. The race now is expected to take the green flag at approximately noon ET.

NASCAR made repeated attempts to dry the race track between rain showers when visibility allowed Sunday until the determination was made that the day's weather would not improve and daylight hours became limited at the unlit track.

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When the race gets underway, Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano will start on the front row, with Keselowski on the pole for the first time in 2016.

"It was a really solid effort for Team Penske to get 1-2," Keselowski said. "That is really hard to do. I can tell you that. We had great speed, obviously."

Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick share the second row on the starting grid.

Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch posted the fastest lap times in the one complete practice session, held Saturday. Kyle Busch turned in the fastest lap, clocked at 50.876 seconds/176.901 mph. He also was among the Sprint Cup drivers who got extra track time on Saturday by competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

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NOTES: Three drivers -- Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and A.J. Allmendinger -- are without their regular crew chiefs at Pocono Raceway because of rules infractions committed the previous race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. ... The Axalta 400 features a new tire compound for Pocono, and the race is the first at the track for the latest low-downforce aerodynamic package. Compounding those unknowns, weather issues throughout the weekend limited practice time. ... Matt Kenseth was the most recent winner at Pocono, winning at the track in August 2015. Martin Truex Jr., who dominated and won last weekend's race at Charlotte, was last year's Axalta 400 winner. ... Kyle Larson won the rain-shortened NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono on Saturday, leading 27 of the 53 completed laps.

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