Mother Nature forced NASCAR to call last year’s Chase race at Phoenix early – seemingly ending Carl Edwards championship hopes. Flash forward almost one full year later to the rain-plagued Chase race at Texas Motor Speedway, and the outcome is much different for the Columbia, MO native.
NASCAR headed to the Lone Star State for the 12th annual AAA Texas 500 – the second race in the third round of the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The event was originally scheduled to begin around 2:00 p.m. ET, but Mother Nature had other plans. Shortly after the national anthem was sung, precipitation began to fall, sending the race into a rain delay.