Homestead Practices Postponed Due to Rain

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Persistent rain that affected virtually every aspect of Friday’s schedule at Homestead-Miami Speedway finally postponed the event’s only Sprint Cup practices until Saturday morning.

The two 80-minute Cup practices originally scheduled at 3 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. ET now will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday.

Saturday’s weather forecast lists a 30 percent chance of rain. In addition to Sprint Cup practice, Nationwide Series qualifying for the Ford 300 is scheduled at 1:05 p.m. ET; Sprint Cup qualifying for Sunday’s Ford 400 is at 2:40 p.m. ET and the Nationwide race is at 4:30 p.m. ET.