IndyCar Texas Race To Restart In August

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The Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway will be restarted on August 27, with just 2 rounds left to go in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series.

The race was initially meant to get underway Saturday night.

However, jet dryers were not able to get ride of “weepers” on the track from rain earlier on in the day, and the race was postponed until Sunday.

The Firestone 600 began shortly after 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, with Carlos Munoz leading the field away for the first of 248 laps after taking his first career pole position on Friday.

Munoz dominated the race ahead of the first round of pit stops. However, the race was slowed on Lap 43 due to a scary crash between Conor Daly and Josef Newgarden. Newgarden’s car went upside down and, while he was able to exit his car under his own power, he was transported to the Parkland Memorial Hospital. Both drivers will be able to restart the race, but they would be multiple laps down.

Before the field could go back racing, a large rain shower passed over the track, bringing out the red flag after 72 laps. James Hinchcliffe was the race leader.

The race will be restarted from Lap 72 on Aug. 27. Tickets will be honored and there will be a practice and autograph session earlier on in the day.

Current race order:

1. James Hinchcliffe

2. Ryan Hunter-Reay

3. Mikhail Aleshin

4. Will Power

5. Ed Carpenter

6. Gabby Chaves

7. Helio Castroneves

8. Charlie Kimball

9. Carlos Munoz

10. Juan Pablo Montoya

11. Sebastien Bourdais

12. Graham Rahal

13. Alexander Rossi

14. Scott Dixon

15. Simon Pagenaud

16. Tony Kanaan

17. Takuma Sato

18. Marco Andretti

19. Max Chilton

20. Jack Hawksworth

21. Conor Daly

22. Josef Newgarden

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