Pocono truck raced postponed by rain

Pocono truck raced postponed by rain

 

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

 

(August 6, 2011)

 

LONG POND, Pa.—Rain forced postponement of Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway.

 

Seventeen laps had been completed in the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125, and rookies Parker Kligerman, Joey Coulter and Cole Whitt held the top three positions.

 

The 50-lap race will resume at 9 a.m. ET Sunday, followed by a 50-lap ARCA race that also was scheduled for Saturday afternoon. After the ARCA race, NASCAR will run the Sprint Cup Series Good Sam RV 500 at the 2.5-mile track. The Cup race is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.

 

Kligerman took the lead by staying out on the track after NASCAR threw the third caution of the race on Lap 13, when rain began to fall. The field ran four more laps under yellow before NASCAR red-flagged the event.

 

Coulter also stayed out; Whitt was in third despite having to pit during an earlier caution because of a tire problem. Polesitter Kevin Harvick had led every lap before pitting under the third caution.