Rain delays Texas IndyCar race by an hour

Tonight’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway has been delayed until 8.45pm Central Time. Here also is the grid lineup.

Following thunderstorms from noon and further inclement weather until 4.30pm, Texas Motor Speedway’s track surface and pitlane have required a lot of work from jet dryers and ancillary vehicles to try and dry it out.

The schedule now sees the cars lined up on pitlane from 7:50pm local time, driver introductions and parade from 8:00pm, followed by the National Anthem and flypast just past 8.30pm.

Green flag will wave on third time by at 8.45pm for the first of 248 laps of the 1.455-mile track, with no tow-ins allowed within the last 20 laps of the race.

The grid lineup will be as follows:

1	Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda
		2	Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
3	Helio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet
		4	Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Honda
5	Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
		6	Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet
7	Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
		8	Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
9	Alexander Rossi Andretti-Herta Autosport Honda
		10	James Hinchcliffe Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports Honda
11	Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
		12	Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda
13	Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
		14	Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
15	Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
		16	Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports Honda
17	Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet
		18	Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet
19	Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
		20	Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Honda
21	Conor Daly Dale Coyne Racing Honda
		22	Gabby Chaves Dale Coyne Racing Honda