{"id":1832,"date":"2021-10-03T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2021-10-03T16:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T20:03:51","slug":"2021-nascar-cup-series-race-thirty-one-talladega-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/2021-nascar-cup-series-race-thirty-one-talladega-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NASCAR Cup Series Race Thirty-One Talladega Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s weather forecast for Talladega Superspeedway includes mostly cloudy skies and the chance of showers and thunderstorms. Forty cars are scheduled to take the green flag. The start of the race is delayed by track drying efforts. At 1522 eastern the teams are uncovering the cars. At 1537 eastern the command is given. The stages for the race will be 60-60-68. A competition caution is scheduled for lap 25 of 188.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR wasted little time getting things started once the track drying was completed. I very much enjoy the fly-over and seeing that semi sail around the track at Talladega with the flag flapping in the wind. I hope they&#8217;re hurrying to get the full race in, and not just to race to the end of stage two.<\/p>\n<p>At 1547 Steve Post of MRN reports the rain has started to fall as the cars roll down pit road for a tach check.<\/p>\n<p>NBCSN is reporting at 1552 eastern NASCAR says they&#8217;re going to have to bring the cars down pit road so the jet-dryers can work on the track.<\/p>\n<p>MRN and NBCSN are reporting the skies are brighter now than they have been the entire day.<\/p>\n<p>At 1556 eastern NASCAR has postponed the race until tomorrow 1pm eastern time.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Motorsport News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/03\/sad-news-john-wes-townley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sad News &#8211; John Wes Townley<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/former-nascar-driver-john-wes-townley-shot-and-killed-190400130.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABlYuiwuhFbhoXqe4aJiK6HKhDw14j-4ACpK6CDiTPgJMS3nLRvFpFy4bvxPA8eoZ3FHC7XOT_OA4NCTPbPAT83lQp5oWviAeVKTsGWuxwesxINlFpP43M8arGHiCjaeLTsYSLYj9yATA2qhbR1X2xfXriXS04jC27LWlm01bLju\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley shot and killed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/03\/roush-fenway-to-swap-crew-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roush Fenway to swap crew chiefs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/long-monumental-journey-ends-dad-025448609.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long: A monumental journey ends with \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u02dcDad, we did it\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122 and a teary-eyed father<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kickinthetires.net\/nascar\/trucks\/crafton-left-frustrated-with-nemechek-at-talladega-kickin-the-tires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crafton Left Frustrated with Nemechek at Talladega<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/motorsport\/58777147?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Superbikes: Rea fights back with Portimao win as Razgatlioglu crashes out<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/motorsport\/58725241?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jess Hawkins: W Series driver spills secrets as stunt driver on new Bond film<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/03\/sad-news-kerry-teague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sad News &#8211; Kerry Teague<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/02\/turn-off-the-lights-brandon-brown-beats-the-darkness-at-talladega-scores-1st-xfinity-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turn Off the Lights, Brandon Brown Beats the Darkness at Talladega; Scores 1st Xfinity Victory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/02\/tate-fogleman-bags-unlikely-win-in-wild-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-race-at-talladega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tate Fogleman bags unlikely win in wild NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontstretch.com\/2021\/10\/02\/ty-gibbs-wins-2021-arca-pole-at-salem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surprise, Surprise: Ty Gibbs Wins 2021 Sioux Chief PowerPex 200 ARCA Pole at Salem<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontstretch.com\/2021\/10\/02\/jesse-love-wins-2021-arca-salem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Love Wins ARCA 2021 Sioux Chief PowerPex 200 at Salem<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kickinthetires.net\/nascar\/arca\/in-memory-of-west-series-kristi-schmitt-kickin-the-tires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Memory of West Series Driver Kristi Schmitt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jayski.com\/2021\/10\/03\/nascar-cup-series-championship-race-at-phoenix-raceway-is-sold-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway is Sold Out<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Next Race: Charlotte<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>GO 9 &amp; 48!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s weather forecast for Talladega Superspeedway includes mostly cloudy skies and the chance of showers and thunderstorms. Forty cars are scheduled to take the green flag. The start of the race is delayed by track drying efforts. At 1522 eastern the teams are uncovering the cars. At 1537 eastern the command is given. The stages &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/2021-nascar-cup-series-race-thirty-one-talladega-day-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2021 NASCAR Cup Series Race Thirty-One Talladega Day One&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-sports","category-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}