Rain delays on-track action at Bristol

Wet weather has delayed the anticipated start of on-track actvity at Bristol Motor Speedway for this weekend's NASCAR doubleheader for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series.

The Monster Energy Series was set to take the track for an 85-minute practice at the 0.533-mile track at 11:30 a.m. ET. However, the rains came to prevent that from happening on time.

The rest of Friday's schedule shapes up as this, with all events (including opening Monster Energy Series practice) slated to be televised on FS1:
-- 1-1:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series practice
-- 3:30-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice
-- 4:45 p.m.: Monster Energy Series qualifying

Entering this weekend's short-track action, Kyle Larson holds the points lead in the Monster Energy Series, while Elliott Sadler has the lead in the XFINITY Series.

Saturday's slate consists of two Monster Energy Series practices (8-30-9:25 a.m. and 11-11:55 a.m.), XFINITY Series qualifying (9:35 a.m.) and the XFINITY Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 (1 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The XFINITY Series race is the second of four Dash 4 Cash events in the series, in which the top qualifying XFINITY regular will win a $100,000 prize.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 is set for Sunday (2 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).