Snow cancels Nationwide qualifying
Although the weather finally allowed the schedule to be completed at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, snow has forced Nationwide Series qualifying to be cancelled on Saturday morning and Sprint Cup practice to be delayed
The starting field for today's Nationwide series race will be determined based on last year's owner standings with Jeff Burton starting from pole beside Kyle Busch, who will drive the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car that Tony Stewart took to victory in the first two races of the season.
Sprint Cup series practice, which is already under way, has been changed from two sessions to a single hour and a half practice, given that the entire morning schedule had to be cancelled due to the snow and a wet track. Officials hope to keep the afternoon schedule as originally planned.
The Nationwide Series race is scheduled to start following Cup practice, although weather forecasts show a 30 percent chance of further snow and rain. As was anticipated, current temperatures are the lowest of the weekend but they are expected to go up for Sunday.
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