After a wet morning, the jet engines have given way to racecars, and the Sylvania 300 is underway. It's grey, it's gloomy, but the rain is supposed to stay away -- and so chances are that NASCAR's Chase for a Championship will look a whole lot different by dusk than it did at dawn today.

We're gonna go racin' here at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Driver introductions are done, the cars have been gridded, and we're looking at a 2:09 command for drivers to start their engines. It's very overcast, and gloomy, but there doesn't appear to be much in terms of showers headed this way, so this thing might just be completed after all. At the least NASCAR would like to get in the 150 laps that would make it official.

The jet engines have been drying the track for more than an hour now, and the rain has subsided to the occasional sprinkle. NASCAR won't decide until 1:15 whether they're going to roll this thing off on time, but for the time being it appears they're scheduling to race.

A few hardy souls have made their way into the grandstands, and the garages are active with teams trying to get their rides ready for action. The rain has slowed to a drizzle, but it's unlikely Loudon is out of the woods just yet.

The skies dark and descending, we've arrived at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Sylvania 300 -- and, as of now, the Chase for the Sprint Cup is still scheduled to start here today.

It's pouring at the moment, and subsequently the activity is minimal in and around the garages that are usually buzzing on race day. The weather is expected to improve, at least slightly, by the early afternoon. Then would come the issue of drying the track, so unless it stops raining by noon or so, we can likely expect at least a little bit of a delay.

The rain stuck around, so they've just canceled qualifying and decided to set the lineup according to the NASCAR rule book. Basically, that means owner points, and thus the Chase contenders will be arranged 1-12 at the start of Sunday's race.

After less than 15 minutes of Craftsman Truck Series practice, rain has forced the trucks off the track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

We're about 70 minutes from the scheduled start of Sprint Cup qualifying, and about three hours from the Camping World Series East race slated for this evening. Emergency vehicles are making their way around the oval at the moment in an effort to keep the course as dry as possible, though it remains to be seen how successfully they can do it.

After claiming the pole in this event last year, then winning the race, Clint Bowyer may have just installed himself as the man to beat once again in the Sylvania 300.

The No. 07 Chevrolet was the fastest car in the Sprint Cup's first practice of the weekend, turning a fast lap of 130.273 miles per hour, a speed that wouldn't been quick enough to sit on the pole here in June. Jimmie Johnson was second best, followed by Kyle Busch.

After admitting he rubbed testosterone into his thigh to help with ailment doctors were having difficulty diagnosing, Craftsman Truck Series driver Ron Hornaday has been cleared of any wrongdoing by NASCAR.

When Dale Jarrett made his debut in the Winston Cup Series, David Ragan was still 20 months from being born. But, next year, it will be Ragan who take's Jarrett's role as the spokesman for one of the sport's biggest sponsors.