MLB Speedway Classic is suspended due to sunken rains

MLB Speedway Classic is suspended due to sunken rains

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The Speedway Classic was suspended between Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds in the first half due to rain, where a crowd of records was soaked in the first normal season match in Tennessee. The plan is to resume the game on Sunday afternoon.

The first delay in the historical bulls of the race track racing came after the first celebration stadium, which includes a pair of celebrity Hall in Johnny Pence and Chiber Jones, joined by NASAR Kyle Bush and Chis Elliot. The second with one at the bottom of the first pushed the game again, like the red flag in motorsport.

Hemp fabric covers the field, and a mark announces the postponement of the game and fireworks that explode in MLB SpeedWay Classic between Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Rods in Bristol Motor Speedway on August 02, 2025. Gety pictures
McClene #9 from Cincinnati Reds leads the second rule as Nick Allen is waiting for the 9th of Atlanta Bavors during MLB Speedway Classic. Gety pictures

Fans who adhered to the first delay for two hours, began 17 minutes heading towards the exits before postponing the game with the Reds team kept by 1-0.

It has been undesirable entrances to the long -mixing occasions of mixing baseball and NASCAR.

“We will suspend the game tonight … We are optimistic about better weather forecast for tomorrow,” Michael Hill, the first vice president of the field operations.

Make the rain a difficult life for the players before commenting. The bats flew from TJ Friedl’s hand leading to RDS. A jug seemed to hold his foot would cover the first rule.

A member of the Earth crew inhibits dirt during the first half. Randy Saratin-Pictures

MLB SpeedWay Classic was announced for the first time in nearly a year as part of the commissioner Rob Manfred to take MLB to places where the baseball is not played every day. MLB played a game on the movie “Field of Dreams” in Iowa in 2021 and 2022. Alabama and North Carolina as well.

Reds Andrew Abbott’s jug appeared on Saturday afternoon in Bristol wearing a copy of the NASCAR race. Abbott was born in Linchburg, Virginia, he wants to wear something in a special game.

“I grew up around NASCAR,” said Abbott. “I just went on EBY and found a couple option, and fortunately it was the one who arrived in time. I had backup copies. I know who is Rusty Wallace as well, so I already know the back story behind him.”

Braves Austin Cox is preparing to throw against RDS during the first half of Speedway Classic in Bristol Motor Speedway. Randy Saratin-Pictures
Fans watch while rain falls during the first half of the classic game in the motorcycle race between RDS and The Braves in Bristol Motor Speedway. Randy Saratin-Pictures

A long time before fans leaving the rain, the Ferris wheel, which is 110 feet long, was enjoyed, in line with food trucks, live music, tunnels and striking cages. Fans also had a chance of photos with the Commissioner’s Cup, and Clydesdales outside the historic race track.

Inside, the star Tim McGaru performed and joined Pitbull.

Before the weather moves over the area, the players stood at the back of the capture truck with their decorated numbers on the side and ran about half the mile of the race track. Some used their phones to document the moment. In introductions, the brave and red walked between a pair of cars that were decorated in the colors of Atlanta and Sinnati.

Before MLB SpeedWay Classic between Braves and RDS at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 2, 2025 in Bristol, Tennessee. Gety pictures

Then hemp fabric came out when the rain that was falling around Bristol was a lot from Saturday, he became heavy and the beginning was delayed.

The first delay has changed the brave. Spencer Strader, who grew up in the nearby Noxfil, got a larger applause from the start of Reds Chis Burns, who is from Hendersonville and played at the University of Tennessee. Reds are stuck with burns despite the delay.

Striez to protect. Braves chose not to risk its third beginning in this position, out of the second elbow surgery.

The rain stops enough to take off the cannabis fabric and start the game.

The players are presented before the classic baseball game MLB SpeedWay between Braves and Reds in Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tin. AP

Michael Waltib, who was racing a lot in Bristol, restarted the celebrations by quoting his brother Daryl: “Boogity, Boogity, Boogity. Let’s play the baseball boys!”

Atlanta went in the order at the top of the first half. But there was another rain after Austin Hayes hit RBI’s song for censinati in the lower half.

MLB did not try to sell every ticket inside Speedway that attracted 156,990 Battle of Bristol College Football Game in 2016. It can host the 146,000 sections of 90,000 or more even with sections prohibition.

On Monday, officials announced more than 85,000 tickets that were sold – and the previous paid presence of 84,587 groups issued on September 12, 1954, when the Cleveland Yanxiz New York stadium hosted.

The field is covered while delaying rain in the classic baseball game MLB Speedway. AP

The mixture must scan 400 feet to strike anything outside the center field, 375 in the alleys and 330 below each base line. Pull the ball down the line raises the possibility of a ball from the race track outside the stadium wall.

“Frankly, my first idea I cannot believe that they did all this in one game,” said Matt Olson, the first base man of the Previes, about his first visit to Bristol. “To be able to prepare all of this, and prepare the surface of the play, set the situations in order to obtain the right viewing, it’s greatly incredible.”

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