Engines are fired!

Wet tires on. Running in the rain!  

Rolling off pit road now.

So much spray. This is going to be fun.

2:20 pm/et: We're not even going yet and Hocevar has already spun.

2:21 pm/et: Cars back on pit road.

77 ruins a fun start.

​2:51 pm/et: Cars rolled of pit road for the second time a few minutes ago.

3:07pm/et: We're green!

Lap 1: I was going to say pretty clean racing to start, but Tyler Reddick spins from the lead!

Very minor damage for the 45. Hamlin involved as well. Also with little damage.

Bad luck for Reddick continues.  

Lap 7: Restart!

Lap 9: Pretty clean... for now.

Lap 11: Byron holds his lead.

Lap 12: Bell looking to go to the lead.

Lap 15: 3rd lane becoming dry.

Lap 19: Byron with over a second lead.

Lap 22: A fight for second begins as the 40 of Nemechek spins around. No caution.

Lap 26: SVG passes Byron for the lead.

Byron in second! 

That indeed.

Lap 36: Halfway to the end of the first stage.

Lap 38: Caution will come out on lap 40 to give teams the option to change to slicks as Chastain has smoke off of the right front tire. 

Lap 41: Competition caution is out.

Lap 42: Currently working on the 40 car on pit road.

Lap 43: The 1 car has the hood up.

Slicks on.  Time to go racing.  
  

Lap 48: The 1 is done for the day with a drivetrain issue.

Lap 50: We're green again in Loudon!

Lap 51: The 97 stays in front.

Lap 52: Ricky Stenhouse Jr brings the caution out after getting loose and spinning into the outside wall.

The 47 incurred some rear damage.

Preece also scraped the wall.

Lap 56: Green with 15 to go in the stage!

Lap 57: Larson to the lead.

Lap 58: 3 wide for second! The 97 is falling back.