FORT WORTH, Texas -- The NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas turned into a night race, finally getting underway after a rain delay of nearly six hours Sunday.Polesitter Austin Dillon led the 40-car field to the line when the race began under caution, with the laps finally starting to count about 6:55 p.m. local time. That was after the cars had done 23 uncounted warmup laps to help dry some still-damp spots on the 1 1/2-mile track.There was still a significant chance of more rain throughout the night.Drivers were introduced and the national anthem performed near the scheduled 1 p.m. start. But rain started about the same time before drivers had even gotten into their cars.This is the fourth consecutive race weekend at Texas with weather issues.Efforts to dry the track included several dryer trucks continually circling the track throughout the afternoon and even when the race started under caution. That task was made more difficult with an overcast sky, and the temperature hovering around 60 degrees with very high humidity.The AAA Texas 500 is the second-to-last race in NASCARs playoffs before the season finale at Homestead in two weeks.Jimmie Johnson, the only driver locked into to a championship shot in the finale, started 19th. He won the last four fall races at Texas.The spring Cup race at Texas in April, which was a scheduled night race, was delayed more than two hours because of rain and didnt end until after midnight. Kyle Busch won that race.In June, the IndyCar Series race was initially postponed a day because of the wet track. After starting late the following day, the race didnt get to the halfway point before there was more rain, and then wasnt completed until 2 1/2 months later.Last November, Sprint Cup drivers lost their two scheduled practice sessions the day before the race while officials tried to dry the track following overnight rain, though the Xfinity Series race was run later that day.The Cup race in April 2014 was postponed a day by rain.BIG BOBBLEHEAD: The first 30,000 fans were given Tony Stewart bobbleheads commemorating the retiring Sprint Cup drivers final race at Texas. But during driver introductions, Stewart got a bobblehead of his own -- a larger-than-life-sized replica of what was given to the fans. Miguel Layun Jersey . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. Alejandro Palacios Mexico Jersey . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. http://www.mexiconationalshop.us/Diego-Reyes-Mexico-Jersey-Soccer/ ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Carlos Vela Jersey . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Mexico Soccer Jerseys . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. My colleague Chad Ford is projecting that the 2017 draft will be dominated by freshmen, particularly at the top. Assuming thats the case, many of the freshmen entering college right now will be sporting ball caps and large smiles come next summer.But all thats in the future. For now Im interested in what these guys can bring to the table on behalf of their college teams. So I decided to make some informed projections on what exactly stars such as Harry Giles and Josh Jackson are going to show us in the next few monnths.ddddddddddddve chosen to use good old-fashioned per-game stats just for simplicitys sake (pardon me while I close my flip phone and grab this floppy disk), but note that each player blurb seeks to address quality in addition to sheer volume where performance is concerned.Based on the player rankings in the 2016 ESPN 100, here are my expectations for the top 20 freshmen for 2016-17: ' ' '