{
  "id": 18543162,
  "title": "NASCAR confirms new qualifying rainout policy, mulls other 2027 changes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nascar-confirms-new-qualifying-rainout-policy-mulls-other-2027-changes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-06T17:50:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-confirms-change-qualifying-rainout-policy-mulls-other-changes/10872218/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In 2027, qualifying rainouts will be handled different by the Sanctioning Body. The metric, which decides the qualifying order, also decided the starting lineup in the event of a qualifying cancellation. However, many thought it unfairly punished those who had a bad race the previous weekend, as it put them low in the metric. The metric is a weighted average of a car's place in the owner ... Keep…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}