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LONG POND, Pa. -- Pocono Raceway made history in 2016 in a way that no track would ever want to make it.For the first time in NASCAR history, a track had both of its races postponed. For a track that saw?Dale Earnhardt Jr. sweep both of its races in 2014 (a track promoters and many fans dream), it got the promoters and fans bad dream in 2016.Its awful luck, said Pocono Raceway president Brandon Igdalsky after the rainout. Kyle Busch gets the great [pole/race sweep] record last week and we get the awful record this week -- way to go, good for us.At the end of the day, I literally feel so awful for the fans that were here. We had a great crowd. I just hope they all come back [Monday].Pocono, while having a little bit of a rap for bad weather, did not have a rainout since August 2009 before this Junes race was postponed for a day. Then the July race Sunday was postponed because of rain, making it back-to-back rainouts for the track.Tracks often see a drop in renewals the year after a rainout -- some in the industry estimate it results in renewals 10 percent lower than the previous year -- so consecutive rainouts cant help at all.With so many local race tracks in Pennsylvania and a passion for all forms of motorsports (the Andretti family hails from about 30 miles away), Igdalsky hopes his fans are understanding.The Dale sweep [in 2014] gave us a great bump last year, Igdalsky said. We held on to that bump and had an increase this year, which was great. Its way too early to tell [the impact].People realize Pocono is a great place to be. ... The fans have shown that. Weve got the best fans in the sport.Pocono is the only track so far this year to have a Cup race postponed (the Sprint Showdown was postponed to the morning of the Sprint All-Star race).What could make matters worse for Pocono races in the future are the 3 p.m. ET starts for the races at the track next year.The race was postponed Sunday at 2:43 p.m. ET because it had taken three hours to dry the track earlier. With sunset at about 8:20 p.m., there wasnt enough time to dry the track and get it started -- NASCARs policy is not to start a race that it couldnt reasonably get the full race (about three hours) in as long as it didnt rain.With the 3 p.m. starts next year in hopes of attracting a bigger television audience, any rain delay could result in a rain-shortened race or postponed race.At least with the 3 oclock start, were going to know early if were not going to get the track dry, Igdalsky said. Thats the good thing about it. Im curious to see how the 3 oclock is going to work out. Ive got my feelings both ways on that one.I agree to an extent, and I disagree to an extent. ... I was a little bit hesitant towards it but well see what it means. Our fans have been right down the middle.Xfinity Series: Making most of opportunityErik Jones made the most of his opportunity of having the best car at Iowa Speedway. After losing the lead on pit stops, he took 77 laps under green before passing Ty Dillon with 16 laps remaining.It was the way a driver with the best car should race -- not making any mistakes and waiting for the best opportunity to pass.[Dillon] did a good job playing aero games and getting us behind and I was working hard trying everything I could and finally I got a really good run when he got hung up with the lap[ped] car and [I] was able to get clear of him, Jones said.I dont know if ... I would have been able to get around him straight up. But once you got in clear air, I felt really good about it.Jones wasnt the only driver to take advantage of having a good car at a stand-alone event.Chip Ganassi Racings Brennan Poole finished fourth. Dakoda Armstrong, driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 car in place of Matt Tifft (recovering from brain surgery), was fifth. Josh Berry, the JR Motorsports late-model driver who raced the No. 88 car, was ninth.I kind of struggled there through the middle [of the race] -- lost a lot of track position -- but there at the end, the car just kind of came to life, Armstrong said. If we would have done a better job of holding on to track position, we would have had a shot at an even better finish. [It was] still a good finish.Camping World Truck Series: Make it five for ByronWilliam Byron won his fifth Camping World Truck Series race of the season by capturing the victory Saturday at Pocono Raceway.Byron has gone from struggling on restarts and not necessarily being a weekly favorite to being able to handle restarts and handle the different pressure of entering a race as the odds-on favorite.The pulse on pit road prior to the race Saturday was that it was Byrons race to lose. He led 44 of the 60 laps at Pocono and lost the lead on only one of six restarts -- and on that one, he was back in the lead after another lap.Having the confidence that you know you can win -- its so much easier when you have a fast truck because you dont have to think about much before the race and what you have to change, Byron said. Thats what we came in to today with the mindset of and it worked out.Byron set the record for most wins by a truck rookie. 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American Jordan Spieth has won the Australian Open for the second time in a thrilling three-man playoff at Royal Sydney Golf Club.Spieth drained a three-metre putt for birdie on the 18th hole to scupper the dreams of local hopes Cameron Smith and Ashley Hall on Sunday.The trio all finished the championship 72 holes at 12 under par, with Spieth draining a nerve-wracking two-metre putt on the last just to make the sudden-death playoff.Then, in a dramatic climax, Spieth put his approach to three metres on the first hole of the playoff - the 18th - before Hall knocked his to less than two metres.Displaying all the cool and class that helped him land last years Masters and US Open crowns, 23-year-old Spieth again buried his clutch putt before Hall pushed his birdie attempt right of the cup.Spieths victory follows his win at The Australian in 2014 and his runner-up showing last year at the same venue.His victory is also a big win for Open officials, with the world No.5 almost certain to return to again defend the trophy next year when the tournament moves back to The Australian.In a major consolation for the joint runneers-up, Smith and Hall secured starts at next years British Open at Royal Birkdale, as did two-time champion Aaron Baddeley, who finished in a five-way tie for fourth at 10 under, two shots out of the playoff.ddddddddddddBaddeley closed with a one-under 71 and edged out Rod Pampling (70), Jason Scrivener (69), New Zealander Ryan Fox (71) and third-round leader Geoff Ogilvy (73) by virtue of his superior world ranking.After starting the day with a two-stroke lead, Ogilvy looked the likely winner for much of the afternoon before unravelling with a bogey on the par-4 15th and a catastrophic double on the easy par-5 16th.The former US Open champion struggled off the tee all day and his hopes of a second national title - to go with his 2010 triumph at The Lakes - evaporated after he drove into the trees and couldnt get out on 16.While he eventually signed for a disappointing 73, Hall and Smith both charged home with final-round six-under 66s to reel in Ogilvy, with Spieth closing with a 69. 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