The Associated Press

DOVER, Del. - Bobby Hamilton Jr. will have the lead when the rain-delayed NASCAR Busch series race resumes Monday at Dover International Speedway.

The MNBA 200 was stopped after 28 of 200 laps Saturday. Another 72 laps were needed to make it official. Drivers were called to their cars twice, but each time the covers were removed the rain resumed.

The sanctioning body waited out a delay of more than five hours before persistent rain finally overcame the track-drying process. Two dozen trucks - including three with jet dryers - circled the track for hours.

The race will resume at 11 a.m.

Hamilton, seeking his first victory this season and sixth of his career, took the lead from polesitter David Green on the 11th lap. Green led from the start but was overtaken at the end of the backstretch.

Hamilton qualified sixth in his Ford, but picked up four positions in the first two laps.

Third when the race resumes will be the Chevrolet of Jason Leffler. Johnny Sauter will be fourth, followed by Greg Biffle.

An interesting battle was shaping up between series leader Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. Busch leads Truex by 38 points.

Truex, who leads the circuit with four victories, was sixth when the race was stopped. Busch was seventh.

NASCAR: Jeremy Mayfield has no plan to finesse anybody today at Dover International Speedway.

It will be full speed ahead for the polesitter of the MBNA 400.

"Track position is everything," said Mayfield, easily the fastest in qualifying for the NASCAR Nextel Cup race. "The guy that starts up front has got the lead and has got clean air all day."

To be in that position, Mayfield will have to outrace only fellow Dodge driver Ryan Newman to the first turn on The Monster Mile. After that, Mayfield can settle in and let his pursuers risk their cars on the narrow, high-banked concrete oval.

After posting a record-setting qualifying speed of 161.522 mph, Mayfield definitely has the car to beat.

"They give me great cars, and you can't say enough about how far this team has come along," he said. "We just keep getting better and better, and that says a lot about Ray Evernham."

This is a good opportunity for Mayfield to end a 129-race losing streak dating to 2000. He almost did it last September at Dover, but finished second to Newman.