Global Courant 2023-04-30 19:37:26
The NASCAR Cup Series will have one more day of racing.
Relentless rain and an unpromising forecast on Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway have forced NASCAR to postpone the weekend’s Cup race to Monday, the sanctioning body announced.
The green flag will now fly at noon on Monday. Fans can watch it on FS1 and listen to it on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio and PRN.
Bad weather certainly changed the Cup Series weekend at Dover: Rain canceled Saturday’s Cup qualifying session and the threat of storms prompted NASCAR to move the race start time to an hour to 1 p.m Sunday in vain.
This is the third time in the past five years that rain has moved the cup race to Monday. Postponement also occurred in 2019 and 2022.
In a stretch of dry weather on Saturday afternoon, the Xfinity Series fit into its race this weekend. Ryan Truex Jr.the younger brother of former Cup champion Martin Truex Jr., took his first victory in a national series as a result.
Starting grid for Monday’s cup race
Monday’s starting lineup was laid down in the rule book.
Position
Director
Car No.
1
Kyle Bush
8
2
Christopher Bell
20
3
Ryan Blaney
12
4
Brad Keselowski
6
5
Chris Buescher
17
6
Pursue Briscoe
14
7
Tyler Reddick
45
8
William Byron
24
9
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
47
10
Pursue Elliott
9
11
Eric Jones
43
12
Kevin Harvik
4
13
Dennis Hamlin
11
14
Ross Chatain
1
15
Daniel Suarez
99
16
Ty Dillon
77
17
Martin Truex Jr.
19
18
Kyle Larson
5
19
Eric Almirola
10
20
Austin Cindic
2
21
JJ Yeley
51
22
BJ McLeod
78
23
Josh Berry
48
24
Ty Gibbs
54
25
Justin Haley
31
26
Joey Logano
22
27
Corey LaJoie
7
28
Bubba Wallace
23
29
A. J. Allmendinger
16
30
Ryan Prece
41
31
Harrison Burton
21
32
Michael McDowell
34
33
Noah Gragson
42
34
Brennan Poole
15
35
Todd Gilliland
38
36
Austin Dillon
3
