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 thunderstorms prompted NASCAR to push back the race start time by one hour to 1 p.m. Sunday, to no avail.
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 win in a national series.
Starting grid for Monday’s cup race
Monday’s starting lineup was determined by 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 |
