NASCAR postpones the Dover Motor speedway Cup Race to Monday following a rain delay on the Sunday’s race

NASCAR postpones the Dover Motor speedway Cup Race to Monday following a rain delay on the Sunday’s race

Dover Motor speedway Cup Race

NASCAR hit the Dover Motor Speedway for the 11th round of the Cup Race as fans were eager to see the Next-Gen cars hit the Monster Mile concrete track for the first time. The uncertainty over how the cars will perform on the tracks made it one of the most anticipated and potentially challenging races on the schedule.

But fans and teams were in for a disappointing outcome as heavy rains made NASCAR postpone the race to the coming Monday EST at 12 PM. The Duramax Drydene 400 had an amazing start but there wasn’t enough light when NASCAR finally dried the track and got it ready for racing after the rain delay.

Reigning NASCAR Cup Champion Kyle Larson led the race at the final lap that was raced today, Lap 78, against his Hendrick Motorsport teammate Chase Elliott followed by  Ryan Blaney, and Martin Truex Jr. at respective positions. Polesitter Chris Buescher was overtaken by JGR driver 19 laps and the Richmond winner lead the other 55 laps until he pitted giving away his lead to Kyle Larson who stayed there until the rain stoppage came in.

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How the driver will line up for Monday’s postponed Dover Cup Race

Alex Bowman
Alex Bowman

The drivers will line up on Monday as per their finishes before the flag which will see Pole sitter Chris Buescher starting at P13 and Denny Hamlin starting at P8. The defending champion Alex Bowman will start the race at P9 after falling down the order from P6 in the start.

  1. Kyle Larson
  2. Chase Elliott
  3. Ryan Blaney
  4. Martin Truex     
  5. William Byron   
  6. Christopher Bell
  7. Aric Almirola
  8. Denny Hamlin
  9. Alex Bowman
  10. Kyle Busch
  11. Ross Chastain
  12. Justin Haley
  13. Chris Buescher
  14. Brad Keselowski
  15. Daniel Suárez
  16. Ricky Stenhouse
  17. Kevin Harvick
  18. Bubba Wallace
  19. Austin Cindric
  20. Kurt Busch
  21. Eric Joes
  22. Corey Lajoie
  23. Tyler Reddick
  24. Chase Briscoe   
  25. AJ Allmendinger
  26. Austin Dillon
  27. Joey Logano
  28. Ryan Preece      
  29. Michael McDowell
  30. Cole Custer
  31. Ty Dillon
  32. Harrison Burton
  33. Cody Ware         
  34. Todd Gilliland
  35. josh Bilicki          
  36. BJ McLeod

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