Mom Nature has dealt her first blow of the weekend to NASCAR.
Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence qualifying session at EchoPark Speedway, which was scheduled for 11 a.m. ET, was canceled after rain and a lightning maintain.
That places the beginning lineup for Sunday’s Autotrader 400 within the arms of the NASCAR rulebook.
Beginning lineup for Autotrader 400
Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick will begin on the pole for Sunday’s race, with Joey Logano becoming a member of him on the entrance row. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski spherical out the top-five starters, with Zane Smith, Chris Buescher, Riley Herbst, Bubba Wallace and Josh Berry finishing the highest 10.
Different notable drivers and their beginning positions for Sunday embody William Byron in thirteenth, Kyle Busch in 14th, Ryan Blaney in twenty second, Denny Hamlin in twenty ninth and Alex Bowman in thirty sixth.
Climate is predicted to have an effect on Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence races, with each occasions dealing with the potential of delay or postponement. If each races are postponed, it’s anticipated that they’d run on Sunday, whereas if just one is postponed, it might run earlier than the Cup Sequence race on Sunday.
Sunday’s Autotrader 400 will not be anticipated to be affected by climate and can go inexperienced shortly after 3 p.m. ET, with protection on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Pre-race protection will start at 2 p.m. ET on FOX and PRN.
