The remainder of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway has been postponed until 11am. ET Monday due to intermittent rain and diminishing daylight.
For the second-straight year, rain delayed the start of NASCAR’s annual Cup race at Michigan. One of many scattered showers arrived just as the field was a lap away from the green flag at 3:25pm ET. A window opened up for the race to start 90 minutes later, but heavier showers were on the way.
The field ultimately completed a quarter of the scheduled distance before being red flagged on lap 52 of 200. NASCAR briefly waited out the storm, but ultimately elected to postpone to Monday with a poor forecast and only a couple hours of remaining daylight to work with. Michigan doesn’t have lights to race into the night.
USA Network will carry coverage of the resumed race on Monday, along with MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Ryan Blaney won the opening stage on Sunday over Chase Elliott, William Byron, Bubba Wallace and Chris Buescher. Kyle Larson led the first 34 laps before losing the top spot to Wallace in a battle that also included Denny Hamlin. Wallace was leading on lap 39 when Hamlin spun, bringing out a caution. Blaney was among those that stayed out while Wallace and others pitted.
Elliott holds the lead as of the stoppage over Martin Truex Jr., Wallace, Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick. Kyle Busch, Larson, Ross Chastain, Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano complete the top 10.