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NASCAR Cup Richmond
NASCAR Cup practice and qualifying rained out; Bowman on pole
NASCAR was forced to cancel both practice and qualifying for the Cup and Xfinity Series at Richmond, due to persistent rain showers.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Apr 1, 2023, 2:42 PM
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Although wet weather tires will be available for the race if need be, NASCAR decided against using them for practice and qualifying.
At the beginning of the year, the sanctioning body revealed a wet weather package for short ovals, including Richmond.
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NASCAR was forced to postpone Friday's Modified race as well, which is set to run later today after the Xfinity race — weather permitting.
The field will be set by the metric score, which is determined by previous race finish and fastest lap rank, as well the driver/owner points standings.
That means Alex Bowman will start from pole position on Sunday. Kyle Busch will be second, William Byron third, Ross Chastain fourth, and Tyler Reddick fifth.
Bowman enters Richmond as the championship leader after Hendrick Motorsports had the 100-point penalty for each of their cars/drivers rescinded by an appeals panel this week.
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Justin Allgaier will start from pole position for the Xfinity race with Sammy Smith alongside.
Sam Mayer, Riley Herbst, Daniel Hemric, Sheldon Creed, Josh Berru, Chandler Smith, Brandon Jones, and John-Hunter Nemechek.
Dawson Cram and Kyle Weatherman are the DNQs.
Richmond Cup Lineup
Pos. Car No. Driver Team Manufacturer 1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 5 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 6 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 8 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 9 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 14 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 16 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 18 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 19 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 20 99 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 21 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 23 42 Noah Gragson Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 24 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 25 16 A.J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 26 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 27 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30 9 Josh Berry Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 32 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 33 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 34 15 J.J. Yeley Rick Ware Racing Ford 35 78 Anthony Alfredo Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 36 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 37 13 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
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