NASCAR Postpones Food City 500 to Monday

NASCAR has announced that the remainder of the Food City 500 has been postponed to Monday following a Sunday that was filled with red flags, crashes, and rain. Kyle Larson was scored as the race leader after 204 laps when the red flag was displayed for the fourth time of the day. Three of those red flags were for the weather while the fourth was for a crash on lap 119. Larson led 74 laps and had opened up a sizable lead over second place Denny Hamlin.

Michael McDowell spun on lap nine collecting Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., and AJ Allmendinger. Following a strong weekend in practice and qualifying, McDowell was sidelined and is scored in 38th, out of the race.

The second big accident of the afternoon when Trevor Bayne and Chris Buescher piled up blocking the track leaving Jamie McMurray, Harrison Rhodes, and the race leader at the time Ryan Blaney. Blaney had led 100 of the first 117 laps. His day would be over.

The on-track action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET on Monday on FOX. The Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 will broadcast the race live. Last season's race was completely postponed to Monday, Jimmie Johnson would hold off Clint Bowyer for his second of three victories from last season.

Running Order from Bristol and Starting Lineup for Monday

  1. Kyle Larson
  2. Denny Hamlin
  3. Paul Menard
  4. Kyle Busch
  5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 
  6. Joey Logano
  7. Daniel Suarez
  8. Jimmie Johnson
  9. Kevin Harvick
  10. Austin Dillon
  11. Kasey Kahne
  12. Alex Bowman
  13. Ryan Newman
  14. Brad Keselowski
  15. William Byron
  16. Clint Bowyer
  17. Aric Almirola
  18. Darrell Wallace Jr.
  19. A.J. Allmendinger
  20. Erik Jones
  21. David Ragan
  22. Jamie McMurray
  23. Landon Cassill
  24. Matt DiBenedetto
  25. Trevor Bayne
  26. Kurt Busch
  27. Corey LaJoie
  28. Reed Sorenson
  29. Martin Truex Jr.
  30. DJ Kennington
  31. Chad Finchum
  32. Ty Dillon
  33. Chase Elliott
  34. Gray Gaulding 
  35. Ryan Blaney
  36. Chris Buescher
  37. Harrison Rhodes
  38. Michael McDowell
  39. Ross Chastain
Photo Credit - Christian Koelle/CCK Photography

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