{"id":710125,"date":"2026-06-02T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/710125\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:03:36","slug":"start-of-nascar-cup-race-in-nashville-delayed-by-passing-rain-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/710125\/","title":{"rendered":"Start of NASCAR Cup race in Nashville delayed by passing rain showers"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: After a one-hour delay, engines were fired at 8:25pm EST, and the green flag finally flew at 8:40pm EST. Live coverage of the NASCAR Cup race at Nashville can be found on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville was supposed to get underway at 7:20pm EST, but Mother Nature had other plans.<\/p>\n

Storms moved into the area, and the race could not get started on time. Thankfully, barring any additional storms forming, there appears to be a clearing behind this system\u00a0that will allow for all 400 miles and 300 laps to be completed tonight.<\/p>\n

Last weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 ended 27 laps short of the finish due to rain, and Daniel Suarez claimed a surprise victory for the No. 7 Spire Motorsports team.<\/p>\n

Rain has already impacted the Nashville weekend, forcing the cancellation of Cup Series qualifying on Saturday. Because of that, the starting lineup was set by the metric.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin will start from pole position, sharing the front row with championship leader Tyler Reddick.<\/p>\n

Coke 600 winner Suarez will start third, Christopher Bell fourth, Kyle Larson fifth, Ty Gibbs sixth, Ryan Blaney\u00a0seventh, William Byron eighth, Joey Logano ninth, and Shane van Gisbergen tenth.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE for the complete starting lineup ahead the 2026 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

NASCAR did hold pre-race ceremonies at the track amid raindrops and windy conditions. Drivers were told to stay near their cars while they waited for the weather to pass.<\/p>\n

A competition caution was announced for Lap 35 in Stage 1, as all of the rubber has been washed off the track.<\/p>\n

Air titans were deployed around 7:45pm EST, and began drying the concrete 1.33-mile oval. Engines were fired at 8:25pm, and the green flag finally flew at 8:40pm — 80 minutes after the scheduled start time.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the weekend, Layne Riggs passed Rajah Caruth on the final lap to win the Nashville Truck race<\/a>, while Justin Allgaier out-dueled Brent Crews to win the Nashville\u00a0O’Reilly race<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kyle Busch tribute with the No. 8 atop the Nashville scoring pylon<\/p>\n

Photo by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Images<\/p>\n

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