Monday Cup race at Dover: Start time, TV info, weather
The weather is better for Cup drivers to race Monday at Dover Motor Speedway after rain postponed the event Sunday.
Pole-sitter Kyle Busch is scheduled to lead the field to the green flag at 12:10 p.m. ET Monday to begin the 400-lap race on the 1-mile concrete oval.
Details for Monday’s Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway
(All times Eastern)
START: Actor, director, author and podcaster Kevin Smith will give the command to start engines at 12:01 p.m. … The green flag is scheduled to wave at 12:10 p.m.
PRERACE: Cup garage opens at 9 a.m. … Driver introductions at 11:30 a.m. Dan Schafer, pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Heightstown, New Jersey, will give the Invocation at 11:53 p.m. … JAGMAC will perform the national anthem at 11:54 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 400 laps (400 miles) on the 1-mile track.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 120. Stage 2 ends at Lap 250.
STARTING LINEUP: Dover Cup starting lineup
TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race at 12 p.m. … Performance Racing Network’s radio coverage begins at 11 a.m. and also will stream at goprn.com. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the PRN broadcast.
STREAMING: Fox Sports
FORECAST: Weather Underground – Mostly cloudy with a high of 59 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the race.
LAST YEAR: Chase Elliott won last year’s race. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. placed second. Ross Chastain finished third.
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