NASCAR News: Rain cancels Cup qualifying at Michigan

Rain canceled NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, which puts Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin on the pole for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400.

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However, the drivers had the opportunity to get in some valuable practice time ahead of the 400-mile race at the 2-mile oval in the Irish Hills. In a 40-minute session interrupted by rain, Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain topped the leaderboard in practice at 192.303 mph.

Martin Truex Jr. (192.184 mph), Kyle Larson (192.179 mph), William Byron (192.118 mph) and Bubba Wallace (191.795 mph) rounded out the top five.

Chase Elliott (191.724 mph), Alex Bowman (191.601 mph), Carson Hocevar (191.550 mph), Chris Buescher (191.469 mph) and AJ Allmendinger (191.393 mph) completed the top 10 to conclude practice.