NASCAR Cup Series: Four drivers sent to the rear for 2019 Gander RV 400

Four drivers are set to be sent to the rear of the field for the start of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 11th race, the Gander RV 400, at Dover International Speedway.

The 11th race on the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Gander RV 400, was scheduled to take place at Dover International Speedway yesterday afternoon, but rain washed away those initial plans. As a result, the race is scheduled to take place this afternoon.

The cars that failed pre-race inspection ahead of yesterday’s scheduled running of the race, however, are still set to be sent to the rear of the field at the start of this afternoon’s running of it.

Four cars failed pre-race inspection multiple times ahead of the 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked Dover International Speedway oval in Dover, Delaware.

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These four cars belong to Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr., JTG Daugherty Racing rookie Ryan Preece and Front Row Motorsports rookie Matt Tifft. As a result, these four drivers are all set to be sent to the back of the 37-car field before the start of this race.

The cars of Bowman, Truex Jr. and Preece all failed pre-race inspection twice. As a result, they have also been docked 15 minutes of practice time for Saturday night’s race at Kansas Speedway. Tifft’s car failed it three times. As a result, he must also serve a drive-through penalty once today’s race gets underway. He has also been docked 30 minutes of practice time for the race at Kansas Speedway.

Bowman originally qualified in fifth place for this race in his #88 Chevrolet while Truex Jr. originally qualified in 13th in his #19 Toyota. Preece originally qualified in 29th in his #47 Chevrolet while Tifft originally qualified in 32nd in his #36 Ford. These four drivers are now set to start the race in 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th, respectively.

Here is an updated starting lineup for the 2019 Gander RV 400 at Dover International Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Chase Elliott
2nd – William Byron
3rd – Kyle Larson
4th – Joey Logano
5th – Kevin Harvick
6th – Aric Almirola
7th – Denny Hamlin
8th – Brad Keselowski
9th – Clint Bowyer
10th – Ryan Blaney
11th – Jimmie Johnson
12th – Daniel Suarez
13th – Erik Jones
14th – Austin Dillon
15th – Matt DiBenedetto
16th – Paul Menard
17th – Kurt Busch
18th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Kyle Busch
21st – Daniel Hemric
22nd – David Ragan
23rd – Ty Dillon
24th – Michael McDowell
25th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
26th – Corey LaJoie
27th – Chris Buescher
28th – Landon Cassill
29th – B.J. McLeod
30th – Quin Houff
31st – Cody Ware
32nd – Reed Sorenson
33rd – Ross Chastain
34th – Alex Bowman
35th – Martin Truex Jr.
36th – Ryan Preece
37th – Matt Tifft

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Be sure to tune in to Fox Sports 1 later today at 12:00 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the Gander RV 400, which is the first race to be rescheduled so far in the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, from Dover International Speedway.

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