NASCAR Cup Series: Talladega playoff race suspended until Monday

The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway, the 1000Bulbs.com 500, has been suspended until Monday after what began as a rain delay following stage one.

Two laps after Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron won stage one of three in the 1000Bulbs.com 500, the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway, the series called the field to the pits due to precipitation.

At this point, only 57 of the race’s 188 scheduled laps around the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked Talladega Superspeedway oval in Lincoln, Alabama had been contested.

The track did not end up seeing any more action on Sunday, as after a red flag period of roughly two hours, the series officially suspended the remainder of the race until Monday, October 14.

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The race is slated to resume at 2:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network as opposed to NBC, where it was broadcast live from 2:00 p.m. ET earlier this afternoon.

Byron won stage one, which featured only one caution flag period aside of the stage-ending caution, ahead of Team Penske’s Joey Logano in second place and teammate Alex Bowman in third.

In total, the stage featured 15 lead changes among 12 different drivers. Race polesitter Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports led only three laps and finished the stage in 18th place. Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney led a stage-high 15 laps, but he spun coming into the pits trying to slow down. However, he rebounded for a 10th place finish in the stage even after he was penalized for speeding in the pits.

Here is the running order with 57 of the 188 scheduled laps of the 2019 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway having been completed.

Running Order
1st – William Byron
2nd – Joey Logano
3rd – Alex Bowman
4th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5th – Brad Keselowski
6th – Kyle Larson
7th – Jimmie Johnson
8th – Daniel Suarez
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Ryan Blaney
11th – Matt DiBenedetto
12th – Kevin Harvick
13th – Clint Bowyer
14th – Denny Hamlin
15th – Kyle Busch
16th – Daniel Hemric
17th – David Ragan
18th – Chase Elliott
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Aric Almirola
21st – Michael McDowell
22nd – Austin Dillon
23rd – Ty Dillon
24th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
25th – Ryan Preece
26th – Chris Buescher
27th – Parker Kligerman
28th – Matt Tifft
29th – Corey LaJoie
30th – Martin Truex Jr.
31st – Brendan Gaughan
32nd – Landon Cassill
33rd – Paul Menard
34th – Austin Theriault
35th – Erik Jones
36th – Joey Gase
37th – Ross Chastain
38th – Reed Sorenson
39th – Blake Jones
40th – Spencer Boyd

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Tune in to NBC Sports Network tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET for the resumption of the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway, the 1000Bulbs.com 500. The race is set to begin right at the beginning of stage two, with William Byron out front.

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