BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway (all times EDT):
5:15 p.m.
NASCAR’s Cup Series race at Michigan is underway.
The race scheduled for Sunday was postponed by rain and pushed back until Monday, when it started without incident. Joey Logano was the pole winner in qualifying, but Denny Hamlin took the lead on the first lap. By the end of the fourth lap, Logano was back in front.
The race at Michigan International Speedway is 400 miles and 200 laps.
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3:30 p.m.
NASCAR’s Cup Series will try again to hold its race at Michigan International Speedway after rain forced a postponement over the weekend.
Sunday’s race was pushed back to Monday at 5 p.m. EDT. The weather was overcast at the track about 90 minutes before the new scheduled start time.
It’s the 100th race at Michigan in NASCAR’s top series.
Joey Logano won the pole in Saturday’s qualifying. Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer won the two Cup races at MIS last year.
Joe Gibbs Racing already has nine victories this season, but Gibbs has only one win in the past 14 races at Michigan. Ford won both races last year and had eight of the top 10 cars in qualifying this past weekend.
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