Mother Nature claimed its first victim on Saturday in terms of the NASCAR schedule at Atlanta Motor Speedway .
Cup Series qualifying was nixed due to lightning in the area, leaving the starting lineup to be set by the governing body’s metric.
That’s likely just fine with Chase Elliott and the No. 9 team. After a fourth-place finish in last week’s DAYTONA 500 , Elliott will line up fourth on Sunday afternoon. Rounding out the Hendrick Motorsports contingent, William Byron will roll of 13th, Kyle Larson 16th and Alex Bowman 36th.
Sunday’s race is set for a 3 p.m. start and will air on FOX.
NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Josh Berry, No. 21
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Daniel Suarez, No. 7
- William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet
- Ty Dillon, No. 10
- Cody Ware, No. 51
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- Ryan Preece, No. 60
- Cole Custer, No. 41
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet
- BJ McLeod, No. 78
- JJ Yeley, No. 44