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Lucas Oil 225 Truck Series Race at Chicagoland Postponed Until Saturday

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Friday night’s scheduled Lucas Oil 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race has been postponed due to rain. The race has been moved to Saturday at 7 p.m. ET and will be televised on FOX Sports 2.

Although qualifying was also cancelled because of rain, the series was able to complete two practice sessions Thursday. The starting lineup was set by NASCAR based on the combined speeds from those practice sessions.

Johnny Sauter, the current series points leader, will start on the pole with Brennan Newberry in the second position. Jeb Burton will begin in third followed by Austin Dillon in fourth and Ryan Blaney in fifth.

Complete Starting Lineup:

POS. CAR DRIVER SPONSOR
1 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records
2 9 Brennan Newberry Qore-24
3 13 Jeb Burton Estes-Carolina Nut Company
4 20 Austin Dillon Rheem
5 29 Ryan Blaney Cooper Standard
6 54 Darrell Wallace Jr ToyotaCare
7 51 Kyle Busch Dollar General
8 77 German Quiroga Jr NET10 Wireless
9 88 Matt Crafton Splash-FVP/Menards
10 17 Timothy Peters Duke of Oil/Valvoline
11 21 Joey Coulter Allegiant Travel
12 19 Tyler Reddick Harper/Ace Hardware
13 99 Bryan Silas Bell Trucks America Inc.
14 8 Joe Nemechek Jewel Osco
15 5 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s
16 35 Mason Mingus Call 811
17 31 Ben Kennedy Heater.com
18 32 Tayler Malsam Red Box
19 2 Tyler Young Randco/Young’s Building Systems
20 63 Justin Jennings LG Seeds/Mittler Bros Machine & Tool/Ski Soda
21 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org
22 8 Ray Black Jr Scuba Life /NASE Worldwide
23 7 Todd Shafer Thunderexhaust.com
24 50 T.J. Bell Dedicated to Electrical Linemen
25 40 Todd Peck Horizon Pharma/Arthritis Foundation
26 0 Caleb Roark Grimes Irrigation & Construction
27 12 Ted Minor FindIT.net
28 3 Michael Affarano Won-N-Done
29 6 Norm Benning TBA
30 36 Scott Stenzel Mitler Bros/Ski Soda
31 74 Mike Harmon MHR
32 57 Adam Edwards Atalntic-Airways.com

Kyle Busch To Start On Pole for Sprint Cup Race at Chicagoland

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Kyle Busch will start on the pole in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series MyAfibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday after Friday’s qualifying session was cancelled due to rain.

The starting lineup will use the order of Practice One, which Busch won by .6 seconds with a best lap speed of 191.442 mph.

Ryan Newman took the second spot with a speed of 191.042 mph, followed by Carl Edwards in third with a speed of 191.022 mph. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Kenseth round out the Top-five, respectively.

Clint Bowyer, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Paul Menard and Kyle Larson make up places sixth through tenth in the starting lineup.

Farther back in the pack, Chase driver Kevin Harvick will start 12th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 13th and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne will begin from the 19th position. Denny Hamlin will start 24th, while fellow Chase drivers and Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano will start 25th and 28th, respectively.

Complete Starting Lineup:

  1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota.
  2. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet.
  3. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford.
  4. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford.
  5. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota.
  6. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota.
  7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet.
  8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet.
  9. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet.
  10. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet.
  11. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet.
  12. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet.
  13. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet.
  14. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet.
  15. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet.
  16. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota.
  17. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet.
  18. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet.
  19. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet.
  20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford.
  21. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford.
  22. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet.
  23. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford.
  24. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota.
  25. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford.
  26. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet.
  27. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet.
  28. (22) Joey Logano, Ford.
  29. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet.
  30. (38) David Gilliland, Ford.
  31. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota.
  32. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford.
  33. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota.
  34. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet.
  35. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet.
  36. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet.
  37. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota.
  38. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet.
  39. (34) David Ragan, Ford.
  40. (37) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet.
  41. (66) Joe Nemechek, Toyota.
  42. (33) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet.
  43. (32) Joey Gase, Ford