Richmond Cup starting lineup: Alex Bowman to start on pole

RICHMOND, Va. — Alex Bowman will start on the pole at Richmond Raceway after Saturday’s qualifying was canceled by rain.

Kyle Busch will start second and be followed by William Byron, Ross Chastain and Tyler Reddick, who won last weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas.

Sunday’s race is the seventh of the season and marks the quarter mark of the 26-race regular season. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 3:39 p.m. ET Sunday.

RICHMOND, Va. — A week after Bubba Wallace said he needed “to be replaced” following a crash at COTA, he says he’s put that behind him and he’s “ready to go” for today’s Cup race at Richmond Raceway.

Wallace finished 37th last week at Circuit of the Americas after he crashed. It came a week after he finished 27th at Atlanta, slowed by damage suffered in a crash.

The frustrations of those finishes — and a season where he has placed 20th or worse in four of the first six races — was evident when told Fox Sports after last weekend’s incident: “Just trying my hardest not to go down that slippery slope of self-doubt right here. Two weeks in a row of making rookie mistakes, six years into Cup, need to be replaced.”

He admits that it took him a few days to get over his frustration with his accident at COTA.

“I got off plane, we landed at like 11:30 (p.m. last Sunday) I was in the gym at home working out until 1 (a.m.),” he said. “Woke up at 8 a.m., worked out still pissed off. Amanda, my wife, she was concerned.

“I was just mad. I was slamming my fists down on the tables, throwing weights around, all within a controlled environment but releasing anger. Tuesday was rough.

“Thursday we were at the shop for (teammate Tyler) Reddick’s win lunch, which was great, and I got back home and I was working out