BROOKLYN, MI – Mother Nature has once again thrown a wrench into the NASCAR weekend at the Irish Hills.

Rainfall at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, August 17, forced race officials to cancel the remainder of practice and qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400.

The weather was so bad that the race track management asked fans to leave the stands because lightning was observed in the area.

NASCAR is hoping the rain will stop in time for the Xfinity Series race, scheduled for Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

The FireKeepers Casino 400 is scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.m., but rain is also threatening this event.

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While there was no rain in the morning, it started to get foggy around midday, forcing the start of practice to be delayed by about 30 minutes. Less than five minutes after the start of practice, the fog returned, leading to the red flag. After a few minutes, practice resumed, but was later suspended again due to rain.

The qualifying session scheduled to follow the training session was subsequently cancelled.

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While all 36 cars completed laps around the 2-mile oval, some cars had a few more laps than others. Martin Truex Jr., Chris Buescher and William Byron each had 18 laps on the track. Denny Hamlin had the fewest with five.

Ross Chastain drove the fastest lap in practice with 37.441 seconds, followed by Truex (37.464 seconds), Kyle Larson (37.465), William Byron (37.477) and Bubba Wallace (37.54).

Carson Hocevar of Portage was the fastest of the three Michigan drivers in practice, posting a time of 37.588 seconds, eighth fastest, with an average speed of 191.55 mph. Erik Jones of Byron was 12th fastest at 37.645 seconds, while Brad Keselowski of Rochester Hills (37.662 seconds) finished 14th.

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Since there is no qualifying race, NASCAR sets the field based on its qualifying metric, which takes into account points, previous race placement and the fastest lap time from the previous race.

Here is the lineup for Sunday’s race:

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota

2. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota

3. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota

4. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet

5. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota

6. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet

7. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet

8. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford

9. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet

10. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet

11. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet

12. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet

13. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet

14. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford

15. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford

16. Josh Berry, No. 4 Ford

17. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Ford

18. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford

19. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota

20. Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Ford

21. Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford

22. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet

23. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford

24. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Toyota

25. Noah Gragson, No. 10 Ford

26. Ryan Preece, No. 41 Ford

27. Zane Smith, No. 71 Chevrolet

28. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota

29. Austin Haley, No. 51 Ford

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. No. 47 Chevrolet

31. Corey Lajoie, No. 7 Chevrolet

32. Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Chevrolet

33. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota

34. Harrison Burton, No. 21 Ford

35. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet

36. Cody Ware, No. 36 Ford