NASCAR lineup for Sunday race at North Wilkesboro. Ryan Blaney gets the nod

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The rich get richer.

Ryan Blaney, fresh off a win last week at Atlanta last weekend, gets to start first Sunday night in the Window World 450 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.

And he didn't even have to mash the gas.

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With Saturday's qualifying rained out, NASCAR turned to its fallback system and set the Sunday lineup using what it calls "metrics," which are weighed by last week's finish (70%) and season-long points (30%). Blaney sits third in points, and going along with last week's win, he's King of the Metrics! For this week, anyway.

He'll be joined on the front row by Ty Gibbs. Current points leader Denny Hamlin starts seventh while second-place Tyler Reddick starts fifth.

TV coverage begins at 7 p.m. on TNT.

NASCAR lineup for Sunday race at North Wilkesboro​

Row 1

1. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

2. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 2

3. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

4. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 3

5. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

6. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

Row 4

7. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

8. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 5

9. Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

10. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 6

11. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

12. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Row 7

13. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

14. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Row 8

15. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

16. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 9

17. Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

18. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Row 10

19. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

20. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet

Row 11

21. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford

22. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Row 12

23. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 13

25. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

26. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 14

27. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

28. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

Row 15

29. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

30. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 16

31. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford

32. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 17

33. Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

34. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 18

35. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

36. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

Row 19

37. Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR lineup for Sunday race at North Wilkesboro. Ryan Blaney gets the nod

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