NASCAR 2024: Here’s what Friday’s schedule at Daytona International Speedway looks like

The NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Cup Series drivers are scheduled to be at the 2.5-mile-long quad-oval track on Friday, August 23. The action of the season’s 25th weekend continues at Daytona International Speedway.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series driver will participate in a qualifying session before concluding the day with the 250-mile main event.

The Cup Series drivers will also take part in qualifying at 5:05 pm ET before hitting the track for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday, August 24.

Chris Buescher and Justin Allgaier are the defending winners of the Cup and Xfinity events in Florida, respectively.

The weather forecast on Friday at Daytona International Speedway predicted mostly cloudy skies much of the day with a high temperature between 82 degrees and a 12% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.

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Full NASCAR’s Friday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

Here’s the complete schedule for Friday’s on-track action of the NASCAR’s two national series at Daytona International Speedway:

Friday, August 23, 2024

Garage open

10:30 am ET – 7 pm ET: Cup Series

12 pm ET: Xfinity Series (IMS)

Track Activity

3:05 pm ET – 4:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying

5:05 pm ET: 6:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying

7:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series race (100 laps & 250 miles)

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Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona: Entry list

Below is the qualifying order for the for the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona Summer race:

1. Joey Gase - 42.400
2. BJ McLeod - 41.350
3. Austin Hill - 40.650
4. Parker Retzlaff - 39.950
5. Shane Van Gisbergen - 35.450
6. John Hunter Nemechek - 31.100
7. Corey LaJoie - 30.300
8. Todd Gilliland - 28.950
9. Cody Ware - 28.350
10. Chase Briscoe - 26.000
11. Austin Cindric - 25.050
12. Joey Logano - 24.150
13. Harrison Burton - 24.050
14. Daniel Hemric - 23.200
15. Josh Berry - 22.800
16. Austin Dillon - 22.550
17. Michael McDowell - 22.300
18. Justin Haley - 21.900
19. Christopher Bell - 20.550
20. Bubba Wallace - 20.450
21. Erik Jones - 20.400
22. Kyle Larson - 19.950
23. Ryan Preece - 19.600
24. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 19.600
25. Noah Gragson - 19.350
26. Zane Smith - 18.550
27. Ross Chastain - 18.550
28. Alex Bowman - 17.800
29. Carson Hocevar - 16.150
30. Martin Truex, Jr. - 14.950
31. Ryan Blaney - 13.600
32. Daniel Suarez - 12.300
33. Chase Elliott - 10.500
34. Denny Hamlin - 8.900
35. Kyle Busch - 8.850
36. Chris Buescher - 8.850
37. Brad Keselowski - 7.000
38. Ty Gibbs - 5.300
39. William Byron - 4.900
40. Tyler Reddick - 1.900