NASCAR Daytona: Here's what the Saturday schedule looks like

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers are scheduled at the 2.5-mile-long high-banked Superspeedway on Saturday (February 18) as the season-opening weekend continues at the Daytona International Speedway.

In the first Cup Series practice session on Friday (February 17), seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson stole the show by posting the fastest lap with a time of 46.338 seconds. He also had a speed of 194.225 mph on his return to the sport after two years in the IndyCar Series.

Now, Cup drivers will take part in a final practice session on Saturday at 10:30 am ET.

Meanwhile, NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will be in action for the first race of the series, which is scheduled to start at 5:00 pm ET on Saturday. Before that, though, drivers will compete in two rounds of qualifying at 11:30 am to set the field for the season opener.

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Full Saturday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

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

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Garage open

6 am – 10 pm ET: Xfinity Series

8:00 am – 2:30 pm ET: Cup Series

10:00 am – 5:15 pm ET: — ARCA Menards Series

Track activity

10:30 am – 11:20 am ET: Cup Series practice

11:30 am – 1:00 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying (FS1)

1:30 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series race (80 laps, 200 miles)

5:00 pm ET: Xfinity Series race (120 laps, 300 miles)

All the track activities for Saturday's events will be telecast on FS1, Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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NASCAR's 65th annual Daytona 500 starting lineup at Daytona International Speedway

Here's the 40-car field for Sunday’s Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway:

1. #48 - Alex Bowman
2. #5 - Kyle Larson
3. #22 - Joey Logano
4. #10 - Aric Almirola
5. #20 - Christopher Bell
6. #2 - Austin Cindric
7. #12 - Ryan Blaney
8. #9 - Chase Elliott
9. #17 - Chris Buescher
10. #6 - Brad Keselowski
11. #34 - Michael McDowell
12. #7 - Corey LaJoie
13. #4 - Kevin Harvick
14. #38 - Todd Gilliland
15. #23 - Bubba Wallace
16. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
17. #36 - Zane Smith
18. #11 - Denny Hamlin
19. #21 - Harrison Burton
20. #41 - Ryan Preece
21. #24 - William Byron
22. #42 - Noah Gragson
23. #1 - Ross Chastain
24. #99 - Daniel Suárez
25. #43 - Erik Jones
26. #45 - Tyler Reddick
27. #3 - Austin Dillon
28. #31 - Justin Haley
29. #84 - Jimmie Johnson
30. #14 - Chase Briscoe
31. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
32. #78 - BJ McLeod
33. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34. #50 - Conor Daly
35. #54 - Ty Gibbs
36. #8 - Kyle Busch
37. #51 - Cody Ware
38. #15 - Riley Herbst
39. #77 - Ty Dillon
40. #67 - Travis Pastrana