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

The drivers of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are scheduled to be at the Daytona International Speedway on Friday (August 25) for another action-packed racing weekend.

The Xfinity Series drivers will take part in a qualifying race before concluding their day with the main event on Friday.

A total of 39 NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be on the track for the scheduled qualifying session on Friday at 5:05 pm ET, which will be followed by the Cook Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday.

However, Friday’s weather forecast predicted mostly sunny skies with mostly a high temperature of 87 degrees and a 2% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.

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NASCAR's full Friday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

Here’s the complete schedule for Friday’s on-track action across the NASCAR races at the Daytona International Speedway:

Friday, August 25, 2023

Garage open

12 pm ET: Xfinity Series

12 pm ET – 7 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

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

5:05 pm ET – 6:30 pm ET: Cup Series qualifying

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

Friday’s NASCAR ARCA Series race will be broadcast on USA Network, NBC Sports app, and Motor Racing Network (MRN).

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Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway: Qualifying order

Here’s the qualifying order for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway:

1. Chandler Smith - 41.000
2. Austin Hill - 40.650
3. Riley Herbst - 39.950
4. BJ McLeod - 35.750
5. JJ Yeley - 35.300
6. Ty Dillon - 34.650
7. Brennan Poole - 33.850
8. Josh Berry - 32.700
9. Harrison Burton - 32.100
10. Chase Briscoe - 31.050
11. Aric Almirola - 28.250
12. Erik Jones - 28.050
13. Austin Dillon - 27.450
14. Michael McDowell - 24.750
15. Justin Haley - 23.350
16. Alex Bowman - 22.400
17. Chase Elliott - 22.100
18. Daniel Suarez - 22.00
19. Corey LaJoie - 21.700
20. Austin Cindric - 20.350
21. Ryan Preece - 19.900
22. Kevin Harvick - 18.050
23. Todd Gilliland - 16.700
24. Kyle Larson - 15.050
25. Bubba Wallace - 14.850
26. Ross Chastain - 14.650
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr - 14.500
28. Joey Logano - 13.000
29. Kyle Busch - 12.800
30. Brad Keselowski - 12.750
31. Ryan Blaney - 10.200
32. Tyler Reddick - 9.850
33. AJ Allmendinger - 9.500
34. Ty Gibbs - 9.500
35. Chris Buescher - 7.450
36. Martin Truex Jr - 4.700
37. Christopher Bell - 3.800
38. William Byron - 2.300
39. Denny Hamlin - 2.300

Catch NASCAR's action-packed racing weekend at Daytona International Speedway from August 25 to August 27 on USA and NBC.