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

The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are scheduled to be at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday (February 17) as the opening NASCAR weekend continues in Daytona Beach, Florida.

NASCAR Cup Series teams will participate in a final practice session on Saturday at 10:30 am ET ahead of Sunday’s Daytona 500.

The NASCAR Xfinity teams are scheduled to participate in qualifying and followed by the main event to start the season. The lineup includes 2023 ARCA champion Jesse Love and Hallie Deegan, who was promoted to Xfinity after three seasons in the Truck Series.

The weather forecast on Saturday predicted cloudy with a high temperature of 64 degrees and a 94% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.

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Full NASCAR's Saturday schedule at Daytona International Speedway

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

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Garage Open

6 am ET: Xfinity Series

8 am ET – 2:30 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

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

11:30 am ET – 1 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying

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

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United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway: Qualifying order

Here’s the qualifying order for the Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway:

1. #44 - Brennan Poole
2. #29 - Blaine Perkins
3. #53 - Joey Gase
4. #14 - Daniel Suarez(i)
5. #92 - Josh Bilicki
6. #74 - Stanton Barrett
7. #5 - Anthony Alfredo
8. #66 - David Starr
9. #4 Dawson Cram
10. #43 - Ryan Ellis
11. #38 - CJ McLaughlin
12. #28 - Kyle Sieg
13. #78 - BJ McLeod
14. #42 - Leland Honeyman
15. #45 - Caesar Bacarella
16. #51 - Jeremy Clements
17. #07 - Patrick Emerling
18. #35 - Frankie Muniz
19. #19 - Ryan Truex
20. #36 - Natalie Decker
21. #91 - Kyle Weatherman
22. #27 - Jeb Burton
23. #6 - Garrett Smithley
24. #10 - Daniel Dye(i)
25. #98 - Riley Herbst
26. #11 - Josh Williams
27. #97 - Shane Van Gisbergen
28. #8 - Sammy Smith
29. #18 - Sheldon Creed
30. #26 - Sage Karam
31. #00 - Cole Custer
32. #7 - Justin Allgaier
33. #9 - Brandon Jones
34. #81 - Chandler Smith
35. #1 - Sam Maver
36. #15 - Hailie Deegan #
37. #48 - Parker Kligerman
38. #21 - Austin Hill
39. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
40. #2 - Jesse Love
41. #32 - Jordan Anderson
42. #31 - Parker Retzlaff
43. #39 - Ryan Sieg
44. #20 - John Hunter Nemechek