NASCAR Saturday schedule: Here’s what today’s schedule at Charlotte Motor Speedway looks like

NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400
NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400

The drivers of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are scheduled to be at the 1.5-mile-long permanent quad-oval track on Saturday (May 27) as the action of the season’s 14th weekend continues at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

A total of 37 Cup Series drivers will be on the track for scheduled practice and qualifying session on Saturday at 7 pm ET and 7:45 pm ET, respectively, which will be followed by the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.

After Friday’s Xfinity qualifying, where Justin Allgaier claimed the pole, the Xfinity Series drivers are all set to take the field in the 300-mile race.

Saturday’s weather forecast predicts a 87% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race and 91% chance at the start of the Cup qualifying.


NASCAR's full Saturday schedule at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Here’s the complete schedule for Saturday’s on-track action across NASCAR’s Cup and Xfinity Series races at the Charlotte Motor Speedway:

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Garage open

9 am ET: Xfinity Series

1 pm ET – 9 pm ET: Cup Series

Track activity

12 pm ET: Xfinity Series race (200 laps, 300 miles)

7 pm ET – 7:45 pm ET: Cup Series practice

7:45 pm ET – 9 pm ET: Cup Series qualifying

All Saturday track activities in Charlotte will be broadcast on FS1, Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.


2023 Coca-Cola 600: Qualifying order

Here’s the qualifying order for the 64th annual Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway:

Group A: Order - Driver – Metric score

  • JJ Yeley - 36.950
  • BJ McLeod - 34.000
  • Ty Dillon - 30.700
  • Zane Smith - 28.600
  • AJ Allmendinger - 24.900
  • Josh Berry - 24.650
  • Daniel Suarez - 24.550
  • Ryan Preece - 21.400
  • Chase Briscoe - 19.000
  • Martin Truex Jr - 17.750
  • Justin Haley - 15.700
  • Ross Chastain - 15.300
  • Kyle Larson - 14.550
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr - 12.950
  • Ryan Blaney - 9.350
  • Chase Elliott - 8.500
  • Denny Hamlin - 8.050
  • Kevin Harvick - 3.900

Group B: Order - Driver – Metric score

  • Jimmie Johnson - 41.000
  • Todd Gilliland - 35.300
  • Austin Dillon - 33.450
  • Michael McDowell - 29.000
  • Noah Gragson - 26.750
  • Erik Jones - 24.700
  • Corey LaJoie - 24.550
  • Aric Almirola - 23.950
  • Austin Cindric - 19.100
  • Ty Gibbs - 17.850
  • Joey Logano - 16.350
  • Tyler Reddick - 15.600
  • Harrison Burton - 15.150
  • Chris Buescher - 13.450
  • Christopher Bell - 10.750
  • Bubba Wallace - 9.050
  • Kyle Busch - 8.100
  • Brad Keselowski - 7.100
  • William Byron - 2.550

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