The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series and Truck Series teams are scheduled to be at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Friday, May 16, as the racing action of the season’s second exhibition weekend will kick off at 0.625-mile short track.
The 20 cars are already locked into Sunday’s 250-lap main event, with 18 drivers looking to transfer from the All-Star Open. Only two out of 18 can advance to the main event. The drivers will kick off the weekend with practice, followed by qualifying for Open and All-Star.
The weather forecast for Friday in North Wilkesboro is predicted to be cloudy with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible, with a high temperature of 86 degrees and a 30 percent chance of rain at the start of the qualifying and Pit Crew Challenge.
Complete NASCAR’s Friday schedule at North Wilkesboro Speedway
Here’s the complete schedule for Friday’s on-track action of the NASCAR Cup Series and Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway:
Friday, May 16, 2025
Garage open
10:30 am ET – 8:30 pm ET: Cup Series
11 am ET – 4 pm ET: Truck Series
Track activity
5:05 pm ET – 5:45 pm ET: Cup Series practice
6:05 pm ET – 6:45 pm ET: Cup Series Open qualifying
7 pm ET – 8 pm ET: Cup Series All-Star Race qualifying/Pit Crew Challenge
8:15 pm ET: CARS Tour race (100 laps)
Friday’s NASCAR track action at North Wilkesboro Speedway will be available on FS1, and radio coverage will be available on SiriusXM NASCAR radio.
All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway: Qualifying Order
Here’s the qualifying order for the All-Star Open and Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway:
All-Star Open:
- No. 66 Chad Finchum
- No. 15 Cody Ware
- No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 41 Cole Custer
- No. 35 Riley Herbst
- No. 4 Noah Gragson
- No. 10 Ty Dillon
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 7 Justin Haley
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 34 Todd Gilliland
- No. 38 Zane Smith
- No. 71 Michael McDowell
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 60 Ryan Preece
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
All-Star Race:
- No. 51 Harrison Burton
- No. 5 Justin Allgaier
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 21 Josh Berry
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 19 Chase Briscoe
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 24 William Byron
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