NASCAR Friday schedule 2025: Here’s what today’s schedule at Watkins Glen International looks like

The 2025 NASCAR Truck Series and ARCA teams are scheduled to compete at Watkins Glen International on Friday, August 8, as the racing action of the season’s 24th action-packed weekend will kick off at the 2.45-mile-long road course.

The NASCAR Truck Series drivers will participate in practice and qualifying sessions at 11:35 a.m. ET and 12:40 p.m. ET, respectively, before concluding the day with the Truck Series Mission 176 at The Glen main event.

The ARCA Series drivers will compete in practice and qualifying at 10 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET, respectively, before the 150-lap main event at 2 p.m. ET.

The weather forecast for Watkins Glen International predicts a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of 85 degrees and a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Truck Series race.

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Complete NASCAR’s Friday schedule at Watkins Glen

Here’s the complete schedule for Friday’s on-track action of the NASCAR Truck Series and ARCA races at Watkins Glen (per Bob Pockrass on X):

Friday, August 8, 2025

Garage open

8:15 am ET – 6 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series

10 am ET – 10:30 pm ET: Truck Series

11:30 am ET – 4:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series

Track activity

10 am ET – 10:45 am ET: ARCA Menards Series practice

11 am ET – 11:20 am ET: ARCA Menards Series qualifying

11:35 am ET – 12:25 pm ET: Truck Series practice

12:40 pm ET – 1:30 pm ET: Tuck Series qualifying

2 pm ET: ARCA Menards Series (150 laps & 131.25 miles)

5 p.m. ET: Truck Series race (72 laps & 176.4 miles)

Friday’s Truck action at Watkins Glen will be available on FS1, and radio coverage will be available on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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Mission 176 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International: Qualifying Order

Here’s the qualifying order for the Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International:

1. No. 70 Brent Crews
2. No. 62 Wesley Slimp
3. No. 69 Derek White
4. No. 56 Timmy Hill
5. No. 75 Parker Kligerman
6. No. 2 William Lambros
7. No. 22 Gian Buffomante
8. No. 02 Kaden Honeycutt
9. No. 52 Christopher Bell
10. No. 33 Frankie Muniz
11. No. 5 Toni Breidinger
12. No. 76 Spencer Boyd
13. No. 1 William Sawalich
14. No. 77 Andres Perez de Lara
15. No. 42 Matt Mills
16. No. 17 Gio Ruggiero
17. No. 91 Jack Wood
18. No. 26 Dawson Sutton

Group B:

1. No. 88 Matt Crafton
2. No. 81 Connor Mosack
3. No. 07 Kyle Busch
4. No. 66 Chris Buescher
5. No. 15 Tanner Gray
6. No. 13 Jake Garcia
7. No. 45 Connor Zilisch
8. No. 44 Ross Chastain
9. No. 99 Ben Rhodes
10. No. 71 Rajah Caruth
11. No. 18 Tyler Ankrum
12. No. 19 Daniel Hemric
13. No. 98 Ty Majeski
14. No. 38 Chandler Smith
15. No. 9 Grant Enfinger
16. No. 7 Sammy Smith
17. No. 11 Corey Heim
18. No. 34 Layne Riggs