NASCAR Xfinity Series teams return to Atlanta Motor Speedway for a Saturday afternoon race.
This race is the 24th of the season, and it is one of three regular-season races remaining before the playoff field is complete. Austin Hill is the defending winner at the 1.540-mile track after he captured February's race.
Xfinity teams have competed at Atlanta 36 times since Jeff Gordon won the inaugural race in 1992. Five of these races have taken place after the track underwent a reconfiguration.
Atlanta Xfinity race info
Weather: The WeatherUnderground forecast calls for rain showers in the morning and then cloudy skies in the afternoon. A high of 81 degrees and a 1% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
Green flag time: The command to fire engines will be at 3:00 p.m. ET. The green flag will wave at 3:11 p.m. ET.
Starting lineup: Qualifying for the Xfinity race will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. ET.
Pre-race: Driver introductions will take place at 2:25 p.m. ET. Pre-race coverage begins with "Countdown to Green" on USA Network at 2:30 p.m. ET. Race coverage continues on USA Network at 3 p.m. ET.
Stages: The race will consist of three stages. The first stage ends at Lap 40. The second stage ends at Lap 80. The scheduled end of the race is Lap 163.
Playoff picture: Eight drivers have locked up spots in the playoffs. Justin Allgaier, Hill, Sam Mayer, and Chandler Smith all have two wins. Riley Herbst, Jesse Love, and Cole Custer each have one win. Shane van Gisbergen leads the series with three wins.
Sheldon Creed is in the best position after a third-place finish at Darlington Raceway. He is 109 points above the cutline with three races remaining before the playoffs. AJ Allmendinger is 105 points above the cutline.
Parker Kligerman is 44 points to the good heading to Atlanta while Sammy Smith is 10 points to the good. Smith holds the final playoff spot. Ryan Sieg is 10 points behind him and the playoff cutline. Brandon Jones is next at 132 points below the cutline.
Past winners: Xfinity drivers have competed in five races at Atlanta since the track underwent a reconfiguration into a mini-superspeedway. Hill has won three of these races, including this season's first Atlanta race. Ty Gibbs and John Hunter Nemechek won the other two drafting-style races at Atlanta.
Allmendinger and Allgaier have each won once on the old configuration of Atlanta.