Two of the national NASCAR series are on track as part of the Saturday schedule at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Xfinity Series teams will qualify and race at the 1.540-mile mini-superspeedway. The teams will not have a practice session.
Thirty-seven drivers will qualify for spots in the 38-car field, so none will go home. Notable guest drivers will include Lawless Alan, Morgen Baird, Taylor Gray, and Corey Heim. Daytona winner Ryan Truex will also return as he seeks his third win of the season.
Thirty-eight Cup Series drivers will qualify for Sunday's playoff-opening Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart. NY Racing Team and Live Fast Motorsports will field the two open entries in the starting lineup with JJ Yeley and BJ McLeod as the drivers.
Austin Hill has won three of the five Xfinity Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway after the track underwent a massive reconfiguration. He will be back in the lineup to try to sweep the season.
Ty Gibbs and John Hunter Nemechek won the other two Xfinity races at Atlanta. They will not compete in Saturday's race. Justin Allgaier and AJ Allmendinger each have one win at Atlanta, but they celebrated in victory lane back when the track fell into the intermediate category.
Atlanta Motor Speedway Weather
Saturday forecast: Rain showers in the morning and then cloudy skies in the afternoon. A high of 80 degrees and a 15% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.
Saturday schedule (Eastern Time)
- 9:30 a.m. -- Xfinity Series garage hours
- 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
- 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series qualifying (USA Network, Streaming on NBC Sports app)
- 12:30 - 2 p.m. -- Cup qualifying (USA Network, streaming on NBC Sports app, radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 3 p.m. -- Xfinity Series race (163 laps, 251.02 miles. USA Network, streaming on NBC Sports app, Radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)