The drivers of NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are scheduled to take place at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 23, for another action-packed racing weekend.
36 NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be on the track for the scheduled practice and qualifying session for the Round of 12 opener on Saturday at 12:35 pm ET and 1:20 pm ET, respectively. It will be followed by the main event on Sunday, September 24.
Meanwhile, the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will be seen in action, starting with practice and the qualifying race as they continue the opening round of the playoffs before ending their day with the main event on Saturday.
The weather forecast on Saturday predicted partly cloudy skies with the possibility of a stray shower or thunderstorm with a high temperature of 96 degrees and 15% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
NASCAR’s full Saturday schedule at Texas Motor Speedway
Below is the complete schedule for Saturday’s on-track action across NASCAR’s two national series at the Texas Motor Speedway:
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Garage open
9 am ET: Xfinity Series
9:30 am ET – 3 pm ET: Cup Series
Track activity
10:35 am ET – 11:05 am ET: Xfinity Series practice
11:05 am ET – 12 pm ET: Xfinity Series qualifying
12:35 pm ET – 1:20 pm ET: Cup Series practice
1:20 pm ET – 2:30 pm ET: Cup Series qualifying
3:30 pm ET: Xfinity Series race (200 laps and 300 miles)
The Saturday track activities at Texas will be broadcast on USA Network, NBC Sports, and PRN.
Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway: Qualifying order
See here for the qualifying order for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway:
Group A:
Todd Gilliland – 37.650Ty Dillon – 32.600Harrison Burton – 30.100JJ Yeley – 29.500AJ Allmendinger – 27.450Joey Logano – 25.300Corey LaJoie – 23.300Daniel Suarez – 22.300Aric Almirola – 20.000Ryan Preece – 17.100Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 12.650Michael McDowell – 9.350Ryan Blaney – 16.800Kyle Busch – 13.750Martin Truex Jr – 11.250Brad Keselowski – 8.400William Byron – 5.300Christopher Bell – 4.250
Group B:
BJ McLeod – 33.500Zane Smit – 30.200Justin Haley – 29.600Austin Cindric – 28.100Chase Briscoe – 26.100Erik Jones – 25.100Kevin Harvick – 22.550Austin Dillon – 22.250Carson Hocevar – 19.250Alex Bowman – 14.950Ty Gibbs – 9.400Ross Chastain – 18.550Bubba Wallace – 14.150Tyler Reddick – 11.800Chase Elliott – 11.150Chris Buescher – 6.600Kyle Larson – 4.650Denny Hamlin – 1.700
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