Texas Motor Speedway will be busy for more than eight consecutive hours with practice, qualifying and racing for the Truck and Xfinity Series.
The Truck series will practice and qualify in the afternoon for a 167-lap race that will begin at 8 p.m. ET (FS1).
Connor Zilisch sustained lower back injuries in the last-lap Talladega crash.
The Xfinity Series will practice and qualify for a 200-lap race Saturday.
The Cup Series garage also will open for five hours Friday for technical inspections ahead of practice and qualifying Saturday.
Chase Elliott looks to score his first Cup points win since last year’s Texas race, while Ryan Blaney seeks to end recent struggles.
Texas Motor Speedway schedule
(All Times Eastern)
Friday, May 2
Garage open
- 9:30 a.m. – midnight — Truck Series
- 12 – 7:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series
- 2 – 7 p.m. — Cup Series
Track activity
- 2:35 – 3:30 p.m. — Truck practice (No TV)
- 3:40 – 4:30 p.m. — Truck qualifying (No TV)
- 5 – 5:55 p.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App)
- 6:05 – 7 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App)
- 8 p.m. — Truck race (167 laps, 250.5 miles, Stage 1 at Lap 40, Stage 2 at Lap 80; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Weather
Friday: Scattered thunderstorms in the a.m. and cloudy skies later in the day with a high of 72 degrees. Winds from the north-northeast at 10 to 15 mph and a 50% chance of rain. It’s expected to be 70 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the start of the truck race.
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