{"id":101666,"date":"2025-08-22T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/101666\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:10:08","slug":"nascar-friday-schedule-at-daytona-international-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/101666\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Friday schedule at Daytona International Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Center of Racing will welcome the Xfinity and Cup series Friday for two qualifying sessions and a 100-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>The Cup Series will set the field for its regular-season finale. Michael McDowell started on the pole for last year\u2019s race and is among more than a dozen drivers trying to win a berth in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Xfinity Series race has gone into overtime the past three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"NASCAR\u2019s new A-post flaps aim to keep cars from becoming airborne\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/nascars-new-a-post-flaps-aim-to-keep-cars-from-becoming-airborne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755861008_992_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new aerodynamic safety device debuts at Daytona<\/p>\n<p>Daytona International Speedway weekend schedule<\/p>\n<p>(All Times Eastern)<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Aug. 22<\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<p>Noon &#8211; 11:45 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series9 a.m. &#8211; 7 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series<\/p>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; 4:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity qualifying (CW App)5:05 &#8211; 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Cup qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)7:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity race (100 laps, 250 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 30, Stage 2 at Lap 60; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)Weather<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/hourly\/us\/fl\/daytona-beach\/date\/2025-8-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friday<\/a>: Scattered thunderstorms with a high of 87 degrees. Winds from the southwest at 5 to 10 mph and a 50% chance of rain. It\u2019s expected to be 80 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Center of Racing will welcome the Xfinity and Cup series Friday for two qualifying sessions and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-101666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}