{"id":166246,"date":"2025-08-22T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166246\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:26:10","slug":"nascar-friday-schedule-at-daytona-international-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/166246\/","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.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755858370_454_\" 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><b>(All Times Eastern)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Friday, Aug. 22<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" data-pm-slice=\"3 3 []\">\n<li>Noon &#8211; 11:45 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series<\/li>\n<li>9 a.m. &#8211; 7 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" data-pm-slice=\"3 3 []\">\n<li>3 &#8211; 4:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity qualifying (CW App)<\/li>\n<li>5:05 &#8211; 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Cup qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)<\/li>\n<li>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)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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\"><b>Friday<\/b><\/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":3,"featured_media":166247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-166246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115071941897641493","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}