One of the national NASCAR series is on track Friday evening at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Xfinity Series teams will take part in practice and qualifying at the 1.5-mile oval track. They will set the lineup for Saturday's race, which kicks off the Round of 8 of the playoffs.
Cup Series teams will not officially be at the track on Friday. The haulers will arrive and unload equipment, but the crews will not have garage hours until Saturday when they prepare for practice and qualifying.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday forecast and schedule
Friday forecast: The WeatherUnderground forecast calls for cloudy skies with a high of 69 degrees and a 3% chance of rain.
Friday, Oct. 18, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 1:30 - 8:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series garage hours
- 6:35 - 7:05 p.m. — Xfinity Series practice (USA Network, streaming on NBC Sports app)
- 7:10 - 8 p.m. — Xfinity Series qualifying (USA Network, streaming on NBC Sports app)
Past winners in the lineup: John Hunter Nemechek won this season's Las Vegas Motor Speedway spring race. He will not be in the lineup to defend the win. Full-time Cup Series drivers are not able to compete in Xfinity Series playoff drivers.
Aric Almirola will take over the No. 20 team as he continues to compete for Joe Gibbs Racing. The veteran driver will control the entry for the rest of the season while trying to help JGR win the owner's championship.
The active Xfinity drivers with past Las Vegas wins include Austin Hill, AJ Allmendinger, and Riley Herbst.
Justin Allgaier is not among the list of Las Vegas winners despite his consistent history at the intermediate track. He has made 20 Xfinity starts at Las Vegas, and he has finished top 10 in 17 of these starts while leading 288 laps.
Additionally, Allgaier has top-15 finishes in all but one of his Las Vegas starts. The lone exception is a 31st-place finish in 2019 due to an engine failure.
